List of castles, fortresses and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate

The list of castles, fortresses and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate names castles , fortresses and palaces in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is part of the list of castles and palaces in Germany . Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .

Rhineland-Palatinate did not emerge until 1947 - after the Second World War  - as an artificial structure from that part of the former French occupation zone that was neither Saarland nor Baden-Württemberg . Before that, today's parts of the state had belonged to a multitude of secular and spiritual rulers for over a thousand years, e. For example, the influential electors of the Palatinate , Mainz , Cologne and Trier (the last three were also archbishops ) or knights who were less important and whose - initially not hereditary - status developed from the feudal system. Marriages and inheritance had contributed to ever more restructuring and fragmentation, so that a veritable patchwork of domains had emerged. The castles and fortresses of the historic Electoral Palatinate are now in five federal states and in Alsace .

The sovereigns were able to point out their importance with buildings such as castles , fortresses and palaces . Therefore, the edges of the low mountain ranges ( Eifel , Palatinate Forest ) and the river valleys ( Middle Rhine , Moselle ) are lined with castles or fortresses, the Donnersberg massif in the North Palatinate Uplands was even surrounded by five castles, and in the larger cities such as Mainz and Koblenz and Trier , the magnificent castles and palaces are particularly striking.

Although the great wars ( Peasants 'War , Thirty Years' War , Palatine War of Succession , Napoleonic Wars ) had repeatedly caused destruction, the ruins of razed castles or burned-down palaces were often the result of successor buildings, which even surpassed the former in splendor. And the damage caused - especially in cities - by the shelling and bombing of the two world wars of the 20th century has now largely been eliminated.

The list also includes ring ramparts that date back to the Celtic era, i.e. were created in the 1st millennium BC.

The list is sorted alphabetically:

1. by districts or urban districts
2. by object name

Links to articles can be stored behind the objects that provide additional information.

list

(sorted alphabetically, 1. by district or urban district, 2. by name of the building)

contents   Ahrweiler, district Altenkirchen (Westerwald), district Alzey-Worms, district Bad Dürkheim, district Bad Kreuznach, district Bernkastel-Wittlich, district Birkenfeld, district Bitburg-Prüm, district Cochem-Zell, district Donnersbergkreis Germersheim, district Kaiserslautern, district Kaiserslautern, city Koblenz, city Kusel, district

Landau in the Palatinate, city Ludwigshafen am Rhein, city Mainz, city Mainz-Bingen, district Mayen-Koblenz, district Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, city Neuwied, district Pirmasens, city Rhein-Hunsrück district Rhein-Lahn district Rhine-Palatinate District Southern Wine Route, district Südwestpfalz, district Trier, city Trier-Saarburg, district Vulkaneifel, district Westerwaldkreis Worms, city Zweibrücken, city

