TOPCASTLES · EDITORIAL DISCOVERY
232 Castles Worth Exploring
A curated research shortlist across Germany's sixteen federal states. Every entry has a public identification profile; fully researched castles link to their extended historical stories. This is not a final Top 100 ranking.
232 castle profiles · 1/5 · Research shortlist — not an ordered historical ranking.
Castle · Rheinland-PfalzEltz CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzMarksburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzRheinstein CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergHeidelberg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · ThüringenWartburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergHohenzollern CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · BayernNeuschwanstein CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzCochem Imperial CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · BayernHohenschwangau CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchwerin CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergLichtenstein CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · HessenMarburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzTrifels Imperial CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenDrachenburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenSatzvey CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Sachsen-AnhaltWernigerode CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · SachsenMoritzburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · BrandenburgSanssouci PalaceComplete historical article ↗Fortress · SachsenKönigstein FortressComplete historical article ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenNordkirchen PalaceComplete historical article ↗Castle · BayernBurghausen CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · BayernCadolzburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Castle · HessenRonneburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · HessenBraunfels CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Schleswig-HolsteinGlücksburg CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzBürresheim CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · BayernJohannisburg PalaceComplete historical article ↗Palace · SachsenHartenfels CastleComplete historical article ↗Palace · BrandenburgOranienburg PalaceComplete historical article ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenAugustusburg Palace BrühlComplete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Alt-Wolfstein
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Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenAltena CastleCastle in Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernAltenstein Castlecastle ruin in Maroldsweisach, Bavaria
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Ardeckcastle in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzAre Castlecastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · BrandenburgBurg Beeskowcastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBilstein Castle (Lennestadt)castle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenCastle BlankenheimCastle above the town of Blankenheim in the Eifel. Built around 1115 by Gerhard I.
Complete historical article ↗Castle · BremenBurg Blomendalcastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · SaarlandBurg Bucherbachcastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · ThüringenBurg Creuzburgcastle in Creuzburg, Thuringia, Germany
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenDrachenfels castlecastle in Germany
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzDudeldorf Castlecastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · NiedersachsenBurg Edenserloogcastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · HessenBurg Eltvillecastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzFalkenstein Castlecastle of the Palatinate
Complete historical article ↗Castle · ThüringenBurg Großfurracastle
Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzFürstenberg CastleOberdiebach-Rheindiebach, Rhineland-Palatinate
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