🇩🇪 Germany
131 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 Saarbrücken Castle, 1 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Porta Nigra — #89 of 8,134 worldwide — 64 km north-west. 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 (51), France (41), Luxembourg (39).
1 km south-west · Palace & château
Saarbrücken Castle is a Baroque château in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland.
18 km east · Ruin
Burg Kirkel, also known as the Kirkeler Burg, is a hill castle ruin located on a sandstone spur above Kirkel-Neuhäusel in the Saarpfalz district of…
60 km east · Ruin
Château de Fleckenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
53 km north-west · Palace & château
Schengen Castle is located in the village of Schengen in the south-east of Luxembourg close to the borders with France and Germany.
59 km east · Ruin
Altdahn Castle is a castle ruin in the Palatinate Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region.
50 km south-east · Castle
The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges at the end of the village of Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin…
48 km north-west · Castle
The Château de Malbrouck, also Burg Meinsberg, and in old historical books also called "Münzburg", is a completely renovated medieval castle complex…
43 km north · Fortress
The Celtic hill fort of Otzenhausen is one of the biggest fortifications the Celts ever constructed.
44 km north-east · Ruin
Lichtenberg Castle is a ruin of the spur castle type; with a length of 425m it is the biggest castle ruin in Germany.
46 km north-east · Ruin
Nanstein Castle is a ruined medieval spur castle above the town of Landstuhl, Germany, which has been partially reconstructed.
26 km east · Castle
Zweibrücken Castle is a building in the town of Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It was built as a ducal palace in 1720–1725.
56 km east · Ruin
Blumenstein Castle is a castle ruin in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
55 km east · Ruin
Gräfenstein Castle is a ruined rock castle about 2 kilometres east of the village of Merzalben in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
55 km east · Ruin
The Château du Wasigenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Niedersteinbach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
+ 17 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
64 km north-west · Fortress · #89 worldwide
The Porta Nigra, referred to by locals as the Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany.
75 km north-west · Palace & château
The Grand Ducal Palace is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
97 km north-west · Castle
Vianden Castle (Luxembourgish: Veianer Schlass [ˈfɑɪ̯ɑnɐ ˈʃlɑs] or Veiner Schlooss [ˈfɑɪ̯nɐ ˈʃloːs] ; French: Château de Vianden; German: Schloss…
92 km north-west · Palace & château
Berg Castle is the principal residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. It is situated in the town of Colmar-Berg, in central Luxembourg, near the…
82 km east · Castle
Hambach Castle is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
91 km south-east · 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…
80 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Lunéville (French: Château de Lunéville French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d lynevil]) is a residence of the Duke of Lorraine since the 13th…
71 km 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…
82 km north-west · Castle
Fischbach Castle is a castle in Luxembourg. It is situated near the town of Fischbach, in central Luxembourg.
97 km south-east · Palace & château
Schloss Rastatt, also known as Residenzschloss Rastatt, is a Baroque schloss in Rastatt, Germany.
61 km west · Fortress
The Germans' Gate is a medieval bridge castle and city gate in Metz, France. It is "a relic of the medieval fortifications, with two 13th century…
63 km north-west · Palace & château
The Electoral Palace in Trier, Germany, was the residence of the Archbishops and Electors of Trier from the 16th century until the late 18th century.
+ 88 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1724.
The Castlemap atlas maps 131 landmarks (37 castles · 6 fortresses · 18 palaces & châteaux · 70 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Saarbrücken, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Saarbrücken Castle, a palace 1 km south-west of the city centre.
Porta Nigra, ranked #89 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 64 km north-west from Saarbrücken.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen, founded c. 350 BC — 43 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Kaiserslautern (60 km) · Metz (61 km) · Trier (64 km) · Luxembourg (76 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