[↑] Ahrweiler district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Ahrenthal Castle	Sinzig	around 1330 as a moated castle, today's building in 1890	Rolman von Sinzig, Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Spee
Alkburg	Brohl-Lützing
Are Castle	Altenahr
Brohleck Castle (Augustaburg)	Brohl-Lützing
Burgbrohl Castle	Burgbrohl
Gelsdorf Castle	county
Landskron Castle	Bad Neuenahr
Marienfels Castle	Remagen
Neuenahr Castle	Bad Neuenahr	around 1225	Otto von Neuenar	Ruin since 1372	County of Neuenahr
Nürburg	Nürburg				Nürburgring
Olbrück Castle	Niederduerenbach
Rheineck Castle	Bad Breisig
Rolandseck Castle	Remagen - Rolandswerth	1122	Archbishop Friedrich I of Cologne	Ruin: destroyed in 1475, earthquake in 1673
Saffenburg	Mayschoss
Schweppenburg	Brohl-Lützing
Wensburg	Obliers
[↑] Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altenkirchen Castle	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)		Count of Sayn	departed
Junkernhaus Betzdorf	Betzdorf		Lords of Betzdorf	strongly modern overformed
Crottorf Castle	near Friesenhagen ( Wildenburger Land )	End of 17th century			Marion Countess Dönhoff
Freusburg Castle	Churches (victory)	913-1048
Friedewald Castle	Friedewald (Westerwald)
Koberstein Castle	Obererbach (Westerwald)	1343-1358	Knight of Koberstein	departed
Lahr Castle	Burglahr	about 1300-1400		ruin
Schönstein Castle	Knowledge (city)
[↑] Alzey-Worms district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Alzeyer Castle	Alzey
Abenheim Castle	Worms-Abenheim
Wachenheim Castle	Wachenheim (Pfrimm)	12./13. century		receive
Wallbrunn Castle	Partenheim	As a castle in the 13th century, the castle was remodeled and expanded in 1600, 1689, and raised in 1747	Lords of Wallbrunn	today privately owned
[↑] Bad Dürkheim district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Affenstein Castle Dirmstein (Mittelburg, Wedeburg)	Dirmstein	well before 1510	from Urzlingen, from Werlerswaß, from the Hauben, from Affenstein	Wasserburg, laid down in 1748, no remains
Altleiningen Castle	Altleiningen	1100-1110	Counts of Leiningen (originally ancestral castle "Leiningen"): Emich I. / Emich II.	Ruin (1) 1525 , (2) 1690 , partially renovated
Battenberg Castle	Battenberg (Palatinate)	?	Counts of Leiningen ?	Ruin since 1690 (poor)
Episcopal castle	Dirmstein	after 1240, before 1414	Bishop of Worms	War damage in 1525 , partially renovated, today a farm
Breitenstein Castle	Esthal	1st half of the 13th century	Counts of Leiningen	Ruin (since 1470 ?)
Deidesheim Castle	Deidesheim	probably in the middle of the 13th century	Prince-Bishop of Speyer	Almost completely destroyed in 1689 and 1794 , rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century with modified building plans
Elmstein Castle	Elmstein	12th century	Count Palatine near the Rhine	Ruin since 1689 (poor)
Emichsburg	Bockenheim on the Wine Route	11th century	Counts of Leiningen	Ruin since (1) 1460 , (2) 1471 , (3) 1797/98 (poor)	Mainz collegiate feud
Erfenstein Castle	Esthal	before 1272	Counts of Leiningen	Ruin since 1470	Saga of the Leather Bridge
Hardenburg	Bad Dürkheim	1205/14	Counts of Leiningen	War damage between 1398 and 1525 , ruin since 1794	Limburg Monastery
Heidenlöcher ( Fliehburg )	Deidesheim	9th or 10th century	Carolingians or Ottonians	Ruin (poor)
Pagan wall	Bad Dürkheim	500 BC Chr.	Celts	Ruin (poor)
Heidesheim Castle	Obrigheim (Palatinate)
Hunting lodge Kehrdichann nothing	Bad Dürkheim	1st half of the 18th century	Count Friedrich Magnus von Leiningen	partially renovated (without first floor)
