The atlas
43 landmarks in the atlas.
The Castlemap atlas charts 15 castles, 3 fortresses, 3 palaces & châteaux and 22 ruins on the Moselle. They span from c. 350 BC to 1900.
The best known is Eltz Castle, #70 of 7,738 worldwide.
Country pages: Germany · Luxembourg · France.
Koblenz · Trier · Kaiserslautern · Saarbrücken · Luxembourg · Metz
See them on the map →Castle · 12th century · #70 worldwide · #6 in Germany
Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
Fortress · 2nd century · #84 worldwide · #8 in Germany
The Porta Nigra, referred to by locals as the Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany.
Fortress · 12th century · #45 in Germany
Reichsburg Cochem is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle.
Castle · 11th century · #2 in Luxembourg
Vianden Castle (Luxembourgish: Veianer Schlass [ˈfɑɪ̯ɑnɐ ˈʃlɑs] or Veiner Schlooss [ˈfɑɪ̯nɐ ˈʃloːs] ; French: Château de Vianden; German: Schloss…
Castle · #59 in Germany
Bürresheim Castle is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette.
Palace & château · #122 in Germany
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.
Ruin · 12th century · #5 in Luxembourg
Beaufort Castle dating from the 11th century consists of the ruins of the medieval fortress and an adjacent residence from the 17th century.
Ruin · 12th century · #147 in Germany
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…
Castle · 13th century · #154 in Germany
Lissingen Castle is a well-preserved former moated castle dating to the 13th century.
Ruin · #175 in Germany
Metternich Castle is an ancient castle in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Palace & château · 19th century · #12 in Luxembourg
Schengen Castle is located in the village of Schengen in the south-east of Luxembourg close to the borders with France and Germany.
Castle · 13th century · #212 in Germany
Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ruin · 11th century · #14 in Luxembourg
Larochette Castle stands high above the town of Larochette in central Luxembourg.
Ruin · 11th century · #238 in Germany
The Kasselburg is a ruined hill castle on a 490-metre-high basalt massif in Pelm near Gerolstein in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of…
Ruin · #245 in Germany
The ruins of the Thurant Castle stand on a wide slate hill spur above the villages of Alken on the Moselle in Germany.
Castle · 15th century · #273 in France
The Château de Malbrouck, also Burg Meinsberg, and in old historical books also called "Münzburg", is a completely renovated medieval castle complex…
Fortress · 4th century BC · #275 in Germany
The Celtic hill fort of Otzenhausen is one of the biggest fortifications the Celts ever constructed.
Ruin · 12th century · #276 in Germany
Lichtenberg Castle is a ruin of the spur castle type; with a length of 425m it is the biggest castle ruin in Germany.
Ruin · 12th century · #286 in Germany
Burg Landshut is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Bernkastel-Kues in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ruin · #291 in Germany
The Ehrenburg is the ruin of a spur castle at 230 m above sea level in the vicinity of Brodenbach in Germany. The castle had a very eventful history.
Castle · 13th century · #295 in Germany
Pyrmont Castle stands west of Münstermaifeld near Roes and Pillig on a slate rock outcrop above a waterfall on the Elzbach in the southern Eifel…
Ruin · 14th century · #320 in Germany
The ruins of Trutzeltz Castle, also known as Balduineltz, Baldeneltz or Neueltz, are the remains of a hill castle in the valley of the Elz in the…
Ruin · 12th century · #341 in Germany
Waldeck Castle is a mediaeval castle ruin overlooking the Baybach valley in Dorweiler village, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ruin · 10th century · #353 in Germany
Near the Eifel town of Manderscheid are the ruins of two castles, the castles of Manderschied, whose history and location reflect the mediaeval…
Castle · 18th century · #22 in Luxembourg
Bettendorf Castle is located in the village of Bettendorf in eastern Luxembourg.
Ruin · 14th century · #380 in Germany
Grevenburg was a castle in Traben-Trarbach in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
Ruin · #386 in Germany
Schloss Veldenz in the Hunsrück upland, on a steep vale draining into the Mosel is a castle ruin about 1.5 kilometres southeast of the village of…
Ruin · 14th century · #387 in Germany
The ruins of Ramstein Castle stand on a 182-metre-high, Bunter sandstone rock on the edge of the Meulenwald forest in the lower, steep-sided Kyll…
Castle · 12th century · #398 in Germany
Kerpen Castle is a spur castle standing on a dolomite hill spur at a height of 500 m above sea level above the Eifel village of Kerpen in the German…
Palace & château · 19th century · #35 in Luxembourg
Senningen Castle is a revival-style castle, located in the town of Senningen, in the west of the commune of Niederanven, in the Grand Duchy of…
Castle · 16th century · #37 in Luxembourg
Aspelt Castle, located in Aspelt in the south of Luxembourg, is a Baroque residence built in 1590 on the site of a medieval castle from the 11th…
Castle · 12th century · #39 in Luxembourg
Bourglinster Castle also known as Burg Linster, is located in the village of Bourglinster in central Luxembourg some 17 km to the east of Luxembourg…
Ruin · 11th century · #425 in Germany
The Niederburg at Kobern, also called the Niedernburg, Unterburg or Neue Burg, is a hill castle above the municipality of Kobern-Gondorf in the…
Ruin · 13th century · #434 in Germany
Kastellaun Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Kastellaun in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ruin · 13th century · #443 in Germany
The Bertradaburg is a ruined hill castle on a rock spur, 348 m above sea level, above the village of Mürlenbach in the county of Vulkaneifel in the…
Ruin · #444 in Germany
Burg Baldenau is the ruin of a moated castle in the Hunsrück between the villages of Hundheim and Hinzerath, both districts of the municipality of…
Castle · 15th century · #451 in Germany
Wernerseck Castle, also called the Kelterhausburg, is a late medieval hill castle in the municipality of Ochtendung in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in…
Ruin · 10th century · #456 in Germany
Burg Coraidelstein, also called Burg Klotten, is the ruin of a hillside castle at 177 m above sea level on a hilltop by the Moselle above the…
Castle · 9th century · #459 in Germany
The Neuerburg is a castle and fortress in the western Eifel mountains in the Enzbach valley above the town of Neuerburg in the county of Eifelkreis…
Castle · 17th century · #44 in Luxembourg
Wintrange Castle, located in the centre of Wintrange near Schengen in south-eastern Luxembourg, is a privately owned Renaissance style castle built…
Castle · 18th century · #45 in Luxembourg
Born Castle is located in the centre of the little village of Born some 8 km north of Wasserbillig in south-eastern Luxembourg.
Ruin · 11th century · #474 in Germany
Virneburg Castle is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level, around which the Nitzbach stream flows.
Ruin · 11th century · #484 in Germany
The Prümerburg is a ruined hill castle on a roughly 30-metre-high Lias-sandstone rock on the upper edge of the valley of the Prüm in the municipality…
The Castlemap atlas charts 15 castles, 3 fortresses, 3 palaces & châteaux and 22 ruins on the Moselle. They span from c. 350 BC to 1900.
The best known is Eltz Castle, #70 of 7,738 worldwide.
Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen — c. 350 BC.
