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Castles in the Netherlands
124 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one on the interactive map.
See them on the map →The most famous castle in the Netherlands is Royal Palace of Amsterdam, ranked #173 of 7,044 in the world — followed by Huis ten Bosch and Het Loo Palace.
The Castlemap atlas charts 91 castles, 15 fortresses, 8 palaces & châteaux and 10 ruins in the Netherlands. They span more than 8 centuries — from Coevorden Castle (founded 1024) to Castle de Haar (1892). Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of the Netherlands.
All 124 castles in the Netherlands
- Royal Palace of Amsterdam
Palace & château · 17th century · #173 worldwide · #1 in the Netherlands
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament.
- Huis ten Bosch
Palace & château · 17th century · #266 worldwide · #2 in the Netherlands
Huis ten Bosch is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the…
- Het Loo Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #370 worldwide · #3 in the Netherlands
Het Loo Palace is a palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, which was built by the House of Orange-Nassau.
- Castle de Haar
Castle · 19th century · #4 in the Netherlands
De Haar Castle is located outside Utrecht, Netherlands. It is the largest castle in The Netherlands.
- Soestdijk Palace
Palace & château · #5 in the Netherlands
Soestdijk Palace (Dutch: Paleis Soestdijk [paːˈlɛi suzˈdɛik]) is a palace formerly belonging to the Dutch royal family.
- Noordeinde Palace
Palace & château · #6 in the Netherlands
Noordeinde Palace is one of three official palaces of the Dutch royal family.
- Huis Doorn
Palace & château · 13th century · #7 in the Netherlands
Huis Doorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦœyz ˈdoːrn]; English: House Doorn) is a manor house and national museum in the town of Doorn in the Netherlands.
- Muiderslot
Castle · 13th century · #8 in the Netherlands
Muiden Castle is a castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the Vecht river, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, in Muiden, where it…
- Pampus
Fortress · #9 in the Netherlands
Pampus is an artificial island and late 19th-century sea fort located in the IJmeer near Amsterdam.
- Loevestein Castle
Castle · 14th century · #10 in the Netherlands
Loevestein Castle is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands.
- Fort Bourtange
Fortress · 16th century · #11 in the Netherlands
Fort Bourtange is a fort in the village of Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands. It was built under orders of William the Silent and completed in 1593.
- Drakesteijn
Castle · 17th century · #12 in the Netherlands
Drakensteyn Castle is a small castle at 8 Slotlaan in the hamlet of Lage Vuursche, in the municipality of Baarn, Netherlands.
- Amerongen Castle
Castle · 17th century · #13 in the Netherlands
Amerongen Castle was built between 1674 and 1680, on the site of a medieval castle that had been burned down by the French in 1673.
- Kasteel Hoensbroek
Castle · 14th century · #14 in the Netherlands
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.
- Valkenburg Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #15 in the Netherlands
Valkenburg Castle is a ruined castle in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands. It is unique in the Netherlands in that it is the only castle in the…
- Doornenburg Castle
Castle · 14th century · #16 in the Netherlands
The Doornenburg Castle is a Dutch castle from the 13th century. The castle is located in the eastern part of the province of Gelderland, near the…
- Het Oude Loo
Castle · 15th century · #17 in the Netherlands
Het Oude Loo is a 15th-century castle on the estate of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.
- Doorwerth Castle
Castle · 15th century · #18 in the Netherlands
Doorwerth Castle is a medieval castle situated on the river Rhine near the city of Arnhem, Netherlands.
- Castle Brederode
Ruin · 13th century · #19 in the Netherlands
Brederode Castle, also called the Ruins of Brederode, is located near Santpoort-Zuid.
- Castle Huis Bergh
Castle · 13th century · #20 in the Netherlands
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.
- Ammersoyen Castle
Castle · 14th century · #21 in the Netherlands
Ammersoyen Castle is located in Ammerzoden in the Bommelerwaard region in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
- Kasteel Huize Ruurlo
Castle · #22 in the Netherlands
Huis te Ruurlo is a castle in Ruurlo, Gelderland, the Netherlands. Huis te Ruurlo was mentioned in 1326 and has been in the hands of the Dutch noble…
- Duivenvoorde Castle
Castle · 13th century · #23 in the Netherlands
Duivenvoorde Castle is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands.
