🇩🇪 Germany
95 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 Beyenburg, 8 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Palace of Aachen — #474 of 8,134 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 (60), 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…
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.
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.
8 km east · Castle
Burg Beyenburg was a spur castle on a rise in a bend of the Wupper beside Steinhaus monastery in what is today Beyenburg in Wuppertal.
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.
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…
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…
+ 13 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…
96 km north-west · Castle
Slangenburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Doetinchem in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
+ 49 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 Castlemap atlas maps 95 landmarks (63 castles · 1 fortress · 13 palaces & châteaux · 18 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 Beyenburg, a castle 8 km east of the city centre.
Palace of Aachen, ranked #474 of 8,134 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.
