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

Palace · HessenBiebrich Palace

Baroque residence in Hesse, Germany built in 1702

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgBabelsberg Palace

palace in Potsdam, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergSchwetzingen Palace

palace in Schwetzingen, Germany, formerly the summer residence of the Electors Palatine

Basic profile ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenSchloss Münster

castle

Basic profile ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzStolzenfels Castle

Castle in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · ThüringenFriedenstein Castle

Castle in Gotha

Basic profile ↗Palace · HessenBad Homburg Castle

château in Hesse, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinFriedrichsfelde Castle

château in Berlin, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Alt-Sternberg

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Rheinland-PfalzBiedesheim castle

ruined moated castle in the northwest of the municipality of Biedesheim in the Donnersberg district in Rhineland-Palatinate

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Sachsen-AnhaltCalvörde Castle

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Sachsen-AnhaltErichsburg

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · BayernBurg Fürth am Berg

cultural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · HessenBurg Glimendal

deserted castle site in Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Baden-WürttembergBurg Hoheneck

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · NiedersachsenBurg Rethem

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · BayernBurg Trautenberg

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · NiedersachsenBurg Langwedel

former castle in Langwedel, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Brelen

former castel in Hemer, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · BayernGelbe Bürg

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · BrandenburgBurg Pritzerbe

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Rheinland-PfalzMartinsburg

fortress which was demolished in 1809

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · HessenBurg Klein-Zimmern / St. Josephshaus

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Baden-WürttembergBurg Rohrau

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · BayernBurg Absberg

building in Absberg, Middle Franconia, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernWürzburg Residence

cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-454 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernLinderhof Palace

palace in Bavaria, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · ThüringenSchloss Belvedere

palace and garden ensemble in Weimar, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Rheinland-PfalzSchloss Marienfels

palace in Remagen, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgRheinsberg Palace

palace in Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgCharlottenhof Palace

palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BrandenburgNew Palace

Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Baden-WürttembergSchloss Favorite

German house and hunting lodge

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernFürstenried Palace

château

Basic profile ↗Palace · HessenSchloß Wolfsgarten

hunting lodge of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt

Basic profile ↗Fortress · BayernVeste Coburg

one of the well-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany

Basic profile ↗Fortress · Rheinland-PfalzEhrenbreitstein Fortress

German fortress

Basic profile ↗Fortress · BayernMarienberg Fortress

cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-317 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenImperial Palace of Goslar

Palace of the Holy Roman Empire

Basic profile ↗Castle ruins · Rheinland-PfalzRheinfels Castle

castle in Germany

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