The most famous castle in Germany is Neuschwanstein Castle, ranked #5 of 7,738 in the world — followed by Sanssouci Palace and Wartburg.
The Castlemap atlas charts 221 castles, 24 fortresses, 128 palaces & châteaux and 119 ruins in Germany. They span more than 22 centuries — from Celtic circular wall of Otzenhausen (founded c. 350 BC) to Schloss Elmau (1914). Every one is plotted with its photo and story on the interactive castle map of Germany.
Map of castles in Germany
On the map they cluster thickest around Wiesbaden — 120 within a 100 km day trip, then Koblenz (117) and Kaiserslautern (114). The northernmost is Glücksburg Castle, the southernmost Schloss Elmau — about 827 km apart.
Planning a visit? Day-trip guides: Castles near Cologne · Castles near Berlin · Castles near Frankfurt · Castles near Düsseldorf · Castles near Wiesbaden · Castles near Mannheim — and 14 more in the city index.
By region: Castles on the Moselle · Castles on the Middle Rhine · Castles in Thuringia.
See them on the map →When they were built
Of the 492 landmarks mapped in Germany, 411 carry a sourced founding date. Most were founded in the 12th century — 83 of them. 279 predate 1500 and 77 were built after 1700.
