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 · 3/5 · Research shortlist — not an ordered historical ranking.

Castle · BrandenburgBurg Gerswalde

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernHenfenfeld castle

cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernBurg Falkenberg

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzMaus Castle

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · SachsenHohnstein Castle

castle in Saxony, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Sachsen-AnhaltFalkenstein Castle

castle in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · SachsenMylau Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernNew Residence, Bamberg

cultural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenVischering Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Sachsen-AnhaltWettin Castle

castle

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzLiebenstein Castle (Rhine)

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Schleswig-HolsteinKiel Castle

castle in Kiel, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · BayernTrausnitz Castle

castle in Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzHambach Castle

castle near the urban district Hambach of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Complete historical article ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergMeersburg Castle

castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzLahneck Castle

German Castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzKatz Castle

castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · BayernFalkenstein Castle

building in Pfronten, Swabia, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzReichenstein Castle

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · Sachsen-AnhaltLauenburg Castle

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · BayernPlassenburg

castle in Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · HessenSchloss Wilhelmshöhe

Castle, park and museum in Kassel, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzPfalzgrafenstein Castle

castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · BayernNuremberg Castle

fortification

Basic profile ↗Castle · Mecklenburg-VorpommernVeste Landskron

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzLissingen Castle

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · NiedersachsenSteuerwald Castle

romanesque castle in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergKatzenstein Castle

castle in Dischingen, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · SaarlandBurg Kirkel

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · HessenRunkel Castle

Castle in Hesse, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Sachsen-AnhaltBlankenburg Castle

castle in Blankenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergWirtemberg Castle

building in Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · BrandenburgBurg Eisenhardt

castle in Bad Belzig, Brandenburg state, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Rheinland-PfalzSterrenberg Castle

castle in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · NiedersachsenWolfsburg Castle

Castle in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony

Basic profile ↗Castle · Nordrhein-WestfalenBurg Hülshoff

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · Sachsen-AnhaltGiebichenstein Castle

castle in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Baden-WürttembergStettenfels Castle

castle in Untergruppenbach, Heilbronn district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Basic profile ↗Castle · Mecklenburg-VorpommernKlempenow Castle

castle

Basic profile ↗Castle · HessenKronberg Castle

castle in Hesse, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernHerrenchiemsee

complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, an island in the Chiemsee, Bavaria's largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernNymphenburg Palace

Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, southern Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchloss Dwasieden

château in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · Nordrhein-WestfalenSchloss Bensberg

château in Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BerlinCharlottenburg Palace

Baroque palace in Berlin, Germany

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernVeitshöchheim Palace

cultural heritage monument D-6-79-202-2 (0) in Veitshöchheim, Bavaria

Basic profile ↗Palace · BayernMargravial Palace Erlangen

château in Erlangen, Franconia

Basic profile ↗Palace · SaarlandSchloss Halberg

castle in Saarbrucken Germany

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