Germany
52 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 Alter Hof, 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Neuschwanstein Castle (#8 of 9,035 worldwide) 89 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Kloster Herrenchiemsee, founded 620.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries: Germany (39), Austria (13).
6 km north-west · Palace & château · #67 worldwide
The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany.
1 km north-east · Palace & château · #184 worldwide
The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria.
12 km north · Palace & château · #369 worldwide
The Schleißheim Palace is a complex of three individual palaces – the Old, Lustheim, and New – in a grand Baroque park in the village of…
25 km south-west · Palace & château
Berg Palace is a manor house situated on the east bank of Lake Starnberg in the village of Berg in Upper Bavaria, Germany.
1 km south-east · Fortress
The Isartor at the Isartorplatz in Munich is one of four main gates of the medieval city wall.
9 km west · Castle
Blutenburg Castle is an old ducal country seat in the west of Munich, Germany, on the banks of river Würm.
1 km south-west · Fortress
The Sendlinger Tor is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich.
6 km west · Palace & château
The Amalienburg is an elaborate hunting lodge on the grounds of the Nymphenburg Palace Park, Munich, in southern Germany.
1 km east · Palace & château
The Alter Hof in the center of Munich is the former imperial residence of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and consists of five wings: Burgstock,…
1 km west · Fortress
Karlstor in Munich is a medieval city gate, which served as a defensive fortification and a checkpoint.
8 km south-west · Palace & château
Fürstenried Palace is a Baroque maison de plaisance and hunting lodge in Munich, Germany.
1 km north · Palace & château
Holnstein Palace is an historic building in Munich, Southern Germany, which has been the residence of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising since…
+ 2 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
28 km south-west · Palace & château
Possenhofen Castle is a condominium complex and former palace located in Possenhofen on the western shore of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany.
47 km north-west · Ruin
Wittelsbach Castle was a castle near Aichach in today's Bavarian Swabia. The castle was first mentioned around the year 1000.
43 km west · Palace & château
The Schloss Kaltenberg is a castle in the village of Geltendorf in Upper Bavaria, Germany.
30 km south-west · Castle
Seefeld Castle is a castle in Seefeld, Bavaria, that has its origins in a 13th-century building but has since been extensively modified.
52 km north-east · Palace & château
Kronwinkl Palace, also known as Alten-Preysing, is a palace located in Kronwinkl, part of the Lower Bavarian municipality of Eching, on the high bank…
89 km south-west · Palace & château · #8 worldwide
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the…
78 km south-west · Palace & château · #97 worldwide
Linderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria.
69 km south-east · Palace & château · #135 worldwide
Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the Chiemsee lake, in southern Bavaria, Germany.
90 km south-west · Palace & château · #138 worldwide
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, and was the childhood residence of…
99 km south · Castle · #283 worldwide
Ambras Castle is a Renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck, Austria. Ambras Castle is 632 metres above sea level.
93 km east · Castle
Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world, confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, and the…
81 km south · Palace & château
Schloss Elmau is a four-story castle and national monument with hipped roof, tower and porch, situated between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald…
76 km south-east · Fortress
The Kufstein Fortress is the main landmark of Kufstein, a town in Tyrol, Austria. It is sometimes wrongly referred to as Geroldseck Fortress.
98 km south · Palace & château
The Hofburg is a former Habsburg palace in Innsbruck, Austria, and considered one of the three most significant cultural buildings in the country,…
85 km south-east · Castle
Itter Castle is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a Nazi prison for…
61 km north-east · Castle
Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany.
97 km south-west · Ruin
Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps, near Pfronten, Germany.
+ 21 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1726.
The Castle Map atlas maps 52 landmarks (16 castles · 4 fortresses · 26 palaces & châteaux · 6 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Munich, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Alter Hof, a palace 1 km east of the city centre.
Neuschwanstein Castle, ranked #8 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 89 km south-west from Munich.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Kloster Herrenchiemsee, founded 620: 68 km south-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Innsbruck (98 km) · Salzburg (116 km) · Stuttgart (190 km) · Linz (202 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