- Kasteel Radboud
Castle · 13th century · #24 in the Netherlands
Radboud Castle is a castle on the east bank of the harbour in Medemblik. Radboud Castle is one of a number of castles in North Holland.
- Zuylen Castle
Castle · 16th century · #25 in the Netherlands
Zuylen Castle (Dutch: Slot Zuylen [slɔt ˈsœylə]) is a Dutch castle at the village of Oud-Zuilen just north of the city of Utrecht.
- Castle Middachten
Palace & château · 17th century · #26 in the Netherlands
Middachten Castle is a monumental manor house, located on the Middachten estate, De Steeg, Netherlands. The current building dates from 1693-1698.
- Heeswijk Castle
Castle · 11th century · #27 in the Netherlands
Heeswijk Castle is a moated castle near Heeswijk in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
- Breda Castle
Castle · #28 in the Netherlands
Breda Castle is a castle in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands.
- Slangenburg Castle
Castle · #29 in the Netherlands
Slangenburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Doetinchem in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
- Schaloen Castle
Castle · #30 in the Netherlands
Schaloen Castle is a castle in Oud-Valkenburg in the South Limburg municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in The Netherlands.
- Kasteel Almere
Castle · #31 in the Netherlands
Almere Castle is a half-finished castle in the Dutch town of Almere in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands.
- Fort de Roovere
Fortress · #32 in the Netherlands
Fort De Roovere is an earthen fort, constructed as part of the Dutch Water Line,, a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in…
- Cannenburgh Castle
Castle · 16th century · #33 in the Netherlands
Cannenburg Castle or Cannenburch Castle is a castle with a moat in the Netherlands. It is situated in Vaassen, a town in the province of Gelderland.
- Eijsden Castle
Castle · 17th century · #34 in the Netherlands
Eijsden Castle is a moated manor house with several farm buildings, a gatehouse and castle park, in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
- Slot Teylingen
Castle · #35 in the Netherlands
Teylingen Castle is a Dutch castle in the municipality of Teylingen, in the town of Voorhout, near the border with Sassenheim.
- Duurstede Castle
Castle · #36 in the Netherlands
Castle Duurstede is a medieval castle in Wijk bij Duurstede in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
- Batenburg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #37 in the Netherlands
Batenburg Castle is located in the village of Batenburg, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands.
- Fort Oranje (Bonaire)
Fortress · 17th century · #38 in the Netherlands
Fort Orange is a military fortification in Kralendijk, Bonaire. Originally built in 1639 as a nameless fort by the Dutch West India Company, it is…
- Fort Oranje (Sint Eustatius)
Fortress · 17th century · #39 in the Netherlands
Fort Oranje is a historic fortress located in Sint Eustatius in the Dutch Caribbean.
- Fort Rammekens
Fortress · 16th century · #40 in the Netherlands
Fortified harbor formerly in open sea, now in the Westerschelde
- Biljoen Castle
Castle · 16th century · #41 in the Netherlands
Castle Biljoen lies between the Veluwe and the IJssel near Velp. This Noble House from the 16th century was rebuilt by Alexander van Spaen into the…
- Kasteel Bleijenbeek
Ruin · 13th century · #42 in the Netherlands
Bleijenbeek Castle is situated in the small hamlet of Bleijenbeek in the Dutch province of Limburg.
- Castle of Bredevoort
Castle · #43 in the Netherlands
The Bredevoort Castle was a castle in the city of Bredevoort, Guelders in the Netherlands.
- Ter Worm Castle
Castle · #44 in the Netherlands
Ter Worm or Terworm Castle is a castle located in the municipality of Heerlen, Limburg Province, Netherlands.
- Oud Poelgeest
Castle · 17th century · #45 in the Netherlands
Oud Poelgeest is a castle in Oegstgeest, north of Leiden, that was the former home of the Dutch scientist Herman Boerhaave.
- Assumburg
Castle · #46 in the Netherlands
Slot Assumburg is a castle in the east of Heemskerk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
- Menkemaborg
Castle · 17th century · #47 in the Netherlands
The Menkemaborg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛŋkəmaːˌbɔrx]; Menkema Borough) is a borg in the village of Uithuizen in Groningen in the Netherlands.
