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 · 2/5 · Research shortlist — not an ordered historical ranking.

Castle · ThüringenBurg Greifenstein

ruins in Bad Blankenburg, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Gudenau

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernGößweinstein Castle

cultural heritage monument D-4-74-129-10 (0) in Gößweinstein, Bavaria

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernHarburg Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · NiedersachsenHardeg Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenHardenstein Castle

ruined castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · HessenHirschhorn Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernHoheneck Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzHohenfels Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernHohenfreyberg Castle

castle ruin in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzHohlenfels Castle

Castle in Mudershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · ThüringenHohnstein Castle

Germany castle ruins

Complete historical article ↗Castle · HessenIdstein Castle

castle in Hesse, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Kempen

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzKerpen Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzLittle France

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · SachsenKriebstein Castle

rock castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergBurg Landeck

castle in Baden, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzLandsberg Castle

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Landshut

castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergBurg Lichtenberg

castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergBurg Lichteneck

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernLichtenstein Castle

cultural heritage monument D-6-74-184-19 (0) in Pfarrweisach, Bavaria

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergLiebenzell Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Linz

castle in Linz am Rhein, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Mecklenburg-VorpommernLöcknitz Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Lüdinghausen

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · SachsenMildenstein Castle

castle in Leisnig, Saxony

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzNamedy Castle

Rhine valley castle, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Neuwolfstein

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Nideggen

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernPrunn Castle

castle in Schloßprunn, Riedenburg, Bavaria, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · SachsenRabenstein Castle

castle in the Saxon city of Chemnitz

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Randeck

ruined hill castle in Mannweiler-Cölln, Palatinate, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · ThüringenRanis

tower

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Ravensberg

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzBurg Reichenberg

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Sachsen-AnhaltSaaleck Castle

castle ruin in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzSooneck Castle

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Mecklenburg-VorpommernBurg Stuer

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergWindeck Castle

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

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BrandenburgZiesar castle

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernZwernitz Castle

cultural heritage monument D-4-77-164-21 (0) in Wonsees, Bavaria

Basic profile ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Graurheindorf

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzGutenfels Castle

castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Sachsen-AnhaltSchloss Hundisburg

castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · NiedersachsenCircular rampart of Burg

defensive work in Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · NiedersachsenHunnesrück Castle

castle

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