Country
Castles in Germany
- 246
- sites
- 16
- UNESCO
- 7th c.
- oldest
- Castle ruins: 29
- Castles: 102
- Palaces and châteaux: 103
- Fortresses and forts: 12
Best known
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Bavaria, Germany
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Wartburg Castle
Thuringia, Germany
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Hohenzollern Castle
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Würzburg Residence
Bavaria, Germany
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Lichtenstein Castle
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Schwerin Castle
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
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Eltz Castle
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Heidelberg Castle Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Regions
Register of sites
Rhineland-Palatinate 45
- Eltz Castle
- Ehrenbreitstein Fortress 1817
- Marksburg 1117
- Reichsburg Cochem 1868
- Stolzenfels Castle ◆ 1836
- Bürresheim Castle
- Hambach Castle 1844
- Rheinfels Castle 1245
- Pfalzgrafenstein Castle 1326
- Stahleck Castle
- Maus Castle 1353
- Katz Castle 14th century
- Rheinstein Castle 1316
- Nassau Castle
- Electoral Palace Koblenz
- Trifels Castle
- Schaumburg Castle 10th century
- Electoral Palace
- Mainz Citadel
- Lahneck Castle 1226
- Lissingen Castle 1212
- Genovevaburg 13th century
- Fortress of Mainz 1619
- Gutenfels Castle 1220
- Nürburg Castle 1166
- Liebenstein Castle (Rhine) 1284
- Klopp Castle ◆ 1240
- Schönburg 1100
- Metternich Castle
- Sooneck Castle
- Altdahn Castle 1200
- Berwartstein Castle 12th century
- Reichenstein Castle 1100
- Sterrenberg Castle 1190
- Schloss Oranienstein 1671
- Imperial Palace Ingelheim
- Blumenstein Castle 1260
- Koblenz Fortress
- Pyrmont Castle
- Schloss Lieser
…and 5 more
Bavaria 33
- Neuschwanstein Castle ◆ 1869
- Würzburg Residence ◆ 1720
- Hohenschwangau Castle 1833
- Herrenchiemsee Palace ◆ 1878
- Nuremberg Castle
- Munich Residenz 1385
- Marienberg Fortress c. 1200
- Veste Coburg 1225
- Burghausen Castle c. 1255
- Schloss Weißenstein 1711
- Possenhofen Castle 1536
- Schloss Elmau 1914
- Trausnitz Castle 1204
- Plassenburg
- Schloss Johannisburg 1605
- Ehrenburg Palace
- Schloss Mespelbrunn 1412
- Alter Hof 1253
- Burg 1109
- Schloss Rosenau
- Residenz Ansbach
- Burg Wittelsbach
- Dachau Palace
- Falkenstein Castle 1280
- Kloster Herrenchiemsee 620
- Wülzburg
- Palace Staufeneck
- Schloss Neuburg (Bayern)
- New Residence, Bamberg
- St. Emmeram's Palace
- Schloss Schwarzenberg 1608
- Harburg Castle 1150
- Callenberg Castle
Baden-Württemberg 33
- Hohenzollern Castle 1850
- Lichtenstein Castle 1840
- Heidelberg Castle
- Sigmaringen Castle 1650
- Schwetzingen Palace
- Karlsruhe Palace 1749
- New Palace, Stuttgart 1746
- Old Castle 950
- Mannheim Palace
- Solitude Palace 1769
- Schloss Rastatt 1697
- Hohenbaden Castle 1102
- Meersburg Castle
- Hohenstaufen Castle 1050
- Grafeneck Euthanasia Centre
- Teck
- Bruchsal Palace
- Hohenasperg 1535
- Karlsburg Castle 1563
- Wildenstein Castle
- Sausenburg Castle 1246
- Hochburg 1127
- Rosenstein Castle 1824
- Schloss Hohentübingen
- Runder Berg
- Neues Schloss 1710
- Güssenburg Castle
- Neues Schloss Baden-Baden 1370
- Schloss Neuenstein
- Schwarzenburg (Breisgau)
- Weikersheim Palace
- Burg Badenweiler 1122
- Rastatt Fortress
North Rhine-Westphalia 30
- Wewelsburg 1603
- Schloss Drachenburg 1882
- Schloss Nordkirchen 1703
- Vischering Castle 1271
- Burg Castle 1133
- Sparrenberg Castle 1250
- Schloss Rheydt 1180
- Anholt Castle
- Altena Castle 1100
- Schloss Lembeck 1670
- Schloss Jägerhof
- Moyland Castle
- Schloss Borbeck
- Schloss Herten 14th century
- Electoral Palace
- Burg Satzvey
- Herdringen Castle 1853
- Landsberg Castle 13th century
- Schloss Hugenpoet
- Wesel citadel 18th century
- Styrum 1289
- Schwanenburg
- Kasteel Bleijenbeek 1300
- Bladenhorst Castle
- Wasserschloss Darfeld 1612
- Godesburg 1210
- Schloss Broich 884
- Burg Nideggen 1177
- Schloss Bad Berleburg
- Schloss Raesfeld
Hesse 20
- Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel 1786
- Frankenstein Castle 1252
- Schloss Friedrichshof 1889
- Marburg Castle 1200
- Biebrich Palace 1702
- Schloss Braunfels
- Fürsteneck Castle
- Arolsen Castle
- Wüstegarten
- Philippsruhe Castle 1700
- Schloss Fasanerie
- Münzenberg Castle
- Schloss Johannisberg
- Dillenburger Schloss
- Bad Homburg Castle 1680
- Schloss Waldeck
- Rumpenheim Castle
- Auerbach Castle
- Runkel Castle 11th century
- Sababurg 1334
Saxony 17
- Dresden Castle 1548
- Moritzburg Castle 1542
- Königstein Fortress 1589
- Colditz Castle
- Pillnitz Palace, Dresden 1720
- Albrechtsburg, Meissen 1471
- Sonnenstein Castle
- Castle Hartenfels Torgau 1470
- Winterstein
- Schloss Albrechtsberg
- Kriebstein Castle 1384
- Frienstein
- Schloss Weesenstein
- Burg Stolpen 1121
- Hohnstein Castle 1200
- Schwarzenberg Castle
- Rochlitz Castle 1095
Lower Saxony 16
- Marienburg Castle, Hanover 1858
- Imperial Palace of Goslar ◆
- Celle Castle 1292
- Leineschloss 1746
- Brunswick Palace
- Burg Bentheim 1020
- Evenburg 1642
- Oldenburg Castle 1607
- Welfenschloss 1857
- Schaumburg Castle, Lower Saxony
- Wolfsburg Castle 1302
- Schloss Wolfenbüttel 1283
- Dankwarderode Castle 12th century
- Ahlden House
- Plesse Castle
- Calenberg Castle
Saxony-Anhalt 13
Thuringia 11
Berlin 9
Schleswig-Holstein 7
Brandenburg 6
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 5
Saarland 1
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