Koeth-Wanscheidsche Castle	Dirmstein	before 1746	Wilhelm von Riesmann	restored
Lichtenstein Castle	Neidenfels	around 1200	Staufer	Ruin since 1281
Jagdschloss Murrmirnichtviel	Bad Dürkheim	?	Elector of the Palatinate	Ruin (poor)
Neidenfels Castle	Neidenfels	around 1330	Count Palatine Rudolf II.	Ruin since 1689
Neuleiningen Castle	Newcomers	1238-41	Counts of Leininger : Friedrich III.	Ruin 1690 , partially renovated
Nonnenfels	Isenach Valley	Conjectures from 1000 to 1300	Assumptions of Leininger counts	ruin
Quadtsches Castle	Dirmstein	1st half of the 18th century (reconstruction from monastery ruins)	Quadt family	restored
Ruppertsberg Castle	Ruppertsberg	Probably in the 13th century.	Knights of Ruppertsberg, Lords of Dalberg	Ruin (1) 1525 , (2) 1794 ; Remains built over with residential houses
Schaudichnichtum hunting lodge	Bad Dürkheim	?	Elector of the Palatinate	Ruin (poor)
Storm spring lock	Dirmstein	(1) 13th century (2) 1736 and around 1780	(1) Ritter Lerch von Dirmstein (2) Marsilius Franz Sturmfeder von Oppenweiler and descendants	restored	Caspar Lerch
Wachtenburg	Wachenheim on the Wine Route	12th century	Salier or Staufer	Ruin (1) 1471 , (2) 1689 , partially renovated
Weilach farm ruins	Bad Dürkheim	?	?	ruin
[↑] Bad Kreuznach district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altenbaumburg	Altenbamberg	around 1253	Raugrafen	ruin
Argenschwang Castle	Argwang	1195	Count of Sponheim	Ruin, gatehouse preserved	County of Sponheim
Dalberg castle ruins	Dalberg	around 1150	Godebud by Weyersbach	Enclosing walls	Dalberg (noble family)
Dhaun Castle	Hochstetten-Dhaun	12th century	Nahegaugrafen	partially preserved	Nahegau
Ebernburg	Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg	1338	Raugraf Ruprecht and Count Johann II. Von Sponheim	received or received substantial parts	County of Sponheim
Gollenfels Castle	Stromberg - Dörrebach	10th to 11th century	possible lords of stone, possible counts of Stromberg	essential parts received
Gutenburg	Gutenberg	around 1200	Gentlemen from the stone	Enclosing walls	County of Sponheim
Karlsburg ruin	Stromberg			Tower and building walls
Kauzenburg	Bad Kreuznach	1206 to 1230	Count Gottfried III. from Sponheim	ruin	County of Sponheim
Kyrburg	Kirn	before 1128 (castle); 1764 (garrison house)	probably Emichonen (castle); Prince Johann Dominik von Salm-Kyrburg (garrison house)	Ruin (castle); received or received essential parts (garrison house)	Nahegau
Layen Castle	Rümmelsheim	?	?	?	?
Montfort Castle	Hallgarten	around 1240	Count of Veldenz	ruin	County of Veldenz
Naumburg castle ruins	Bärenbach	1146	probably Raugrafen	ruin	Bolanden (noble family) , County of Sponheim
New Baumburg	New Bamberg	around 1253	Raugrafen	Enclosing walls
Pfarrköpfchen Castle	Stromberg	around 1200	probably Count von Stromberg	Wall remains	Stromburg
Rheingrafenstein Castle	Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg	11th to 12th century	Emichons	Wall remains, vaulted cellar	Nahegau
Rheingrafenstein Castle	Bad Kreuznach
Castle Schloßböckelheim	Schloßböckelheim	at 824	?	Wall remains	Duchy of Lorraine , County of Sponheim , Kurmainz , Electoral Palatinate
Schmidtburg	Schneppenbach	926	Franconian noblemen Franco, Hunpert and Norpolt	ruin	Wild counts
Sponheim Castle	Burgsponheim	around 1100	Count of Sponheim	essential parts received	County of Sponheim
Steinkallenfels castle ruins	Kirn	before 1158	?	ruin	Reign stone
Stromburg	Stromberg	around 1056	Count Bertolf von Stromberg	received or received substantial parts
