Germany
137 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre: every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Isenburg Castle, 6 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Eltz Castle (#74 of 9,035 worldwide) 96 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Limes Germanicus, founded c. 83.
Every one of them stands in Germany: the country page shows the full national picture.
20 km north-west · Fortress
The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany.
15 km north-west · Palace & château
Schlosshotel Kronberg in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main, was built between 1889 and 1893 for the dowager German Empress Victoria…
15 km south · Palace & château
Schloss Wolfsgarten is a former hunting lodge in located near Langen in Hesse, Germany, approximately 15 kilometers south of Frankfurt am Main.
15 km east · Palace & château
Philippsruhe Castle was built from about 1700 to 1725 for the Hanau count Philipp Reinhard near Kesselstadt as a Baroque palace in the west of the…
14 km north · Palace & château
Bad Homburg Castle or Homburg Palace is a castle and palace in the German city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
9 km east · Palace & château
Rumpenheim Castle is a Schloss located in the banks of the Main river in the German city of Offenbach am Main.
15 km north-west · Castle
Kronberg Castle is a High Middle Ages Rock castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse state, Germany.
23 km south · Palace & château
Jagdschloss Kranichstein is a palace in Kranichstein, now part of Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.
18 km north-west · Ruin
The ruined Königstein Castle belongs to the Hessian town of Königstein im Taunus in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse and is its landmark.
6 km east · Palace & château
Isenburg Castle is a Renaissance-style castle in Offenbach am Main. It was built in the 16th century by the House of Isenburg.
17 km north-west · Ruin
Falkenstein Castle, also called New Falkenstein, is a ruined hill castle at 450 m above sea level in the eponymous climatic spa of Falkenstein, a…
10 km west · Palace & château
Höchst Palace was the residence of the officials of the Archdiocese of Mainz in the former town of Höchst am Main, today a district of Frankfurt am…
+ 1 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
35 km south · Ruin
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany.
36 km south-east · Palace & château
Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, Germany.
49 km north-west · Palace & château
Situated atop a basalt hill, Braunfels Castle overlooks the spa town of Braunfels in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
33 km west · Palace & château
Biebrich Palace is a Baroque residence in the borough of Biebrich in the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
56 km north-west · Palace & château
Schaumburg Castle is a schloss in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Balduinstein near Limburg an der Lahn.
50 km south-east · Castle
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg,…
51 km west · Palace & château
Schloss Johannisberg is a neoclassical palace and historic winery located in the village of Johannisberg, west of Wiesbaden in Hesse, within the…
32 km south-west · Fortress
The Mainzer Zitadelle is situated at the fringe of Mainz Old Town, near Mainz Römisches Theater station.
39 km north · Ruin
Münzenberg Castle is a ruined hill castle in the town of the same name in the Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany. It dates from the 12th century.
46 km west · Palace & château
The Ingelheim Imperial Palace was an important imperial palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany.
32 km west · Palace & château
The Electoral Palace in Mainz is the former city Residenz of the Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz.
57 km north-west · Palace & château
Schloss Oranienstein is one of the palaces of the House of Orange-Nassau, sited at Diez on the Lahn.
+ 28 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
96 km west · Castle · #74 worldwide
Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
78 km south · Ruin · #102 worldwide
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the…
97 km east · Palace & château · #125 worldwide
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the…
81 km west · Fortress · #289 worldwide
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, stands on the east bank of the Rhine opposite the mouth of the…
96 km east · Fortress
Marienberg Fortress is a prominent landmark on the left bank of the Main river in Würzburg, in the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
76 km west · Castle
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
90 km south-east · Fortress
The Limes Germanicus, or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman…
81 km south · Palace & château
Schwetzingen Palace is a schloss in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Schwetzingen was the summer residence of the Electors Palatine Charles III…
80 km west · Castle
Stolzenfels Castle is a former medieval fortress castle turned into a palace, near Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine, in the state of…
96 km south-west · Castle
Hambach Castle is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
72 km south · Palace & château
Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
65 km west · Castle
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany.
+ 72 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1794.
The Castle Map atlas maps 137 landmarks (46 castles · 8 fortresses · 38 palaces & châteaux · 45 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Frankfurt, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Isenburg Castle, a palace 6 km east of the city centre.
Eltz Castle, ranked #74 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 96 km west from Frankfurt.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Limes Germanicus, founded c. 83: 90 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Wiesbaden (32 km) · Mannheim (71 km) · Heidelberg (78 km) · Koblenz (82 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
