Germany
133 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 Burg Castle, 15 km south of the city centre; the most famous is Palace of Aachen (#462 of 9,040 worldwide) 94 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth, founded c. 700.
The 100 km circle reaches into 2 countries: Germany (98), Netherlands (35).
15 km south · Castle
Burg Castle, located in Burg an der Wupper, is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a popular tourist attraction.
25 km south-west · Palace & château
Schloss Benrath is a Baroque-style maison de plaisance in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf.
21 km north-west · Castle
Landsberg Castle is a castle complex in the Ruhr valley within the municipal area of Ratingen, on the city boundary with Essen, in the immediate…
21 km north-west · Castle
Schloss Hugenpoet is a three-part moated castle surrounded by moats in the Essen district of Kettwig, in the immediate vicinity of Schloss Landsberg.
19 km north-east · Ruin
Hardenstein Castle is a ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The remains lie east of Herbede on the Ruhr River, surrounded by mountains,…
16 km north · Castle
Haus Kemnade is a moated castle in the Blankenstein district of Hattingen. Its name – derived from the word "Kemenate" – shows that the noble…
16 km north · Ruin
Blankenstein Castle is a castle located on the south side of the river Ruhr in Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
18 km north-east · Ruin
Burg Volmarstein is the ruin of a hill castle in the Volmarstein district of the town of Wetter in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia.
23 km north-west · Palace & château
Linnep Palace, usually called Haus Linnep, is a moated palace south-southeast of the Breitscheid district of Ratingen, in the Mettmann district of…
20 km north-east · Ruin
Burg Wetter on the Harkortsee at about 100 metres above sea level in the town of Wetter was among the most important castles of the Ruhr valley.
18 km south-west · Palace & château
Hackhausen Palace is a Reform-style moated palace in the Bergisches Land city of Solingen.
17 km south-east · Castle
Hückeswagen Castle is the castle of the town of Hückeswagen in the Oberbergische Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
57 km north-east · Palace & château
Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia,…
33 km south · Palace & château
Bensberg Castle is a former royal hunting lodge in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
59 km north · Castle
Vischering Castle in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster of Germany.
34 km east · Castle
Altena Castle is a medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia.
28 km north-west · Castle
Borbeck Castle is a Baroque moated castle in the Essen district of Borbeck. From the 14th century onward it served as the preferred residence of the…
60 km south · Palace & château
The Electoral Palace in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Prince-Electors of Cologne.
50 km west · Palace & château
Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
54 km north · Castle
Lembeck Castle, located in the urban area of Dorsten on the border of the northern Ruhr region and the southern Münsterland, is a moated castle.
28 km west · Palace & château
The Schloss Jägerhof, formerly also called die Vénerie, is located at Jacobistraße 2 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, near the city centre.
29 km west · Ruin
The Düsseldorf castle at or in the Düsseldorfer Altstadt existed from 1260 to 1872 or 1896.
46 km west · Castle
Castle Dyck is a moated castle in the Rhineland region of Germany. It is located in the municipality of Jüchen in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North…
36 km north · Palace & château
Herten Castle is a moated castle situated in the town of Herten in the administrative district of Recklinghausen in the state of North Rhine…
+ 25 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
94 km south-west · Palace & château
The Palace of Aachen was a group of buildings with residential, political, and religious purposes chosen by Charlemagne to be the center of power of…
67 km south · Palace & château
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century.
61 km south · Palace & château
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and…
83 km north · Palace & château
Schloss Münster, officially Fürstbischöfliches Schloss Münster, is the schloss built as the residence of the prince-bishop of Münster, modern-day…
97 km south-west · Castle
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg.
83 km north-west · Castle
Anholt Castle is a monumental moated castle and former princely seat in the municipality of Isselburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the…
85 km north-west · Castle
Moyland Castle is a water castle in Bedburg-Hau in the district of Kleve, one of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia.
97 km south-east · Ruin
Castle Dillenburg, in the provincial town of Dillenburg in Hesse-Nassau, is situated on a hill above the Dill river, 25 miles northwest from Gießen…
94 km north-west · Castle
Huis Bergh is a castle in 's-Heerenberg, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is one of the largest surviving castles in the Netherlands.
93 km north-west · Castle
The Schwanenburg Castle, in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill.
79 km south-west · Castle
Burg Satzvey is a medieval moated castle, originally from the 12th century, which lies on the northeastern edge of the Eifel in Mechernich in the…
87 km east · Palace & château
Berleburg Palace in Bad Berleburg, a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of North Rhine-Westphalia, has been continuously inhabited by the…
+ 72 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q2107.
The Castle Map atlas maps 133 landmarks (69 castles · 1 fortress · 34 palaces & châteaux · 29 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Wuppertal, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Burg Castle, a castle 15 km south of the city centre.
Palace of Aachen, ranked #462 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 94 km south-west from Wuppertal.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth, founded c. 700: 32 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Essen (24 km) · Düsseldorf (29 km) · Duisburg (35 km) · Cologne (39 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