Treuenfels Castle	Altenbamberg	1268 or 1357 to 1365	Dietz von Wachenheim , Philipp and Heinrich von Montfort, Berthold called Stange from (New) Bamberg, Johann Schweifkrusel von Partenheim	Remnants of the curtain wall
Wartenstein Castle	Oberhausen near Kirn	1357	Tilmann von Steinkallenfels	Remains of a residential keep	Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park
[↑] Bernkastel-Wittlich district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Baldenau Castle	Morbach	from 1315	Baldwin of Luxembourg , Archbishop of Trier	Keep, enclosing walls	Kurtrier
Bergfeld Castle	Eisenschmitt	1900	Hugo von Gahlen	completely preserved
Hunolstein Castle	Morbach	?	probably counts of Blieskastel	ruin	County of Blieskastel , Hunolstein (noble family)
Landshut Castle	Bernkastel-Kues	End of the 13th century	Heinrich II. Of Finstingen , Archbishop of Trier	Keep, enclosing walls	Kurtrier
Losnich Castle	Losnich	before 1368	Knight of Losnich	With the exception of the historic cross-vaulted cellar, no visible remains have survived	Reign of Lösnich
Entersburg	Hontheim	End of the 11th century	Lords of Nantersburg	Ruin, little remains: palace foundation walls, kennel, nw neck ditch with tower foundation in front, overbuilt with observation tower
Grevenburg	Traben-Trarbach	around 1350	Count Johann III. from Sponheim	ruin	County of Sponheim
Lieser Castle	Readers	1885 to 1895	Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser	completely preserved	Schorlemer (noble family)
Manderscheider castles (upper and lower castle)	Manderscheid	before 1173	Lords of Manderscheid	ruin	County of Manderscheid
Mont Royal fortress	Traben-Trarbach	1687 to 1698	King Louis XIV of France	remains
Starkenburg	Starkenburg (Moselle)	12th century	Count of Sponheim	ruin	County of Sponheim
Veldenz Castle	Veldenz	before 1156	?	ruin	County of Veldenz
[↑] Birkenfeld district [↑]
Bosselstein Castle	Idar-Oberstein	around 1197	Lords of Stein (Oberstein)	Wall remains
Oberstein Castle	Idar-Oberstein	1320	probably Counts of Daun-Oberstein	restored
Birkenfeld Castle	Birch field	before 1328	Count of Sponheim	ruin	County of Sponheim
Frauenburg Castle	Frauenberg	before 1327	Count of Sponheim	ruin	County of Sponheim
[↑] Bitburg-Prüm district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Bollendorf Castle	Bollendorf
The castle	The castle
Dudeldorf Castle	Dudeldorf
Falkenstein Castle	Waldhof-Falkenstein
Hamm Castle	Hamm
Kyllburg	Kyllburg	1239	Theodorich von Wied , Archbishop of Trier	Keep, parts of the enclosing walls	Kurtrier
Ließem Castle	Ließem			Restored and in good condition
Malberg Castle	Malberg
Neuerburg	Neuerburg
Moth Orenhofen	Orenhofen	Early middle ages		Burgstall (remains of the tower hill still visible)
Prümerburg	Prümzurlay
Rittersdorf Castle	Rittersdorf
Schönecken Castle	Beautiful corners
Seinsfeld Castle	Field of being
Weilerbach Castle	Bollendorf	1777 to 1780	Benedictine Abbot Emmanuel Limpach	Restored outside
[↑] District of Cochem-Zell [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Arras Castle	Alf
Reichsburg Cochem	Cochem
Coraidelstein Castle	Clothes
Electoral palace Bad Bertrich	Bad Bertrich	1787/1788	Elector Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony	under renovation	with the associated lodging house , then known as the Kavaliershaus , today the Parkhotel Bad Bertrich and the lobby that extends at right angles
Metternich Castle	Beilstein
Pyrmont Castle	Roes
Treis Castle	Treis cards
Ulmen castles	Elms
Wildburg	Treis cards
