🇩🇪 Germany
121 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 Biebrich Palace, 5 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Eltz Castle — #75 of 8,133 worldwide — 66 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Saalburg Roman Fort, founded 90.
Every one of them stands in Germany — the country page shows the full national picture.
23 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…
5 km south · Palace & château
Biebrich Palace is a Baroque residence in the borough of Biebrich in the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
20 km south-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…
10 km south · Fortress
The Mainzer Zitadelle is situated at the fringe of Mainz Old Town, near Mainz Römisches Theater station.
9 km south · Palace & château
The Electoral Palace in Mainz is the former city Residenz of the Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz.
17 km south-west · Palace & château
The Ingelheim Imperial Palace was an important imperial palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany.
10 km south · Fortress
The Fortress of Mainz was a fortressed garrison town between 1620 and 1918. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, under the term of the 1815 Peace of…
9 km south · Palace & château
The Deutschhaus or Deutschordenskommende is a historical building in Mainz, western Germany, which is the seat of the Landtag of…
22 km north-east · Castle
Kronberg Castle is a High Middle Ages Rock castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse state, Germany.
19 km north-east · Ruin
The ruined Königstein Castle belongs to the Hessian town of Königstein im Taunus in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse and is its landmark.
16 km north · Castle
Idstein Castle, later the Renaissance style Schloss Idstein, is located in Idstein in the county of Rheingau-Taunus, Germany.
11 km south-west · Castle
Eltville Castle is an urban castle in Eltville am Rhein in the Hessian county of Rheingau-Taunus and is the symbol of the town.
54 km north-west · Fortress · #297 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…
47 km north-west · Castle
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
44 km south-east · Castle
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany.
52 km north-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…
34 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.
39 km west · Ruin
Rheinfels Castle is a castle ruin located above the left bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
31 km north-east · Fortress
The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany.
49 km north · Palace & château
Situated atop a basalt hill, Braunfels Castle overlooks the spa town of Braunfels in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
38 km west · Castle
Katz Castle is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate.
29 km west · Castle
Rheinstein Castle is a castle near the town of Trechtingshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The castle was constructed in about 1316/1317.
34 km west · Castle
Stahleck Castle is a 12th-century fortified castle in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at Bacharach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
41 km north-west · Castle
Nassau Castle, located in Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and named after it, was a castle and the ancestrial seat of the House of Nassau and…
+ 45 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
66 km west · Castle · #75 worldwide
Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
82 km south-east · Ruin · #103 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…
77 km west · Fortress
Reichsburg Cochem is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle.
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…
98 km north-west · Palace & château
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century.
85 km south · Castle
Hambach Castle is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
81 km west · Castle
Bürresheim Castle is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette.
69 km south · Palace & château
Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
65 km east · Palace & château
Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, Germany.
89 km north-east · Castle
The Marburger Schloss, also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, located on top of Schlossberg.
79 km east · Castle
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg,…
96 km west · Ruin
The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler in the…
+ 40 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1721.
The Castlemap atlas maps 121 landmarks (52 castles · 6 fortresses · 17 palaces & châteaux · 46 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Wiesbaden, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Biebrich Palace, a palace 5 km south of the city centre.
Eltz Castle, ranked #75 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 66 km west from Wiesbaden.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Saalburg Roman Fort, founded 90 — 31 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Frankfurt (32 km) · Koblenz (55 km) · Mannheim (68 km) · Kaiserslautern (79 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
