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Castles in Germany
476 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one on the interactive map.
See them on the map →The most famous castle in Germany is Neuschwanstein Castle, ranked #5 of 7,051 in the world — followed by Brandenburg Gate and Sanssouci Palace.
The Castlemap atlas charts 233 castles, 25 fortresses, 103 palaces & châteaux and 115 ruins in Germany. They span more than 19 centuries — from Limes Germanicus (founded 9) to Dankwarderode Castle (1963). Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of Germany.
All 476 castles in Germany
- Neuschwanstein Castle
Palace & château · 19th century · #5 worldwide · #1 in Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the…
- Brandenburg Gate
Fortress · 18th century · #9 worldwide · #2 in Germany
Triumphal arch in Berlin, Germany
- Sanssouci Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #45 worldwide · #3 in Germany
Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted…
- Wartburg
Castle · 11th century · #51 worldwide · #4 in Germany
The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. At an elevation of 410 metres in the state of Thuringia, Germany, it is situated on a…
- Hohenzollern Castle
Castle · 15th century · #53 worldwide · #5 in Germany
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the formerly imperial House of Hohenzollern.
- Nymphenburg Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #61 worldwide · #6 in Germany
The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace situated in Munich's western district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, in Bavaria, southern Germany.
- Eltz Castle
Castle · 12th century · #69 worldwide · #7 in Germany
Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
- Berlin Palace
Palace & château · 15th century · #72 worldwide · #8 in Germany
The Berlin Palace, formerly known as the Royal Palace, is a large building adjacent to Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island in the Mitte area of…
- Linderhof Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #93 worldwide · #10 in Germany
Linderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria.
- Heidelberg Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #96 worldwide · #11 in Germany
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the…
- Charlottenburg Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #101 worldwide · #12 in Germany
Schloss Charlottenburg is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, and is among…
- Schwerin Castle
Castle · 19th century · #110 worldwide · #13 in Germany
Schwerin Castle (German: Schweriner Schloss, German pronunciation: [ʃveˈʁiːnɐ ˈʃlɔs] also known as Schwerin Palace, is a 19th-century Schloss built…
- Würzburg Residence
Palace & château · 18th century · #118 worldwide · #14 in Germany
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the…
- Bellevue Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #119 worldwide · #15 in Germany
Bellevue Palace, located in Berlin's Tiergarten district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994.
- Zwinger
Palace & château · 18th century · #125 worldwide · #16 in Germany
The Zwinger is a palatial complex with gardens in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, it is one of the most important…
- Herrenchiemsee
Palace & château · 19th century · #130 worldwide · #17 in Germany
Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the Chiemsee lake, in southern Bavaria, Germany.
- Hohenschwangau Castle
Palace & château · 19th century · #132 worldwide · #18 in Germany
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, and was the childhood residence of…
- Lichtenstein Castle
Castle · 19th century · #157 worldwide · #19 in Germany
Lichtenstein Castle is a privately owned Gothic Revival castle located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany.
- Munich Residence
Palace & château · 14th century · #178 worldwide · #20 in Germany
The Residenz in central Munich is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria.
- Nuremberg Castle
Castle · #191 worldwide · #21 in Germany
Nuremberg Castle is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.
- Princely Abbey of Corvey
Palace & château · 9th century · #207 worldwide · #22 in Germany
The Princely Abbey of Corvey is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Palace & château · 17th century · #208 worldwide · #23 in Germany
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a landscape park in Kassel, Germany. The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres, making it the largest European hillside…
- Wewelsburg
Castle · 17th century · #219 worldwide · #24 in Germany
Wewelsburg is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of…
- Danevirke
Fortress · 6th century · #222 worldwide · #25 in Germany
System of Danish fortifications in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Königstein Fortress
Fortress · #248 worldwide · #26 in Germany
Königstein Fortress, the "Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the…
- Cecilienhof
Palace & château · 20th century · #254 worldwide · #27 in Germany
Cecilienhof Palace is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, built from 1914 to 1917 in the layout of an English Tudor manor house.
- Holstentor
Fortress · #259 worldwide · #28 in Germany
Two-towered city gate in Lübeck, Germany, used as a museum
- Moritzburg Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #272 worldwide · #29 in Germany
Moritzburg Castle or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about 13 kilometres northwest of the Saxon…
- Colditz Castle
Castle · #280 worldwide · #30 in Germany
Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany.
- Dresden Castle
Castle · #281 worldwide · #31 in Germany
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany.
- Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #288 worldwide · #32 in Germany
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, stands on the east bank of the Rhine opposite the mouth of the…
- New Palace (Potsdam)
Palace & château · 18th century · #321 worldwide · #33 in Germany
The New Palace is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany.
- Glücksburg Castle
Castle · 16th century · #338 worldwide · #34 in Germany
Glücksburg Castle is one of the most significant Renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
- Schleißheim palace complex
Palace & château · #369 worldwide · #35 in Germany
The Schleißheim Palace is a complex of three individual palaces – the Old, Lustheim, and New – in a grand Baroque park in the village of…
- Sigmaringen Castle
Castle · 17th century · #376 worldwide · #36 in Germany
Sigmaringen Castle was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
- Marienburg Castle
Castle · 19th century · #398 worldwide · #37 in Germany
Marienburg Castle is a Gothic Revival castle in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Hildesheim, and around 30 kilometres…
- Ludwigsburg Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #38 in Germany
Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg,…
- Spandau Citadel
Fortress · 16th century · #39 in Germany
The Spandau Citadel is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe.
- Palace of Aachen
Palace & château · 8th century · #40 in Germany
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…
- Marienberg Fortress
Fortress · #41 in Germany
Marienberg Fortress is a prominent landmark on the left bank of the Main river in Würzburg, in the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
- Marksburg
Castle · 12th century · #42 in Germany
The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Gottorf Castle
Castle · #43 in Germany
Gottorf Castle is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Burghausen Castle
Castle · 11th century · #45 in Germany
Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world, confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, and the…
- Frankenstein Castle
Castle · 13th century · #47 in Germany
Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany.
- Possenhofen Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #48 in Germany
Possenhofen Castle is a condominium complex and former palace located in Possenhofen on the western shore of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany.
- Karlsruhe Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #49 in Germany
Karlsruhe Palace was built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital,…
- Schwetzingen Palace
Palace & château · #50 in Germany
Schwetzingen Palace is a schloss in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Schwetzingen was the summer residence of the Electors Palatine Charles III…
- Veste Coburg
Fortress · 13th century · #51 in Germany
The Veste Coburg is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany.
- Schloss Drachenburg
Palace & château · 19th century · #52 in Germany
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century.
- Schloss Wilhelmshöhe
Palace & château · 18th century · #53 in Germany
The Wilhelmshöhe Palace is a Neoclassical palace located in Bad Wilhelmshöhe, a part of Kassel, Germany.
- Schloss Elmau
Palace & château · 20th century · #54 in Germany
Schloss Elmau is a four-story castle and national monument with hipped roof, tower and porch, situated between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald…
- Stolzenfels Castle
Castle · 13th century · #55 in Germany
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…
- City Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #56 in Germany
The Potsdam City Palace is a building in Potsdam, Germany, located on the Old Market Square, next to the St. Nicholas' Church.
- Hambach Castle
Castle · 11th century · #57 in Germany
Hambach Castle is a castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Kronprinzenpalais
Palace & château · 17th century · #58 in Germany
The Kronprinzenpalais is a former Royal Prussian residence on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin.
- Babelsberg Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #59 in Germany
Babelsberg Palace lies in the eponymous park and quarter of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin.
- Bürresheim Castle
Castle · #60 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.