Winneburg	Cochem
[↑] Donnersbergkreis [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altenbolanden Castle	Bolanden
Biedesheim Castle	Biedesheim
Eisenberg Castle
Falkenstein Castle	Falkenstein
Frauenstein Castle	Ruppertsecken
Gaugrehweiler Castle
Gehrweiler Castle
Hohenfels Castle	Imsbach
Ilbesheim Castle
Imsweiler Castle
Celtic wall on the Donnersberg	Dannenfels
Kesselburg	Jakobsweiler
Kirchheimbolanden Castle	Kirchheimbolanden
Landsberg Castle	Upper moschel
Löwenstein Castle	Niedermoschel
Neu-Bolanden Castle	Bolanden
Randeck Castle	Mannweiler-Cölln
Ruhenburg
Ruppertsecken Castle	Ruppertsecken
Stauf Castle	Eisenberg (Palatinate)
Proud castle	Bayerfeld-Steckweiler
Tannenfels Castle	Dannenfels
Wartenberg Castle	Wartenberg-Rohrbach and Winnweiler
Wildenstein Castle	Dannenfels
[↑] District of Germersheim [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Friedrichsbühl hunting lodge	Bellheim
Germersheim Fortress	Germersheim
Germersheim Castle	Germersheim
Jockgrim Castle	Jockgrim
Weingarten Castle	Weingarten (Palatinate)
[↑] District of Kaiserslautern [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Alsenborn Castle	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Anselburg	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Breidenborn Castle	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Dieboldsburg	Otterbach
Diemerstein Castle	Frankenstein
Fischbach Castle	Fischbach (near Kaiserslautern)
Frankenstein Castle	Frankenstein
Glass castle	Fischbach (near Kaiserslautern)
Landstuhl Castle	Landstuhl
Landstuhl Castle	Landstuhl
Nanstein Castle	Landstuhl		Franz von Sickingen
Neuhemsbach Castle	Neuhemsbach
Otterbach Castle	Otterbach
Otterburg	Otterberg
Perlenberg Castle	spell
Schallodenbach Castle	Schallodenbach
Schernau Castle	Landstuhl
Proud castle	Stilt mountain
Trippstadt Castle	Trippstadt
Weilerbach Castle	Weilerbach
Wilenstein-Flörsheim Castle	Trippstadt		Johannes von Wilenstein / Lords of Flörsheim
[↑] City of Kaiserslautern [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Beilstein Castle
Hohenecken Castle
Imperial Palace					Legend of the pike in the Kaiserwoog
[↑] City of Koblenz [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Helfenstein Castle	Ehrenbreitstein	around 1160	Von Helfenstein family	Built over
Old castle	Old town	1277 to 1307	Heinrich II of Finstingen	Castle house restored	City wall Koblenz
Mühlenbach Castle	Arenberg	around 1300	Hermann II of Helfenstein	Only the main tower preserved
Koblenz Fortress	Koblenz	1815 to 1834	Prussia	partially preserved	Polygonal system
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress	Ehrenbreitstein	1817 to 1828	Prussia	completely preserved
Celebrations of Emperor Franz	Lützel	1816 to 1822	Prussia	partially preserved
Festival Emperor Alexander	Karthaus	1817 to 1822	Prussia	only received the lion gate
Fort Asterstein	Asterstein	1818 to 1828	Prussia	partially preserved
Fort Grand Duke Constantine	Karthaus	1822 to 1827	Prussia	largely preserved
Neuendorfer Flesche	Lützel	1820 to 1825	Prussia	partially preserved underground
Electoral Palace	Old town	1777 to 1793	Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony	completely preserved	Kurtrier
Philippsburg Castle	Ehrenbreitstein	1626 to 1629	Philipp Christoph von Sötern	destroyed in 1801	Kurtrier
Schönbornslust Palace	Kesselheim	1752	Franz Georg von Schönborn	destroyed in 1794
Stolzenfels Castle	Stolzenfels	1826 to 1842	Friedrich Wilhelm IV.	restored	Rhine romance
