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Castles near Heidelberg
99 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 Heidelberg Castle, 1 km south-east of the city centre; the most famous is Hornberg Castle — #179 of 6,412 worldwide — 33 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Old Castle, founded 950.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries — Germany (94), France (5).
Within 25 km of Heidelberg
- Heidelberg Castle
1 km south-east · Ruin
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the…
- Schwetzingen Palace
11 km west · 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…
- Mannheim Palace
20 km north-west · Palace & château
Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Windeck Castle
15 km north · Castle
Windeck Castle stands on a small hill in Weinheim on the Bergstraße. It was built around 1100 to protect the inhabitants of the Lorsch monastery.
- Zwingenberg Castle
23 km east · Castle
Zwingenberg Castle, also known as Zwingenberg or Schloss Zwingenberg, stands on the right bank of the River Neckar where it cuts through the Odenwald…
- Bergfeste Dilsberg
9 km east · Ruin
Dilsberg Castle is a ruined castle located in Neckargemünd, Germany. It was built by the counts of Lauffen in the 12th century, but in the 14th…
Day trips: 25–60 km
- Hornberg Castle
33 km east · Ruin · #179 worldwide
Hornberg Castle is a partially ruined castle located on a steep outcrop above the Neckar valley above the village Neckarzimmern, between Bad Wimpfen…
- Frankenstein Castle (Palatinate)
53 km west · Castle · #186 worldwide
Frankenstein Castle is a medieval fortification on a spur above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Forest in Germany.
- Stettenfels Castle
55 km south-east · Castle · #228 worldwide
Stettenfels Castle is a medieval castle above the town of Untergruppenbach in Heilbronn.
- Neuleiningen Castle
44 km west · Ruin · #235 worldwide
Neuleiningen Castle is a ruin on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the municipality of…
- Altleiningen Castle
47 km west · Castle · #243 worldwide
Altleiningen is a castle in the Palatinate Forest in Germany. It lies in the parish of Altleiningen in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the German state…
- Battenberg Castle
43 km west · Ruin · #245 worldwide
Battenberg Castle is a castle ruin near Battenberg in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Wildenberg Castle
41 km north-east · Ruin · #250 worldwide
Wildenberg Castle, also called the Wildenburg, is a ruined, Hohenstaufen period castle in the Odenwald hills in Germany.
- Scharfenberg Castle
58 km south-west · Ruin · #265 worldwide
Scharfenberg Castle, is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Landeck Castle
59 km south-west · Ruin · #272 worldwide
Landeck Castle is a ruined hill castle southwest of Landau, near Klingenmünster in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of…
- Breitenstein Castle
52 km west · Ruin · #277 worldwide
The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany.
- Karlsruhe Palace
50 km south-west · Palace & château
Karlsruhe Palace was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital,…
- Frankenstein Castle
42 km north · Castle
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany.
+ 15 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Farther afield: 60–100 km
- Nanstein Castle
82 km west · Ruin · #182 worldwide
Nanstein Castle is a ruined medieval spur castle above the town of Landstuhl, Germany, which has been partially reconstructed.
- Ronneburg Castle
95 km north · Castle · #193 worldwide
Ronneburg Castle is a castle in Ronneburg in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, Germany.
- Idstein Castle
95 km north · Castle · #220 worldwide
Idstein Castle, later the Renaissance style Schloss Idstein, is located in Idstein in the county of Rheingau-Taunus, Germany.
- Brömserburg
85 km north-west · Castle · #227 worldwide
The Brömserburg is a castle located near the banks of the Rhine in the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the German state of…
- Burg Eltville
80 km north-west · Castle · #232 worldwide
Eltville Castle is an urban castle in Eltville am Rhein in the Hessian county of Rheingau-Taunus and is the symbol of the town.
- Falkenstein Castle (Palatinate)
64 km west · Ruin · #234 worldwide
Falkenstein Castle is a ruined hill castle dating to the Middle Ages. It is situated above the eponymous village of Falkenstein on the Donnersberg,…
- Rheingrafenstein Castle
76 km north-west · Castle · #258 worldwide
Rheingrafenstein Castle is a castle on a 136-metre-high porphyry rock formation, the Rheingrafenstein, known as Huhinstein a thousand years, on the…
- Gutenburg Castle
84 km north-west · Ruin · #316 worldwide
Gutenburg Castle, is the ruin of a hill castle above the village of Gutenberg in the county of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of…
- Tannenfels Castle
61 km north-west · Ruin · #336 worldwide
Tannenfels Castle is a ruined hill castle of the motte and bailey type which stands at a height of 460 m above sea level above the village of…
- Amlishagen Castle
92 km east · Castle · #338 worldwide
Amlishagen Castle is a castle near the village of Amlishagen, which is a section of the town of Gerabronn, in the Schwäbisch Hall District of…
- Würzburg Residence
98 km north-east · Palace & château
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the…
- Marienberg Fortress
97 km north-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.
+ 54 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q2966.
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are near Heidelberg?
The Castlemap atlas maps 99 landmarks (45 castles · 5 fortresses · 16 palaces & châteaux · 33 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Heidelberg, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
What is the closest castle to Heidelberg?
Heidelberg Castle, a ruin 1 km south-east of the city centre.
What is the most famous castle near Heidelberg?
Hornberg Castle, ranked #179 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 33 km east from Heidelberg.
What is the oldest castle near Heidelberg?
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Old Castle, founded 950 — 78 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Mannheim (20 km) · Karlsruhe (49 km) · Frankfurt (78 km) · Wiesbaden (82 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.