- Mannheim Palace
Palace & château · #61 in Germany
Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Imperial Palace of Goslar
Palace & château · #62 in Germany
The Imperial Palace of Goslar is a historical building complex at the foot of the Rammelsberg hill in the south of the town of Goslar north of the…
- Pfalzgrafenstein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #63 in Germany
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany.
- Monbijou Palace
Ruin · 18th century · #64 in Germany
Monbijou Palace was a Rococo palace in central Berlin located in the present-day Monbijou Park on the north bank of the Spree river across from…
- Pillnitz Castle
Castle · 14th century · #65 in Germany
Pillnitz Palace is a restored Baroque castle at the eastern end of the city of Dresden in the German state of Saxony.
- Schloss Nordkirchen
Palace & château · 18th century · #66 in Germany
Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia,…
- Schönhausen Palace
Palace & château · #67 in Germany
Schönhausen Palace is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in the borough of Pankow, Berlin, Germany.
- Albrechtsburg
Castle · 10th century · #68 in Germany
The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle erected from 1471 till about 1495. It is located in the town centre of Meissen in the German state of…
- Rheinfels Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #69 in Germany
Rheinfels Castle is a castle ruin located above the left bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Orangery Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #70 in Germany
The Orangery Palace is a palace located in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany.
- Marmorpalais
Palace & château · 18th century · #71 in Germany
The Marmorpalais is a former royal residence in Potsdam, near Berlin in Germany, built on the grounds of the extensive Neuer Garten on the shores of…
- Jagdschloss Grunewald
Palace & château · 16th century · #72 in Germany
The Jagdschloss Grunewald, a hunting lodge, is the oldest preserved castle of Berlin, Germany.
- Wernigerode Castle
Palace & château · 12th century · #73 in Germany
Wernigerode Castle is a schloss located in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Schloss Weißenstein
Palace & château · 18th century · #74 in Germany
Schloss Weißenstein is a Schloss or palatial residence in Pommersfelden, Bavaria, southern Germany.
- Schlosshotel Kronberg
Palace & château · 19th century · #75 in Germany
Schlosshotel Kronberg in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main, was built between 1889 and 1893 for the dowager German Empress Victoria…
- Burg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #76 in Germany
Burg Castle, located in Burg an der Wupper, is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a popular tourist attraction.
- Schloss Johannisburg
Palace & château · 17th century · #77 in Germany
Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, Germany.
- Palais Schaumburg
Palace & château · #78 in Germany
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and…
- Schloss Braunfels
Palace & château · #79 in Germany
Situated atop a basalt hill, Braunfels Castle overlooks the spa town of Braunfels in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
- Glienicke Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #80 in Germany
Glienicke Palace is a historic palace located on the peninsula of Berlin-Wannsee in Germany.
- New Palace (Stuttgart)
Palace & château · 18th century · #81 in Germany
The New Palace is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Stuttgart and is one of the last large city palaces built in Southern Germany.
- Marburg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #82 in Germany
The Marburger Schloss, also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, located on top of Schlossberg.
- Rheinsberg Palace
Palace & château · #83 in Germany
Rheinsberg Palace lies in the municipality of Rheinsberg, about 100 kilometres northwest of Berlin in the German district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin.
- Old Castle
Castle · 10th century · #84 in Germany
The Old Palace is a former castle located on the Schillerplatz in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Katz Castle
Castle · 14th century · #85 in Germany
Katz Castle is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Ehrenburg Palace
Palace & château · 16th century · #86 in Germany
Ehrenburg Palace is a palace in Coburg, Franconia, Germany. It served as the main Coburg residence for the ruling princes from the 1540s until 1918.
- Charlottenhof Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #87 in Germany
Charlottenhof Palace or Charlottenhof Manor is a former royal palace located southwest of Sanssouci Palace in Sanssouci Park at Potsdam, Germany.
- Trifels Castle
Castle · #88 in Germany
Trifels Castle is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern…
- Hohenstaufen Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #89 in Germany
Hohenstaufen Castle is a ruined castle in Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Celle Castle
Castle · 13th century · #90 in Germany
Celle Castle or, less commonly, Celle Palace, in the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony, was one of the residences of the House of…
- Rheinstein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #91 in Germany
Rheinstein Castle is a castle near the town of Trechtingshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Plassenburg
Castle · 12th century · #92 in Germany
Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. It is one of the most impressive castles in Germany and a symbol of the city.
- Stahleck Castle
Castle · 12th century · #93 in Germany
Stahleck Castle is a 12th-century fortified castle in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at Bacharach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Blutenburg Castle
Castle · #94 in Germany
Blutenburg Castle is an old ducal country seat in the west of Munich, Germany, on the banks of river Würm.
- Schloss Bensberg
Palace & château · 18th century · #95 in Germany
Bensberg Castle is a former royal hunting lodge in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Meersburg Castle
Castle · 7th century · #96 in Germany
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…
- Benrath Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #97 in Germany
Schloss Benrath is a Baroque-style maison de plaisance in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf.
- Solitude Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #98 in Germany
Solitude Palace is a Rococo schloss and hunting retreat commissioned by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg.
- Friedenstein Castle
Palace & château · 17th century · #99 in Germany
Friedenstein Palace is an early Baroque palace in the city of Gotha, built in the mid-17th century by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha at Gotha,…
- Trausnitz Castle
Castle · 13th century · #100 in Germany
Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany.
- Biebrich Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #101 in Germany
Biebrich Palace is a Baroque residence in the borough of Biebrich in the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
- Nassau Castle
Castle · #102 in Germany
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…
- Herrenhausen Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #103 in Germany
Herrenhausen Palace is a former royal summer residence of the House of Hanover in the Herrenhausen district of the German city of Hanover.
- Schloss Münster
Palace & château · 18th century · #104 in Germany
Schloss Münster, officially Fürstbischöfliches Schloss Münster, is the schloss built as the residence of the prince-bishop of Münster, modern-day…
- Vischering Castle
Castle · 13th century · #105 in Germany
Vischering Castle in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster of Germany.
- Teck
Ruin · #106 in Germany
Teck Castle was a ducal castle in the kingdom of Württemberg, immediately to the north of the Swabian Jura and south of the town of Kirchheim unter…
- Jaromarsburg
Castle · #107 in Germany
The Jaromarsburg was a cult site for the Slavic tribe of Rani dedicated to the god Svantovit and used from the 9th to the 12th century.
- Brunswick Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #108 in Germany
Brunswick Palace on the Bohlweg in the centre of the city of Brunswick, was the residence of the Brunswick dukes from 1753 to 8 November 1918.
- Hohenbaden Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #109 in Germany
Hohenbaden Castle in German Baden-Baden was the residence of the margraves of Baden for almost 400 years.
- Maus Castle
Castle · 14th century · #110 in Germany
Maus Castle is a castle above the village of Wellmich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Köpenick Palace
Palace & château · 16th century · #111 in Germany
Schloss Köpenick is a Baroque water palace of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg which stands on an island in the Dahme River surrounded by an…
- Schloss Meseberg
Palace & château · 18th century · #112 in Germany
Schloss Meseberg is a Baroque palace in the north of Brandenburg, in Oberhavel, Germany which is the retreat of the Chancellor of Germany and the…
- Schloss Rastatt
Palace & château · 17th century · #113 in Germany
Schloss Rastatt, also known as Residenzschloss Rastatt, is a Baroque schloss in Rastatt, Germany.
- Sonnenstein Castle
Castle · #114 in Germany
The Sonnenstein Castle is a castle in Pirna, near Dresden, Germany. It housed a mental hospital, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II…
- Schaumburg Castle
Palace & château · 10th century · #115 in Germany
Schaumburg Castle is a schloss in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Balduinstein near Limburg an der Lahn.