- Waardenburg Castle
Castle · #48 in the Netherlands
Waardenburg Castle, sometimes also called Weerdenburg, is a medieval castle located in Waardenburg in the municipality of West Betuwe, in the Dutch…
- Fort Pannerden
Fortress · #49 in the Netherlands
Fort Pannerden is a disused military fort situated near the village of Pannerden in the southeast of the Netherlands.
- Coevorden Castle
Castle · 11th century · #50 in the Netherlands
- Hernen Castle
Castle · #52 in the Netherlands
Hernen Castle is a Dutch castle from the 14th century. It is a well-preserved medieval castle in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
- Westhove Castle
Castle · #55 in the Netherlands
Westhove Castle is a castle on Walcheren, outside Oostkapelle in the province of Zeeland in The Netherlands
- Marquette Castle
Palace & château · 13th century · #56 in the Netherlands
Marquette Castle is an 18th-century manor house in Heemskerk, Netherlands, occupying the site of the previous 13th-century Heemkskerk Castle, or Huis…
- Kasteel Helmond
Castle · #57 in the Netherlands
Helmond Castle is a square medieval moated castle in the center of the city Helmond in the Dutch province of North Brabant.
- Hillenraad Castle
Castle · 14th century · #58 in the Netherlands
Hillenraad Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Hillenraad [kɑˈsteːl ˈɦɪləˌraːt]; Limburgish: Kesjteel Hilleraod [kəˈʃteːl ˈɦɪləʀɔːt]) is a 14th century square…
- Kasteel Groeneveld (Baarn)
Castle · #59 in the Netherlands
- Castle Egmond
Ruin · 12th century · #60 in the Netherlands
Egmond Castle, also called the Ruins of Egmond, is a ruined medieval castle built c. 1150, in the Dutch province of North Holland.
- Wijchen Castle
Castle · #61 in the Netherlands
- Vredenburg
Castle · 16th century · #62 in the Netherlands
Vredenburg Castle (Dutch: Vredenburg or Vredeborch) was a 16th-century castle built by Habsburg emperor Charles V in the city of Utrecht in the…
- Castle Keukenhof
Castle · 19th century · #64 in the Netherlands
Castle near the flower exhibition of the same name in Lisse, Netherlands
- Croy Castle
Castle · #65 in the Netherlands
The Croy Castle is a castle in the Dutch province North Brabant, near the village Aarle-Rixtel which is part of the municipality of Laarbeek.
- Ilpenstein
Castle · 17th century · #67 in the Netherlands
Ilpenstein Castle was a castle of the Free and High Lordship of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, located in Ilpendam in the north of Amsterdam.
- Fort Sint-Michiel
Ruin · 17th century · #68 in the Netherlands
Fort Sint-Michiel was a Spanish fort situated in Venlo, the Netherlands. It was named after the archangel Michael.
- Landgoed Schaffelaar
Castle · #69 in the Netherlands
Landgoed Schaffelaar is a historic estate located in Barneveld, in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
- Heeze Castle
Castle · 17th century · #70 in the Netherlands
Heeze Castle is situated in the Netherlands, south of Eindhoven. It used to be the centre of the seigneury of Heeze, Leende and Zesgehuchten, part of…
- Fort bij IJmuiden
Fortress · #71 in the Netherlands
Fort IJmuiden is a former fort, now heritage site and event location in IJmuiden North-Holland. It protected the entrance to the North Sea Canal.
- Kasteel Endegeest
Castle · 14th century · #73 in the Netherlands
- Kasteel Wittem
Castle · #74 in the Netherlands
Kasteel Wittem is a defunct restaurant located in Castle Wittem in Wittem, in the Netherlands.
- Bouvigne Castle
Castle · #78 in the Netherlands
Bouvigne Castle is a castle outside the Ginneken district in the Dutch province of North Brabant, near the Mastbos south of Breda.
- Fort Crèvecoeur
Fortress · #79 in the Netherlands
Fort Crèvecoeur was a Dutch fortress near 's-Hertogenbosch. It is now used as a military exercise terrain.
- Castle Batenstein
Castle · #80 in the Netherlands
Batestein Castle was a princely residence in Vianen in the Dutch province of Utrecht, and South Holland.
