Switzerland
136 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 Hegi Castle, 4 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Hohenzollern Castle (#58 of 9,035 worldwide) 93 km north. The oldest dated site in the circle is Heuneburg, founded c. 600 BC.
The 100 km circle reaches into 5 countries: Switzerland (95), Germany (31), Austria (5), Liechtenstein (4), France (1).
23 km north · Fortress
The Munot is a circular 16th-century fortification located on Emmersberg hill in the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and serves as a symbol of the…
5 km south · Castle
Kyburg Castle is a castle in Switzerland, overlooking the Töss river about 3 km south-east of Winterthur, in Kyburg municipality, canton of Zürich.
21 km north-west · Castle
Laufen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Laufen-Uhwiesen in the Swiss canton of Zurich.
21 km north-east · Castle
Hohenklingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stein am Rhein of the Canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
22 km north-west · Castle
The Wörth Castle is a fortification in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, located on a small…
18 km east · Castle
Sonnenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stettfurt of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
17 km south · Castle
Uster Castle is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil in the Swiss municipality of Uster in the Canton of…
11 km east · Ruin
Schauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at 892 m elevation.
24 km south-west · Ruin
The ruins of the castle Manegg are situated on the eastern slopes of the Albis range in the canton of Zürich, near Leimbach and the residential area…
4 km east · Castle
Hegi Castle is a medieval castle in Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
14 km north-east · Castle
Frauenfeld Castle is a castle in the municipality of Frauenfeld of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
41 km west · Castle · #123 worldwide
Habsburg Castle is a medieval Swiss fortress located in what is now Habsburg, Switzerland, in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River.
46 km north-east · Castle
Meersburg Castle, also known as the Alte Burg, in Meersburg on Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is considered to be one of the oldest…
43 km west · Castle
Lenzburg Castle is a castle located above the old part of the town of Lenzburg in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
32 km north-east · Castle
Arenenberg is an estate with a small chateau, Schloss Arenenberg, in the municipality of Salenstein at the shore of Lake Constance in Thurgau,…
45 km south-west · Castle
Hallwyl Castle is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland. It is located on two islands in the River Aabach, just north of the…
56 km north-east · Castle
Heiligenberg Castle is a princely castle in renaissance style, situated in Heiligenberg, Linzgau within the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
46 km north-east · Palace & château
The Neues Schloss Meersburg is located in Meersburg near Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
31 km south · Castle
Rapperswil Castle is a castle, built in the early 13th century by the House of Rapperswil, in the formerly independent city of Rapperswil.
59 km south-west · Palace & château
Meggenhorn Castle is a castle in Meggen near the Swiss city of Lucerne. It was built in 1868/70 by Edouad Hofer-Grosjean from Mulhouse and in 1926…
30 km north · Ruin
Hohentwiel Castle is a ruin of a former castle on the peak of the dead volcano Hohentwiel in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
40 km north · Castle
Langenstein Castle is a Renaissance building of the sixteenth century. Today it is owned by the Douglases, descendants of the Swedish count Ludvig…
41 km west · Fortress
Fort Reuenthal is a 20th-century Swiss fortification located in the Aargau canton near the Swiss border with Germany.
+ 35 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
93 km north · Castle · #58 worldwide
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the formerly imperial House of Hohenzollern.
72 km south-east · Palace & château · #180 worldwide
Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein.
75 km north-east · Castle · #383 worldwide
Sigmaringen Castle was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
84 km north-east · Ruin
The Heuneburg is a prehistoric Celtic hillfort by the river Danube in Hundersingen near Herbertingen, between Ulm and Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg,…
76 km south-east · Castle
Gutenberg Castle is an intact castle in the municipality of Balzers, Liechtenstein, the southern-most municipality in the country.
65 km west · Castle
Aarburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
86 km north-west · Ruin
The ruins of Zähringen castle is what remains of the ancestral seat of the Zähringer Alemannic noble family, located near Freiburg im Breisgau.
65 km north · Castle
Burg Wildenstein, a fortified spur castle, built between 1200 and 1300 A.D., is situated above the Danube break-through at the Swabian Alb in…
72 km south-east · Castle
Schattenburg is a castle, museum, and restaurant in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg. Schattenburg is 480 metres above sea level.
81 km west · Ruin
Rötteln Castle, located above the Lörrach suburb of Haagen, lies in the extreme southwest corner of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, just 10…
96 km south-west · Castle
Burgdorf Castle is a castle in the municipality of Burgdorf in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
92 km north-west · Ruin
The Hochburg is a castle ruin situated between the city of Emmendingen and the village of Sexau in the region of Baden, located in the southwest of…
+ 66 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q9125.
The Castle Map atlas maps 136 landmarks (68 castles · 4 fortresses · 13 palaces & châteaux · 51 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Winterthur, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Hegi Castle, a castle 4 km east of the city centre.
Hohenzollern Castle, ranked #58 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 93 km north from Winterthur.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Heuneburg, founded c. 600 BC: 84 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Basel (86 km) · Freiburg im Breisgau (86 km) · Mulhouse (108 km) · Bern (114 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