- Schloss Mespelbrunn
Castle · 15th century · #116 in Germany
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg,…
- Schloss Weimar
Palace & château · #117 in Germany
Schloss Weimar is a Schloss in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It is now called Stadtschloss to distinguish it from other palaces in and around Weimar.
- Leineschloss
Palace & château · 18th century · #118 in Germany
The Leine Palace, situated on the Leine in Hanover, Germany, is a former residence of the Hanoverian dukes, electors and kings.
- Wildenstein Castle (Leibertingen)
Castle · 12th century · #119 in Germany
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…
- Schloss Tegel
Palace & château · 19th century · #120 in Germany
The Schloss Tegel or Humboldt-Schloss is a country house in Tegel, part of the Reinickendorf district of the German capital Berlin.
- Burg Bentheim
Castle · 11th century · #121 in Germany
Bentheim Castle is an early medieval hill castle in Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Electoral Palace (Trier)
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.
- Schloss Rosenau
Palace & château · #123 in Germany
Schloss Rosenau, called in English The Rosenau or Rosenau Palace, is a former castle, converted into a ducal country house, near the town of…
- Wettin Castle
Castle · 9th century · #124 in Germany
Wettin Castle is a former castle that stood near the town of Wettin on the Saale river in Germany, and which is the ancestral home of the House of…
- Hubertusburg
Palace & château · 18th century · #125 in Germany
Hubertusburg is a Rococo palace in Saxony, Germany. It was built from 1721 onwards at the behest of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King…
- Eutin Castle
Castle · #126 in Germany
Eutin Castle in Eutin in the north German district of Ostholstein is the cultural centre and nucleus of the town.
- Hohenasperg
Fortress · 16th century · #127 in Germany
Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress…
- Moritzburg
Castle · 15th century · #128 in Germany
The Moritzburg is a fortified castle in Halle, Germany. The cornerstone of what would later become the residence of the Archbishops of Magdeburg was…
- Alter Hof
Castle · 13th century · #129 in Germany
The Alter Hof in the center of Munich is the former imperial residence of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and consists of five wings: Burgstock,…
- Altenstein Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #130 in Germany
Schloss Altenstein is a schloss upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
- Electoral Palace Koblenz
Palace & château · #131 in Germany
The Electoral Palace in Koblenz, was the residence of the last Archbishop and Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, who commissioned the…
- Belvedere on the Pfingstberg
Palace & château · 19th century · #132 in Germany
The Belvedere on the Pfingstberg is a palace north of the New Garden in Potsdam, Germany, at the summit of Pfingstberg hill.
- Ahrensburg Castle
Palace & château · #133 in Germany
Schloss Ahrensburg is a former Herrenhaus and is today referred to as a Schloss.
- Falkenstein Castle (Pfronten)
Ruin · 13th century · #134 in Germany
Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps, near Pfronten, Germany.
- Altes Palais
Palace & château · 19th century · #135 in Germany
The Old Palace, also called Kaiser Wilhelm Palace, is a former royal Prussian residence on Unter den Linden boulevard in Mitte, the historic heart…
- Schloss Belvedere
Palace & château · 18th century · #136 in Germany
The Baroque palace Schloss Belvedere on the outskirts of Weimar, is a pleasure-house built for house-parties, built in 1724–1732 to designs of Johann…
- Altena Castle
Castle · 11th century · #137 in Germany
Altena Castle is a medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Sparrenberg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #138 in Germany
Sparrenberg Castle, also known as the Sparrenburg, is a restored fortress in the Bielefeld-Mitte district of Bielefeld, Germany.
- Arolsen Castle
Palace & château · #139 in Germany
Arolsen Castle is a baroque-style schloss in Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany. The castle is now a museum, and is still inhabited by Carl-Anton, Prince of…
- Bruchsal Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #140 in Germany
Bruchsal Palace, also called the Damiansburg, is a Baroque palace complex located in Bruchsal, Germany. The complex is made up of over 50 buildings.
- Jagdschloss Glienicke
Palace & château · 17th century · #141 in Germany
Jagdschloss Glienicke is a hunting lodge in the Berlin district of Wannsee near Glienicke Bridge. Babelsberg and Glienicke Palace can be seen nearby.
- Falkenstein Castle (Harz)
Castle · 12th century · #142 in Germany
Falkenstein Castle, also formerly called New Falkenstein Castle to distinguish it from Old Falkenstein Castle, is a German hill castle in the Harz…
- Schloss Borbeck
Castle · #143 in Germany
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…
- Anholt Castle
Castle · 12th century · #144 in Germany
Anholt Castle is a monumental moated castle and former princely seat in the municipality of Isselburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the…
- Fürstenried Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #145 in Germany
Fürstenried Palace is a Baroque maison de plaisance and hunting lodge in Munich, Germany.
- Nürburg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #146 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…
- Petersberg Citadel
Fortress · 17th century · #147 in Germany
Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.
- Granitz Hunting Lodge
Castle · #148 in Germany
Granitz Hunting Lodge is located on the German island of Rügen in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Binz.
- Burg
Castle · 12th century · #149 in Germany
The Altenburg is a castle that sits on the tallest of the seven hills of Bamberg, southern Germany, overlooking the town.
- Moyland Castle
Castle · #150 in Germany
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.
- Oranienburg Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #151 in Germany
Oranienburg Palace is a Schloss located in the town of Oranienburg in Germany.
- Lahneck Castle
Castle · 13th century · #152 in Germany
Lahneck Castle is a medieval fortress located in the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Koblenz.
- Lissingen Castle
Castle · 13th century · #153 in Germany
Lissingen Castle is a well-preserved former moated castle dating to the 13th century.
- Giebichenstein Castle
Castle · 9th century · #154 in Germany
Giebichenstein Castle is a castle in Giebichenstein district of Halle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Romanesque Road.
- Rudelsburg
Ruin · #155 in Germany
The Rudelsburg is a ruined hill castle located on the east bank of the river Saale above Saaleck, a village in the borough of Naumburg in the county…
- Clemenswerth Palace
Palace & château · #156 in Germany
Clemenswerth Palace is a hunting complex or jagdschloss built in Sögel, Lower Saxony, Germany, by Clemens August of Bavaria in the 18th century.
- Burg Wittelsbach
Castle · 10th century · #157 in Germany
Wittelsbach Castle was a castle near Aichach in today's Bavarian Swabia. The castle was first mentioned around the year 1000.
- Friedrichsfelde Castle
Castle · 17th century · #158 in Germany
Friedrichsfelde Palace is a Neoclassical-style building in the centre of the Tierpark Berlin in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde.
- Rötteln Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #159 in Germany
Rötteln Castle, located above the Lörrach suburb of Haagen, lies in the extreme southwest corner of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, just 10…
- Electoral Palace (Bonn)
Palace & château · 17th century · #160 in Germany
The Electoral Palace in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Prince-Electors of Cologne.
- Güstrow Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #161 in Germany
Güstrow Palace is a Renaissance-era palatial schloss in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, used as a museum and cultural centre.
- Schloß Wolfsgarten
Palace & château · 18th century · #162 in Germany
Schloss Wolfsgarten is a former hunting lodge in located near Langen in Hesse, Germany, approximately 15 kilometers south of Frankfurt am Main.
- Schloss Rheydt
Palace & château · 12th century · #163 in Germany
Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Prinzessinnenpalais
Palace & château · 18th century · #164 in Germany
The Prinzessinnenpalais is a former Royal Prussian residence on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin.
- Mainz Citadel
Fortress · 17th century · #165 in Germany
The Mainzer Zitadelle is situated at the fringe of Mainz Old Town, near Mainz Römisches Theater station.
- Oldenburg Castle
Palace & château · 17th century · #166 in Germany
Schloss Oldenburg is a schloss, or palace, in the city of Oldenburg in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Kriebstein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #167 in Germany
Kriebstein Castle is a castle in Kriebstein near the town of Waldheim in the German state of Saxony.