- Wedderborg
Castle · 14th century · #82 in the Netherlands
The Wedderborg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɛdərˈbɔrx]; Borough of Wedde) is a borg, a type of castle in Groningen, in the village of Wedde in the…
- Zandenburg
Ruin · #83 in the Netherlands
Zandenburg was a famous castle just south of Veere. Nothing remains of it, except some foundations below ground level.
- Huis Wisch
Castle · #84 in the Netherlands
- De Kinkelenburg
Castle · #87 in the Netherlands
Kinkelenburg Castle is a castle in Bemmel, north of Nijmegen, in the municipality of Lingewaard in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
- Huis te Riviere
Castle · #88 in the Netherlands
Te Riviere Castle is a ruinous castle located in Schiedam, Netherlands.
- Slot Heemstede
Castle · #91 in the Netherlands
Heemstede Castle is the site of the old castle of Heemstede. The property is situated at the site of the former castle 'Heerlijkheid Heemstede', or…
- Huis ter Kleef
Castle · 14th century · #92 in the Netherlands
The ruins of the Huis ter Kleef castle are located in the city gardens of Haarlem.
- Dussen Castle
Castle · #93 in the Netherlands
Dussen Castle is a water castle that got its peculiar form after being destroyed by the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421.
- Zuylestein Castle
Castle · 16th century · #96 in the Netherlands
Zuylestein Castle is a castle near the town of Leersum in the Netherlands, some twenty miles east of the city of Utrecht.
- Wierickerschans
Castle · #97 in the Netherlands
The Wierickerschans Fort is a part of the Old Dutch Waterline or "Oude Hollandse Waterlinie".
- Kasteel Renswoude
Castle · #99 in the Netherlands
- Mouse Fort
Fortress · #102 in the Netherlands
Mouse Fort is a Dutch fort in Muiden. The fort is part of the Stelling van Amsterdam, the UNESCO World Heritage site that consists of a set of forts…
- Fort Vijfhuizen
Fortress · #103 in the Netherlands
Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site.
- Heukelum Castle
Castle · 13th century · #104 in the Netherlands
Merckenburg Castle, also known as Castle Heukelum, is a brick castle in the town of Heukelum in the municipality of West Betuwe in The Netherlands.
- Huys Dever
Castle · 14th century · #106 in the Netherlands
The Huys Dever is a small castle in Lisse, Netherlands. It was probably built shortly after 1375 by Reinier Dever or d'Ever, a member of an old noble…
- Landsfort Herle
Castle · 13th century · #107 in the Netherlands
Landsfort Herle was a fortification with a moat in the centre of Heerlen, Netherlands.
- Polanen Castle
Castle · #108 in the Netherlands
Polanen Castle was a castle located in today's Monster, South Holland in the Netherlands.
- Fort Harssens
Fortress · #111 in the Netherlands
Fort Harssens is a former fortress and museum in Den Helder North-Holland. It protected the naval base Willemsoord.
- Kasteel IJsselstein
Castle · #113 in the Netherlands
- Kasteel van Sint-Maartensdijk
Ruin · #114 in the Netherlands
Sint-Maartensdijk Castle was a castle with a rich history. Except for a part of the moats nothing remains of it.
- Kasteel te Culemborg
Castle · #118 in the Netherlands
- Cranendonck Castle
Castle · #119 in the Netherlands
- Huis Overvoorde, Rijswijk
Castle · #120 in the Netherlands
- Fort Amsterdam (Sint Eustatius)
Ruin · 18th century · #121 in the Netherlands
The Waterfort, also called Fort Amsterdam, is a fortress on the southwest coast of Sint Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, of which only ruins remain.
- Ellewoutsdijk Fort
Fortress · #122 in the Netherlands
Was built in 1839 to protect the naval base and trading city of Vlissingen
- Fort bij Hinderdam
Fortress · #124 in the Netherlands
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are in the Netherlands?
The Castlemap atlas maps 124 landmarks (91 castles · 15 fortresses · 8 palaces & châteaux · 10 ruins) in the Netherlands — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
What is the most famous castle in the Netherlands?
Royal Palace of Amsterdam, ranked #173 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 17th century.
What is the oldest castle in the Netherlands?
The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in the Netherlands is Coevorden Castle, founded 1024. Earlier structures may have existed — this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also: the most famous castle in every country · the oldest in every country · medieval castles · castle statistics.
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