Germany
170 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 Hohenecken Castle, 6 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Eltz Castle — #75 of 9,079 worldwide — 90 km north. The oldest dated site in the circle is Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen, founded c. 350 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Germany (139), France (30), Luxembourg (1).
15 km west · Ruin
Nanstein Castle is a ruined medieval spur castle above the town of Landstuhl, Germany, which has been partially reconstructed.
15 km east · Castle
Frankenstein Castle is a medieval fortification on a spur above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Forest in Germany.
23 km south · Ruin
Gräfenstein Castle is a ruined rock castle about 2 kilometres east of the village of Merzalben in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
20 km north · Ruin
Falkenstein Castle is a ruined hill castle dating to the Middle Ages. It is situated above the eponymous village of Falkenstein on the Donnersberg,…
24 km east · Castle
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…
6 km south-west · Ruin
Hohenecken Castle is the ruin of a spur castle from the Hohenstaufen era on the Schlossberg hill above the Kaiserslautern ward of Hohenecken in…
21 km south-east · Ruin
Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
20 km south-east · Ruin
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.
20 km south · Castle
The Heidelsburg, also called the Bunenstein, is an old fortification in the western Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that…
24 km north-east · Ruin
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…
20 km south-east · Ruin
Erfenstein Castle is a medieval spur castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
58 km east · 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…
29 km south-east · Castle
Hambach Castle is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
50 km east · Palace & château
Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
32 km south-east · Castle
Trifels Castle is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern…
44 km south · Ruin
Château de Fleckenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
38 km south · Castle
Berwartstein Castle is a castle in the Wasgau, the southern part of the Palatinate Forest in the state Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany.
59 km north · Castle
Klopp Castle is a castle in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
33 km south · Ruin
Altdahn Castle is a castle ruin in the Palatinate Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region.
60 km north · Ruin
Ehrenfels Castle is a ruined hillside castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany.
59 km west · Fortress
The Celtic hill fort of Otzenhausen is one of the biggest fortifications the Celts ever constructed.
32 km north-west · Ruin
Lichtenberg Castle is a ruin of the spur castle type; with a length of 425m it is the biggest castle ruin in Germany.
41 km north · Castle
Ebernburg Castle is a hilltop castle above the town of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
+ 38 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
90 km north · Castle · #75 worldwide
Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
88 km north-west · Fortress · #88 worldwide
The Porta Nigra, referred to by locals as the Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany.
69 km east · 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…
92 km north · Castle
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
89 km north-west · Fortress
Reichsburg Cochem is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle.
76 km north-east · Castle
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany.
67 km south-east · 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,…
96 km north · 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…
71 km north · Castle
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany.
79 km north · Ruin
Rheinfels Castle is a castle ruin located above the left bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
98 km north-east · 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…
96 km south · Palace & château
The Palais Rohan in Strasbourg is the former residence of the prince-bishops and cardinals of the House of Rohan, an ancient French noble family…
+ 97 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q3758.
The Castle Map atlas maps 170 landmarks (51 castles · 7 fortresses · 34 palaces & châteaux · 78 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Kaiserslautern, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Hohenecken Castle, a ruin 6 km south-west of the city centre.
Eltz Castle, ranked #75 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 90 km north from Kaiserslautern.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen, founded c. 350 BC — 59 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Mannheim (51 km) · Saarbrücken (60 km) · Karlsruhe (66 km) · Heidelberg (68 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