- Schönburg
Castle · 11th century · #168 in Germany
The Schönburg is a castle above the medieval town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley,…
- Palais Holnstein
Palace & château · 18th century · #170 in Germany
Holnstein Palace is an historic building in Munich, Southern Germany, which has been the residence of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising since…
- Dillenburger Schloss
Ruin · 13th century · #171 in Germany
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…
- Metternich Castle
Ruin · #172 in Germany
Metternich Castle is an ancient castle in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Berwartstein Castle
Castle · 12th century · #173 in Germany
Berwartstein Castle is a castle in the Wasgau, the southern part of the Palatinate Forest in the state Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany.
- Stolberg Castle
Palace & château · 13th century · #174 in Germany
Stolberg Castle is a palace in the town of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany.
- Residenz Ansbach
Palace & château · 18th century · #176 in Germany
Ansbach Residence, also known as Margrave's Palace, is a palace in Ansbach, Germany.
- Münzenberg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #177 in Germany
Münzenberg Castle is a ruined hill castle in the town of the same name in the Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany. It dates from the 12th century.
- Evenburg
Castle · 17th century · #178 in Germany
The Evenburg is a water castle in the village of Loga in north Germany not far from the River Leda.
- Liebenstein Castle (Rhine)
Castle · 13th century · #179 in Germany
Liebenstein Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Kyffhausen Castle
Ruin · 10th century · #180 in Germany
The Imperial Castle of Kyffhausen is a medieval castle ruin, situated in the Kyffhäuser hills in the German state of Thuringia, close to its border…
- Harburg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #181 in Germany
Harburg Castle in Harburg, Bavaria, in the Donau-Ries district, is an extensive mediaeval complex from the 11th / 12th century.
- Wülzburg
Fortress · 16th century · #182 in Germany
Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about two kilometres east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern.
- Sababurg
Ruin · 14th century · #183 in Germany
The Sababurg, first called the Zappenburg, then Zapfenburg and today, after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty Castle, is the ruin of a…
- Neuenburg Castle
Castle · 11th century · #184 in Germany
Neuenburg Castle is a hilltop castle in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, on the spur-like foothills of a plateau above the eastern…
- Plön Castle
Castle · 17th century · #185 in Germany
Plön Castle in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill.
- Callenberg Castle
Palace & château · #186 in Germany
Callenberg Castle is a schloss on a wooded hill in Beiersdorf, an Ortsteil of Coburg, Germany, 6 kilometres from the town centre.
- Hanstein Castle
Ruin · #188 in Germany
Hanstein Castle is a ruined castle in Central Germany near Bornhagen in the Eichsfeld, situated above the river Werra in Thuringia.
- Schaumburg Castle, Lower Saxony
Castle · #189 in Germany
Schaumburg Castle is a castle in the town of Rinteln in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Sooneck Castle
Castle · #190 in Germany
Sooneck Castle is a castle in the upper middle valley of the Rhine, in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Electoral Palace (Mainz)
Palace & château · #191 in Germany
The Electoral Palace in Mainz is the former city Residenz of the Prince-elector and Archbishop of Mainz.
- Dachau Palace
Palace & château · 16th century · #192 in Germany
The Dachau Palace is a former residence of the rulers of Bavaria at Dachau, southern Germany.
- Gutenfels Castle
Castle · 13th century · #193 in Germany
Gutenfels Castle, historically known as Caub Castle or Kaub Castle, is a castle located 110m above the town of Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Wolfsburg Castle
Castle · 14th century · #194 in Germany
The Wolfsburg is a medieval lowland and water castle in North Germany that was first mentioned in the records in 1302, but has since been turned into…
- Reichenstein Castle (Trechtingshausen)
Castle · 11th century · #195 in Germany
Reichenstein Castle, also known as Falkenburg is a castle in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
- Klopp Castle
Castle · 13th century · #196 in Germany
Klopp Castle is a castle in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Heidecksburg
Palace & château · #197 in Germany
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
- Schloss Favorite
Palace & château · #198 in Germany
Schloss Favorite is a Baroque maison de plaisance and hunting lodge in Ludwigsburg, Germany, which was used as a summer residence and hunting lodge.
- Schloss Lembeck
Castle · 17th century · #199 in Germany
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.
- Fortress of Mainz
Fortress · 17th century · #200 in Germany
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…
- Welfenschloss
Palace & château · 19th century · #202 in Germany
The Welfenschloss is a former royal palace in Hanover, Germany, which serves as the main building of the Leibniz University Hannover.
- Schloss Neuburg (Bayern)
Palace & château · #203 in Germany
The Neuburg Castle is a palace in Neuburg an der Donau, Upper Bavaria.
- Karlsburg Castle
Castle · 16th century · #204 in Germany
Karlsburg Castle in the Durlach district of Karlsruhe characterizes the history of the Baden since 1563.
- Saarbrücken Castle
Palace & château · #205 in Germany
Saarbrücken Castle is a Baroque château in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland.
- Schwanenburg
Castle · #206 in Germany
The Schwanenburg Castle, in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill.
- Genovevaburg
Castle · 13th century · #207 in Germany
Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Kloster Herrenchiemsee
Castle · 7th century · #209 in Germany
Building in Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Dankwarderode Castle
Castle · 20th century · #210 in Germany
Dankwarderode Castle on the Burgplatz in Braunschweig is a Saxon lowland castle.
- Hochburg
Ruin · 12th century · #211 in Germany
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…
- Kiel Castle
Castle · #212 in Germany
Kiel Castle in Kiel in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein was one of the secondary residences of the Gottorf dukes.
- Schloss Jägerhof
Palace & château · 18th century · #213 in Germany
The Schloss Jägerhof, formerly also called die Vénerie, is located at Jacobistraße 2 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort, near the city centre.
- Neues Schloss Baden-Baden
Castle · 14th century · #215 in Germany
The New Castle on the Florentinerberg in Baden-Baden was the seat of the Margraves of Baden from the late 15th century to the end of the 17th century…
- Prince Henry Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #216 in Germany
The Prince Henry Palace is a building at 6 Unter den Linden in the Mitte district of Berlin.
- Auerbach Castle
Castle · #217 in Germany
Auerbach Castle is one of several fortresses along the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, Germany.
- Düsseldorfer Schloss
Castle · 13th century · #218 in Germany
The Düsseldorf castle at or in the Düsseldorfer Altstadt existed from 1260 to 1872 or 1896.
- Eresburg
Castle · #220 in Germany
The Eresburg is the largest, well-known Saxon refuge castle and was located in the area of the present German village of Obermarsberg in the borough…
- Augustusburg Hunting Lodge
Castle · 16th century · #222 in Germany
The hunting lodge of Augustusburg was built from 1568 to 1572 above the town of the same name on a hill called the Schellenberg (516 m above sea…
- Bad Homburg Castle
Castle · 17th century · #223 in Germany
Bad Homburg Castle or Homburg Palace is a castle and palace in the German city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
- Spyker Castle
Castle · #224 in Germany
The Spyker Castle (German: Schloss Spyker) and estate lie on the territory of the municipality of Glowe in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in the…
- Veste Oberhaus
Fortress · 13th century · #225 in Germany
Veste Oberhaus is a fortress that was founded in 1219 and, for most of its time, was the stronghold of the Bishop of Passau, Germany.
