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 · 4/5 · Research shortlist — not an ordered historical ranking.

Palace · HamburgHarburg castle (Hamburg)

German castle in Hamburg, partly preserved only

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castle in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinBerlin Palace

former residence of the Prussian kings, seat of the Humboldt Forum

Basic profile ↗Palace · ThüringenEttersburg Castle and Park

Castle and surrounding park near Weimar, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · SachsenSchloss Seifersdorf

Castle in Wachau, district of Bautzen, Saxony

Basic profile ↗Palace · BremenSchloss Schönebeck

museum in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgSchloss Börnicke

building in Börnicke, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernSchloss Weißenstein

castle in Pommersfelden, Bavaria; cultural heritage monument D-4-71-172-31 (0)

Basic profile ↗Palace · HamburgSchloss Bergedorf

building in Hamburg (Germany)

Basic profile ↗Palace · ThüringenElisabethenburg Palace

castle in city of Meiningen, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · ThüringenSchloss Friedrichsthal

palace in Thuringia

Basic profile ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernGüstrow Castle

castle in Güstrow, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenHerdringen Castle

castle in Westphalia

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenSchloss Jever

château in Jever, Lower Saxony, Germany (circa 1395-)

Basic profile ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchloss Kartlow

Gothic Revival Chateau in Kruckow municipality, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenSchloss Neuhaus, Paderborn

castle in Schloss Neuhaus, Paderborn

Basic profile ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchloss Neustrelitz

ancient palace in Neustrelitz, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzKurfürstliche Residenz in Ehrenbreitstein

building in Koblenz (Germany)

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenSchloss Richmond

castle in Braunschweig, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenSchloss Wolfenbüttel

Castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · SachsenBlankenhain Castle

castle in Crimmitschau, Saxony, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BremenWätjens Schloss

Basic profile ↗Palace · SachsenCastle of Zschorna

castle in Zschorna (Thiendorf), Saxony, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgGlienicke Palace

palace in Berlin, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergSchloss Rastatt

building in Rastatt, Karlsruhe Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzElectoral Palace

Palace in Trier, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinBellevue Palace

official residence in Berlin for the President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernSchloss Elmau

architectural structure

Basic profile ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernLudwigslust Palace

château

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernEhrenburg Palace

castle in Coburg

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernSchloss Rosenau

castle near the town of Rödental, Bavaria, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenBenrath Palace

Baroque German Palace

Basic profile ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzElectoral Palace Koblenz

palace in Koblenz, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · SachsenPillnitz Castle

château

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenCelle Castle

château in Lower Saxony, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Sachsen-AnhaltSchloss Mosigkau

castle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Schleswig-HolsteinSchloss vor Husum

château in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergWeikersheim Palace

palace in Weikersheim, Baden-Württemberg. Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · HessenSchlosshotel Kronberg

château in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main

Basic profile ↗Palace · SaarlandSaarbrücken Castle

château

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenMarienburg Castle

Castle near to Nordstemmen in the town of Pattensen, Region of Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinKöpenick Palace

château

Basic profile ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergMannheim Palace

historic castle in Mannheim, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgBranitz castle

castle in Cottbus, Brandenburg state, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Schleswig-HolsteinGottorf Castle

château in Schleswig, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · SachsenColditz Castle

castle in Germany: prisoner of war camp in World War II

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinSchönhausen Palace

castle in Berlin, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernMunich Residence

building in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

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