- Kasselburg
Ruin · 11th century · #226 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…
- Rosenstein Castle
Palace & château · 19th century · #227 in Germany
Rosenstein Castle is a palace in Stuttgart, Germany. It was designed in the classical style by the architect and court builder Giovanni Salucci as…
- Schloss Neuenstein
Castle · #228 in Germany
Neuenstein Castle is a castle in the middle of the town of Neuenstein. Built as the seat of the Hohenlohe-Neuenstein noble family, it now houses a…
- Hohnstein Castle
Castle · 12th century · #230 in Germany
Hohnstein Castle is a medieval castle in the village of the same name, Hohnstein in Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Sachsen in eastern Germany.
- Blankenburg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #232 in Germany
Great Blankenburg Castle was built on the limestone hill of Blankenstein (305 m above sea level) in the town of Blankenburg in the district of Harz…
- Thurant Castle
Ruin · #233 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.
- Rumpenheim Castle
Castle · #234 in Germany
Rumpenheim Castle is a Schloss located in the banks of the Main river in the German city of Offenbach am Main.
- Schloss Heiligenberg (Heiligenberg)
Castle · 13th century · #235 in Germany
Heiligenberg Castle is a princely castle in renaissance style, situated in Heiligenberg, Linzgau within the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Mecklenburg Castle
Ruin · #236 in Germany
Mecklenburg Castle was a medieval castle and a residential capital of the Nakonid and Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites.
- Wirtemberg Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #237 in Germany
Wirtemberg Castle, a ruined hilltop castle, is the second family seat of the House of Württemberg, whose ancestors had abandoned Beutelsbach Castle.
- Neues Schloss
Castle · 18th century · #238 in Germany
The Neues Schloss Meersburg is located in Meersburg near Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Calenberg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #239 in Germany
Calenberg Castle was a medieval lowland castle in central Germany, near Schulenburg in the borough of Pattensen, 13 kilometres west of the city of…
- Schloss Herten
Palace & château · 14th century · #240 in Germany
Herten Castle is a moated castle situated in the town of Herten in the administrative district of Recklinghausen in the state of North Rhine…
- Castle Dyck
Castle · #241 in Germany
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…
- Altdahn Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #242 in Germany
Altdahn Castle is a castle ruin in the Palatinate Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region.
- Neurathen Castle
Castle · 11th century · #243 in Germany
Neurathen Castle, which was first mentioned by this name in 1755, is located near the famous Bastei rocks near Rathen in Saxon Switzerland in the…
- Blankenhain Castle
Castle · 17th century · #244 in Germany
Blankenhain Castle is a large castle in Blankenhain near Crimmitschau, in the district of Zwickau in Saxony, Germany.
- Burg Nideggen
Ruin · 12th century · #245 in Germany
The ruins of Nideggen Castle are a symbol of the town of Nideggen in Germany and are owned by the county of Düren.
- Herdringen Castle
Castle · 19th century · #246 in Germany
Herdringen Castle is a castle in the Ortsteil Herdringen of the town of Arnsberg, Germany.
- Plesse Castle
Castle · #248 in Germany
Plesse Castle is situated to the north of Göttingen in Germany, close to the village of Bovenden.
- Rochlitz Castle
Castle · 11th century · #249 in Germany
Rochlitz Castle or Rochlitz Palace lies in the west of the town of Rochlitz in the county of Mittelsachsen in the Free State of Saxony.
- Fürsteneck Castle
Castle · #250 in Germany
Fürsteneck Castle is a castle, situated in central Germany between Fulda and Bad Hersfeld. It belongs to the commune of Eiterfeld.
- Schloss Heiligenberg (Jugenheim)
Castle · #251 in Germany
Schloss Heiligenberg is a castle to the east of Jugenheim, part of Seeheim-Jugenheim, about 12 kilometres to the south of Darmstadt, Germany.
- Sterrenberg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #252 in Germany
Sterrenberg Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Berlin Fortress
Ruin · 17th century · #253 in Germany
The Berlin Fortress was the fortification of the historic city of Berlin. Construction started in 1650.
- Godesburg
Ruin · 13th century · #254 in Germany
The Godesburg is a castle in Bad Godesberg, a formerly independent part of Bonn, Germany.
- Ettersburg Castle and Park
Palace & château · #255 in Germany
Schloss Ettersburg is a palace with its extended park near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It sits on the Ettersberg.
- Ehrenfels Castle (Hesse)
Ruin · 13th century · #256 in Germany
Ehrenfels Castle is a ruined hillside castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany.
- Hornberg Castle
Ruin · #258 in Germany
Hornberg Castle is a partially ruined castle located on a steep outcrop above the Neckar valley above the village Neckarzimmern, between Bad Wimpfen…
- Runkel Castle
Castle · 11th century · #259 in Germany
Runkel Castle, a ruined hill castle from the High Middle Ages, is located in the city of Runkel in the Landkreis of Limburg-Weilburg in the state of…
- Kronberg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #260 in Germany
Kronberg Castle is a High Middle Ages Rock castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse state, Germany.
- Charenza
Castle · #261 in Germany
Charenza, also Karentia or Karenz, later also Gharense, was a medieval Slavic burgwall on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
- Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen
Fortress · #262 in Germany
The Celtic hill fort of Otzenhausen is one of the biggest fortifications the Celts ever constructed.
- Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate)
Ruin · #263 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.
- Koblenz Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #264 in Germany
Koblenz Fortress was part of a Prussian fortress system near the city of Koblenz in Germany which consisted of the city fortifications of Koblenz and…
- Dömitz Fortress
Fortress · 16th century · #266 in Germany
The Dömitz Fortress is a bastion fort in Dömitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
- Festung Hohentwiel
Ruin · 10th century · #267 in Germany
Hohentwiel Castle is a ruin of a former castle on the peak of the dead volcano Hohentwiel in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Wüstegarten
Castle · #268 in Germany
Wüstegarten is a mountain in the counties of Waldeck-Frankenberg and Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in the north of the German state of Hesse.
- Winterstein
Castle · #269 in Germany
The Winterstein, also called the Hinteres Raubschloss, is an isolated, elongated rock massif in the hinterland of Saxon Switzerland in East Germany.
- Ehreshoven Castle
Castle · 14th century · #271 in Germany
Ehreshoven Castle is a moated castle in Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Ebernburg Castle
Castle · 14th century · #272 in Germany
Ebernburg Castle is a hilltop castle above the town of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Harzburg
Ruin · 11th century · #274 in Germany
The Harzburg, also called Große Harzburg, is a former imperial castle, situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range overlooking the…
- Pyrmont Castle
Castle · #275 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…
- Herzberg Castle
Palace & château · #276 in Germany
Herzberg Castle is a German schloss in Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony.
- Ehrenburg (Brodenbach)
Ruin · #279 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.
- Langenstein Castle
Castle · 11th century · #280 in Germany
Langenstein Castle is a Renaissance building of the sixteenth century. Today it is owned by the Douglases, descendants of the Swedish count Ludvig…
- Anhalt Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #281 in Germany
Anhalt Castle is a ruined medieval fortification near the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Regenstein Castle
Ruin · #282 in Germany
Regenstein Castle is a ruined castle that lies three kilometres north of Blankenburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- Iburg Castle
Castle · 11th century · #283 in Germany
The so-called Iburg Castle, is a castle and former Benedictine abbey in Bad Iburg, Germany.
- Sausenburg Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #284 in Germany
Sausenburg Castle is a ruined German castle on the edge of the Black Forest, just north of the town of Kandern in Baden-Württemberg, between the…
- Hardenburg
Ruin · 13th century · #285 in Germany
The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim is even as a ruin one of the mightiest…
- Osterburg
Castle · 12th century · #287 in Germany
The Osterburg is a castle located conspicuously on a hill in the middle of the town of Weida in the county of Greiz in the German state of Thuringia.
- Wesel citadel
Fortress · 18th century · #288 in Germany
The Wesel Citadel is the largest intact fortification system of the Rhineland, built 1688–1722 in Wesel.
- Hohenneuffen Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #289 in Germany
Hohenneuffen Castle is a large ruined castle in the northern foothills of the Swabian Alb, above the town of Neuffen in the district of Esslingen in…
- Heldburg Fortress
Fortress · #290 in Germany
Heldburg Fortress is a high medieval hilltop castle. In the 16th century it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle.
- Duborg Castle
Castle · 15th century · #294 in Germany
Duborg Castle sometimes also referred to as Flensborghus was a fortification and castle in Flensburg, Schleswig during the Middle Ages and Early…
- Namedy Castle
Castle · #296 in Germany
Namedy Castle is located in the Rhine valley, close to the village of Namedy in Andernach, Germany.
- Zwingenberg Castle
Castle · #297 in Germany
Zwingenberg Castle, also known as Zwingenberg or Schloss Zwingenberg, stands on the right bank of the River Neckar where it cuts through the Odenwald…
- Frienstein
Castle · #298 in Germany
The Frienstein, also called the Vorderes Raubschloss, is a rock formation, about 130 metres high, in Saxon Switzerland.
- Ronneburg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #299 in Germany
Ronneburg Castle is a castle in Ronneburg in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse, Germany.
- Pleissenburg
Castle · 13th century · #300 in Germany
The Pleissenburg was a historical building in the city of Leipzig in Saxony which is in modern-day Germany.
- Ortenberg Castle
Castle · #301 in Germany
Ortenberg Castle is the main landmark of the Ortenau and is situated above the town of Ortenberg at the end of the Kinzig Valley between Offenburg…
- Nanstein Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #302 in Germany
Nanstein Castle is a ruined medieval spur castle above the town of Landstuhl, Germany, which has been partially reconstructed.
- Greifenstein Castle (Hesse)
Castle · #303 in Germany
Greifenstein Castle lies in the eponymous village of Greifenstein in the county of Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Middle Hesse, Germany.
- Hardenstein Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #304 in Germany
Hardenstein Castle is a ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The remains lie east of Herbede on the Ruhr River, surrounded by mountains,…
- Trutzeltz Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #305 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…
- Beuggen Castle
Castle · #306 in Germany
Castle in Rheinfelden, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (13th c.)
- New Castle
Castle · #307 in Germany
The New Castle in Ingolstadt is one of the most important Gothic secular buildings of the 15th Century in Bavaria.
- Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth
Ruin · 7th century · #308 in Germany
The ruin of the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth is located in the Kaiserswerth district of Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Wachsenburg Castle
Castle · 10th century · #310 in Germany
Wachsenburg Castle is a castle in Amt Wachsenburg in the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.
- Burgruine Hohenstein
Ruin · #311 in Germany
Hohenstein Castle in Middle Franconia is a castle in Bavaria, Germany.
- Wilhelmsburg Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #313 in Germany
The Wilhelmsburg Castle in the city of Schmalkalden was a secondary residence of the Landgraves of Hesse.
- Burg Schönburg
Ruin · #314 in Germany
Schönburg Castle, is in the municipality of Schönburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has been proposed by Germany as a World Heritage Site.
- Windeck Castle
Castle · 12th century · #315 in Germany
Windeck Castle stands on a small hill in Weinheim on the Bergstraße. It was built around 1100 to protect the inhabitants of the Lorsch monastery.
- Schwarzenberg Castle
Castle · #316 in Germany
Schwarzenberg Castle is a castle and museum in Germany. It was based on a medieval fortification and together with St. George's Church dominates the…
- Willibaldsburg
Castle · 11th century · #318 in Germany
The Willibaldsburg is a spur castle, built around the year 1353, in Eichstätt in Upper Bavaria.
- Spangenberg Castle
Palace & château · #319 in Germany
Spangenberg Castle is a schloss above the small German town of Spangenberg in the North Hesse county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis.
- Königstein Castle
Ruin · #320 in Germany
Castle ruins in Königstein in the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany
- Fürstenberg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #321 in Germany
Fürstenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Oberdiebach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Zweibrücken Castle
Castle · 18th century · #322 in Germany
Zweibrücken Castle is a building in the town of Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It was built as a ducal palace in 1720–1725.
- Saaleck Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #323 in Germany
Saaleck Castle is a hill castle near Bad Kösen, now a part of Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was constructed in the 12th century.
- Are Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #324 in Germany
Are Castle is the ruin of a hill castle that stands at a height of 240 m above sea level above the village of Altenahr in the German state of…
- Waldeck Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #326 in Germany
Waldeck Castle is a mediaeval castle ruin overlooking the Baybach valley in Dorweiler village, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Sayn Castle
Ruin · #327 in Germany
The ruins of Sayn Castle, the 12th century family castle of the counts of Sayn and Sayn-Wittgenstein, are in Sayn, part of the borough of Bendorf on…
- Schloss Kalkum
Castle · #328 in Germany
Kalkum Castle is a water castle in the district of the same name in the north of Düsseldorf about two kilometers northeast of Kaiserswerth and an…
- Burg Querfurt
Castle · #330 in Germany
Die Burg Querfurt steht in der Stadt Querfurt im Saalekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt. Die Höhenburg gehört zu den größten mittelalterlichen Burgen in…
- Burg Hammerstein
Ruin · #331 in Germany
Hammerstein Castle is the ruin of a 10th-century mountain castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the oldest in this entire Middle Rhine Valley.
- Castle of Ludwigstein
Castle · 15th century · #332 in Germany
Ludwigstein Castle is a 15th-century castle overlooking the river Werra and surrounded by woodland.
- Katzenstein Castle
Castle · 11th century · #335 in Germany
Katzenstein Castle is one of the oldest remaining Hohenstaufen castles in Germany.
- Altenbaumburg
Ruin · 13th century · #336 in Germany
The Burg Altenbaumburg, is a ruined castle above the municipality of Altenbamberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Hohenrechberg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #337 in Germany
Hohenrechberg Castle is a ruined castle in Schwäbisch Gmünd in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Otzberg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #338 in Germany
Otzberg Castle in the German state of Hesse is a medieval castle on the summit of the Otzberg in the Odenwald forest at a height of 367 m above NN.
- Castles of Manderscheid
Ruin · #339 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…
- Tomburg Castle
Ruin · 9th century · #341 in Germany
The Tomburg is a castle ruin near Wormersdorf, a village in the municipality of Rheinbach near the German city of Bonn.
- Wildenberg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #342 in Germany
Wildenberg Castle, also called the Wildenburg, is a ruined, Hohenstaufen period castle in the Odenwald hills in Germany.
- Wegelnburg
Ruin · #343 in Germany
The Wegelnburg is a ruined castle near Schönau in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France.
- Christianpris
Fortress · #344 in Germany
Christianspris or Frederiksort was a Danish fortification somewhat north of the then Danish city of Kiel.
- Drachenfels Castle
Ruin · #345 in Germany
Drachenfels Castle is a ruined hill castle near the village of Busenberg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Heimburg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #346 in Germany
The Heimburg is a castle in the village of Niederheimbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Bergfeste Dilsberg
Ruin · 12th century · #347 in Germany
Dilsberg Castle is a ruined castle located in Neckargemünd, Germany. It was built by the counts of Lauffen in the 12th century, but in the 14th…
- Styrum
Castle · 13th century · #349 in Germany
Styrum was an immediate lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, located in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Strahlenburg
Ruin · 13th century · #350 in Germany
Die Strahlenburg, auch Schloss Strahlenberg genannt, ist die Ruine einer Höhenburg in Schriesheim im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.
- Bladenhorst Castle
Castle · #351 in Germany
Bladenhorst Castle is a moated castle in the suburbs of the city of Castrop-Rauxel.
- Stettenfels Castle
Castle · 10th century · #352 in Germany
Stettenfels Castle is a medieval castle above the town of Untergruppenbach in Heilbronn.
- Burg Lauenstein
Castle · #353 in Germany
Cultural heritage monument D-4-76-152-32 (0) in Ludwigsstadt, Bavaria
- Pottenstein Castle
Castle · 11th century · #354 in Germany
Pottenstein Castle is one of the oldest castles in Franconian Switzerland, a region in the German state of Bavaria.
- Schwarzenburg (Breisgau)
Ruin · #355 in Germany
The Schwarzenburg, historically called Schwarzenberg, is a castle near Waldkirch in the district Emmendingen in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg…
- Altrathen Castle
Castle · #356 in Germany
Altrathen Castle is located on a rock outcrop near Rathen in Saxon Switzerland in the German state of Saxony.
- Liebenzell Castle
Castle · 11th century · #357 in Germany
Liebenzell Castle is a hill castle on a sloping hill spur on the sides of the Schlossberg above the town of Bad Liebenzell in the district of Calw in…
- Runder Berg
Castle · #359 in Germany
Runder Berg is a mountain in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is an oval hill in the Swabian Alb and 250 meters above the valley.
- Anebos Castle
Ruin · #360 in Germany
Anebos Castle is a ruin of a medieval castle in the Palatinate Forest south of Anweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Hoheneck Castle
Castle · 12th century · #361 in Germany
Hoheneck Castle is a medieval castle above Ipsheim and also a district of the municipality of Ipsheim in the Landkreis Neustadt-Bad Windsheim in…
- Castle Sponheim
Ruin · #363 in Germany
Sponheim Castle is a medieval ruin in Burgsponheim on the edge of the Hunsrück mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Grevenburg
Ruin · 14th century · #365 in Germany
Grevenburg was a castle in Traben-Trarbach in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
- Purschenstein Castle
Castle · 12th century · #366 in Germany
Purschenstein Castle in Neuhausen/Erzgeb. in East Germany was built in the late 12th century, around 1200, probably by Boresch I. The toll and escort…
- Neuleiningen Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #367 in Germany
Neuleiningen Castle is a ruin on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the municipality of…
- Old Castle (Koblenz)
Castle · 14th century · #368 in Germany
The Old Castle was a former Elector-owned, substantial water castle in the German city of Koblenz, incepted in the 13th century.
- Veldenz Palace
Ruin · #369 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…
- Blumenstein Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #370 in Germany
Blumenstein Castle is a castle ruin in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Frankenstein Castle (Palatinate)
Castle · #371 in Germany
Frankenstein Castle is a medieval fortification on a spur above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Forest in Germany.
- Ramstein Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #372 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…
- Idstein Castle
Castle · #373 in Germany
Idstein Castle, later the Renaissance style Schloss Idstein, is located in Idstein in the county of Rheingau-Taunus, Germany.
- Guttenberg Castle
Ruin · #374 in Germany
Guttenberg Castle is a ruined rock castle near the French border in the German part of the Wasgau, which in turn is part of the Palatine Forest in…
- Haus Kemnade
Castle · #375 in Germany
- Stein Castle (Saxony)
Castle · 12th century · #376 in Germany
Stein Castle is a Saxon castle located southeast of Zwickau in the village of Stein in the municipality of Hartenstein on the rocky banks of the…
- Burg Eltville
Castle · 14th century · #377 in Germany
Eltville Castle is an urban castle in Eltville am Rhein in the Hessian county of Rheingau-Taunus and is the symbol of the town.
- Wittringen Castle
Castle · #378 in Germany
Wittringen Castle or Wittringen House is a moated castle in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Kerpen Castle
Castle · 12th century · #379 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…
- Küssaburg
Ruin · 12th century · #380 in Germany
The Küssaburg, also known as Küssenberg or Küssaberg Castle is a ruined hilltop castle located at an elevation of 634 m above sea level in…
- Landeck Castle
Ruin · #381 in Germany
Landeck Castle is a ruined hill castle southwest of Landau, near Klingenmünster in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of…
- Wolfsburg Castle (Neustadt)
Castle · 12th century · #382 in Germany
The ruins of the Wolfsburg by the western approach to Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, lie on a rocky crag on…
- Gräfenstein Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #384 in Germany
Gräfenstein Castle is a ruined rock castle about 2 kilometres east of the village of Merzalben in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Falkenstein Castle (Palatinate)
Ruin · 12th century · #386 in Germany
Falkenstein Castle is a ruined hill castle dating to the Middle Ages. It is situated above the eponymous village of Falkenstein on the Donnersberg,…
- Reinbek Castle
Castle · 16th century · #388 in Germany
Reinbek Castle, located in Reinbek in southern Schleswig-Holstein, was built in the 16th century as a secondary residence for the ducal house of…
- Castle Blankenheim
Castle · 12th century · #391 in Germany
Blankenheim Castle is a schloss above the village of Blankenheim in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
- Rheingrafenstein Castle
Castle · #392 in Germany
Rheingrafenstein Castle is a castle on a 136-metre-high porphyry rock formation, the Rheingrafenstein, known as Huhinstein a thousand years, on the…
- Falkenburg Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #393 in Germany
Falkenburg Castle is a castle ruin overlooking the village of Wilgartswiesen in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Horneck Castle
Castle · #394 in Germany
Horneck Castle is also known as Burg Horneck, Deutschordenschloss Horneck and Schloss Horneck.
- Schloss Liebenstein
Castle · #395 in Germany
Castle near Neckarwestheim, Heilbronn district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Klempenow Castle
Castle · 13th century · #396 in Germany
Klempenow Castle is a castle in Breest municipality, Germany. The castle was built during the time of German settlement in Pomerania in the 13th…
- Brüggen Castle
Castle · 13th century · #397 in Germany
Brüggen Castle is a water castle in the southeastern part of the Lower Rhine municipality of Brüggen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Altleiningen Castle
Castle · #398 in Germany
Altleiningen is a castle in the Palatinate Forest in Germany. It lies in the parish of Altleiningen in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the German state…
- Brömserburg
Castle · 12th century · #400 in Germany
The Brömserburg is a castle located near the banks of the Rhine in the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the German state of…
- Büraburg
Ruin · #402 in Germany
The Büraburg was a prominent hill castle with historic significance, on the Büraberg hill overlooking the Eder river near the town of Fritzlar in…
- Botenlauben Castle
Ruin · #405 in Germany
Botenlauben Castle is a ruined castle in Reiterswiesen, a district of the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen.
- Scharzfels Castle
Ruin · #406 in Germany
Scharzfels Castle is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central…
- Kastelburg
Ruin · 13th century · #407 in Germany
The Kastelburg is a ruined castle above Waldkirch in the district Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg.
- Niederburg, Kobern
Ruin · 11th century · #409 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…
- Neuscharfeneck Castle
Ruin · #410 in Germany
The castle of Neuscharfeneck is a ruin and a cultural monument above Ramberg and Dernbach on the territory of an exclave of Flemlingen in the…
- Krayenburg
Castle · 12th century · #411 in Germany
The Krayenburg was a castle situated on the Krayenberg hill in Germany, having the townships of Tiefenort and Merkers-Kieselbach at its foot, and…
- Frauenstein Castle
Ruin · #413 in Germany
The ruins of Frauenstein Castle are located on a 680-metre-high granite rock on the crest of the Eastern Ore Mountains near the town of Frauenstein…
- Battenberg Castle
Ruin · #415 in Germany
Battenberg Castle is a castle ruin near Battenberg in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Schneeburg
Ruin · #417 in Germany
Schneeburg is a castle ruin between Ebringen and Freiburg, Germany. The ruins are at an altitude of 516 metres on the western summit of Schönberg.
- Castle Grafendahn
Castle · 13th century · #418 in Germany
Burg Grafendahn - Dahn - 01.jpg Grafendahn Castle lies in the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region, just under 1 kilometre…
- Berum Castle
Castle · #419 in Germany
Berum Castle is located in the Berum district the East Frisian town of Hage in Germany.
- Castle Kastellaun
Ruin · #420 in Germany
Kastellaun Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Kastellaun in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Klusenstein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #421 in Germany
Klusenstein is a castle in Hemer, Germany, located on a 60m high cliff above the valley of the Hönne river.
- Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter)
Ruin · 12th century · #423 in Germany
Lichtenberg Castle, also called the Heinrichsburg, is a ruined castle dating to the 12th century in the Lichtenberge hills near Salzgitter in the…
- Scharfenberg Castle
Ruin · #424 in Germany
Scharfenberg Castle, is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Falkenstein Castle (Höllental)
Ruin · #425 in Germany
Falkenstein Castle is a ruined hill castle near Freiburg im Breisgau on the territory of the present-day municipality Breitnau in the county of…
- Burg Wetter
Castle · 13th century · #426 in Germany
Die Burg Wetter am Harkortsee auf etwa 100 Meter ü. NN in der Stadt Wetter gehörte zu den bedeutendsten Burgen des Ruhrtals.
- Bertradaburg
Ruin · #427 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…
- Konradsburg
Castle · #429 in Germany
The Konradsburg is a former castle, monastery and manor house near Ermsleben in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- Mylau Castle
Castle · 13th century · #430 in Germany
Mylau Castle is a fortification on a spur in the Reichenbach im Vogtland district of Mylau, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany.
- Castle Tanstein
Ruin · 11th century · #431 in Germany
Tanstein Castle is the ruin of a rock castle in the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region.
- Hessenstein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #432 in Germany
Hessenstein Castle is a castle near Ederbringhausen in the town of Vöhl, located in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district of Hesse, Germany.
- Wiesenthau Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #433 in Germany
Schloss Wiesenthau stands on the northeastern edge of the eponymous municipality at the foot of the Ehrenbürg in northern Bavaria.
- Burg Wildenburg (Eifel)
Castle · 13th century · #434 in Germany
The Wildenburg lies in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel Mountains in the national park district of Hellenthal in the German county of…
- Burg Wernerseck
Castle · 15th century · #435 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…
- Güssenburg Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #436 in Germany
Güssenburg Castle is a ruined castle on a hill near Hermaringen in Heidenheim County in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Waldsteinburg
Ruin · 14th century · #437 in Germany
The Waldsteinburg, also called the Red Castle is a ruined castle on the summit of the Großer Waldstein in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany.
- Burg Kirkel
Ruin · 12th century · #438 in Germany
Burg Kirkel, also known as the Kirkeler Burg, is a hill castle ruin located on a sandstone spur above Kirkel-Neuhäusel in the Saarpfalz district of…
- Erichsburg
Castle · 16th century · #439 in Germany
The Ericsburg in the village of the same name in the borough of Dassel in Lower Saxony, Germany, is a castle that was built in the 16th century…
- Inzlingen Castle
Castle · #441 in Germany
Inzlingen Castle, also Reichenstein Castle is a medieval castle surrounded by a moat situated in the village of Inzlingen.
- Stickhausen Castle
Castle · #442 in Germany
Stickhausen Castle is located on the western edge of the village Stickhausen, a district of the East Frisian municipality Detern in the Landkreis of…
- Neuerburg
Castle · 9th century · #443 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…
- Nassenfels Castle
Castle · 13th century · #444 in Germany
Nassenfels Castle stands at the edge of the market village of Nassenfels in the county of Eichstätt in Upper Bavaria.
- Altenburg
Castle · #445 in Germany
The Altenburg is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
- Thann Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #449 in Germany
Cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany
- Castle Lemberg
Castle · #450 in Germany
Lemberg Castle is a medieval castle on the territory of Lemberg in the county of Südwestpfalz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Castle Neudahn
Castle · 13th century · #451 in Germany
The rock castle of Neudahn, in the southwestern Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is located at the northern end of an…
- Wiesenburg Castle
Castle · 12th century · #452 in Germany
The Wiesenburg Castle is a castle located in the Wiesenburg district of Wildenfels, Germany, on a hill overlooking the eastern shore of the Mulde…
- Ehrenburg (Plaue)
Castle · #453 in Germany
The Ehrenburg is a castle overlooking the city of Plaue in Thuringia.
- Campen castle
Castle · 13th century · #455 in Germany
Campen Castle is a partially standing lowland castle built in the late 13th century in Flechtorf, a town within the municipality of Lehre, Lower…
- Burg Linz
Castle · 14th century · #456 in Germany
The Castle of Linz is a castle in Linz am Rhein, Germany, built between 1364 and 1368 by Heinrich von Virneburg, who was the archbishop of Cologne at…
- Lauterstein Castle (Marienberg)
Ruin · #457 in Germany
Lauterstein Castle, in German Burg Lauterstein, also called Burgruine Niederlauterstein, is a medieval castle in Niederlauterstein, town of…
- Virneburg Castle
Ruin · #458 in Germany
Virneburg Castle is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level, around which the Nitzbach stream flows.
- Eisenberg castle ruins
Ruin · 14th century · #459 in Germany
Eisenberg Castle is a ruin near the German town of Korbach in Hesse. The castle was founded in the 14th century, but the names of the founders are no…
- Husen Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #460 in Germany
Husen Castle is a ruined hill castle of the high medieval period in the valley of the Kinzig in the Black Forest.
- Hohlenfels Castle
Castle · 14th century · #461 in Germany
Castle in Mudershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Burg Ardeck
Ruin · 14th century · #462 in Germany
Castle in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Breitenstein Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #463 in Germany
The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany.
- Garz Castle
Ruin · #464 in Germany
Garz Castle is a Slavic fort, of the type known as a burgwall, located southwest of the town of Garz on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
- Burg Derneck
Castle · 14th century · #465 in Germany
Burg Derneck, auch Degeneck genannt, ist eine Burg bei Münzdorf, einem Ortsteil der Stadt Hayingen, im Landkreis Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg.
- Amlishagen Castle
Castle · 12th century · #467 in Germany
Amlishagen Castle is a castle near the village of Amlishagen, which is a section of the town of Gerabronn, in the Schwäbisch Hall District of…
- Prümerburg
Ruin · 11th century · #468 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…
- Heidelsburg
Castle · #469 in Germany
The Heidelsburg, also called the Bunenstein, is an old fortification in the western Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that…
- Gutenburg Castle
Ruin · #470 in Germany
Gutenburg Castle, is the ruin of a hill castle above the village of Gutenberg in the county of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of…
- Burg Beyenburg
Castle · 14th century · #472 in Germany
Die Burg Beyenburg war eine Spornburg auf einer Anhöhe in einer Wupperschleife neben dem Kloster Steinhaus im heutigen Wuppertaler Beyenburg.
- Burgstall Gegenpoint
Ruin · #473 in Germany
The Gegenpoint Castle Site is the burgstall or site of a ruined spur castle from the high Middle Ages, which stood about 2 km to the east of…
- Tannenfels Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #474 in Germany
Tannenfels Castle is a ruined hill castle of the motte and bailey type which stands at a height of 460 m above sea level above the village of…
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are in Germany?
The Castlemap atlas maps 476 landmarks (233 castles · 25 fortresses · 103 palaces & châteaux · 115 ruins) in Germany — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
What is the most famous castle in Germany?
Neuschwanstein Castle, ranked #5 of 7,051 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 19th century.
What is the oldest castle in Germany?
The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in Germany is Limes Germanicus, founded 9. Earlier structures may have existed — this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
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