[↑] District of Kusel [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altenburg	Wolfstein
Alt-Wolfstein Castle	Wolfstein
Aschbacherhof manor house	Trippstadt-Aschbacherhof
Deinsberg Castle	Theisbergstegen
Grumbach Castle	Grumbach
Heidenburg	Kreimbach-Kaulbach
Heidenburg	Oberstaufenbach
Ingweiler Castle	Reipoltskirchen
Kübelberg Castle	Schönenberg-Kübelberg	1273 to 1297	Knight Gerin von Kübelberg	destroyed, last remains of the tower removed in 1822
Lauterecken Castle	Lauterecken
Lichtenberg Castle	Thallichtenberg
Liebsthal Castle	Quirnbach / Palatinate
Medard Castle	Medard
Michelsburg	Haschbach am Remigiusberg
Münchweiler Castle	Glan-Münchweiler
Naumburg	Ginsweiler
Neu-Wolfstein Castle	Wolfstein
Odenbach Castle	Odenbach
Pettersheim Castle	Herschweiler-Pettersheim
Quirnbach Castle	Quirnbach / Palatinate
Reipoltskirchen moated castle	Reipoltskirchen
Schönbornerhof Palace	Homberg
Sprengelburg	Essweiler / Oberweiler in the valley
Wadenau Castle	Thallichtenberg
[↑] City of Landau in the Palatinate [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Arzheim Castle
Godramstein Castle				departed
Landau Federal Fortress				Ground in 1871
Queichheim Castle	LD Queichheim
[↑] City of Ludwigshafen am Rhein [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Mannheimer Rheinschanze
[↑] City of Mainz [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Mainz fortress
Citadel Mainz
Electoral Palace Mainz
Martinsburg
Summer Palace Favorite
Weisenau Castle	Mainz-Weisenau	probably between 1153-1183	Ministeriale Dudo von Weisenau	departed
[↑] Mainz-Bingen district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Fürstenberg Castle	Oberdiebach
Heimburg	Niederheimbach
Imperial Palace	Ingelheim
Klopp Castle	Bingen
Landskron Castle	Oppenheim
Lörzweiler Castle	Loerzweiler	around 1604	Probably the noble family of the Hundt von Saulheim , later owned by the von Hettersdorf	South wing of the Renaissance building, the remainder built over
Mouse tower	Bingen
Reichenstein Castle	Trechtingshausen
Rheinstein Castle (formerly also: Vaitzburg or Voitsberg )	Trechtingshausen
Schwabsburg Castle	Nierstein
Sooneck Castle	Niederheimbach
Stadeck Castle	Stadecken-Elsheim
Stahlberg Castle	Bacharach
Stahleck Castle	Bacharach
Windeck Castle	Heidesheim
Waldthausen Castle	Budenheim
Westerhaus Castle	Ingelheim	around 1190
Trutzbingen	Bingen
[↑] Mayen-Koblenz district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Bassenheim Castle	Bassenheim
Bischofstein Castle	Münstermaifeld	Begun 1252-1259	Archbishop Arnold II of Trier	Rebuilt in 1930 using the preserved ruins
Bürresheim Castle	St. Johann
Ehrenburg	Brodenbach	Beginning of the 12th century	Rhenish Count Palatine	Ruin. Partly restored since the end of the 20th century	Lords of Ehrenberg
Eltz Castle	Wierschem	Beginning of the 12th century	Lords of Eltz	Completely	Eltzer feud
Genovevaburg	Mayen
Goloring	Kobern-Gondorf
Oberburg	Kobern-Gondorf
Late Roman fortification at Katzenberg	Mayen	4th century	Romans	destroyed, defensive wall and two towers reconstructed
Krayer Hof	Then after
Andernach city castle	Then after
Liebieg Castle	Kobern-Gondorf	13th century castle. 19th century reconstruction	Families Clemens and von Liebieg	Completely	Vincenz Statz
Löwenburg	Monreal
Namedy castle	Then after
Niederburg Kobern	Kobern-Gondorf
Oberburg Kobern	Kobern-Gondorf
Philippsburg	Monreal
Sayn Castle	Bendorf				County Sayn
Sayn Castle	Bendorf				County Sayn
Thurant Castle	Alkene
Trutzeltz Castle	Wierschem	1331	Archbishop Baldwin of Trier	ruin	Eltzer feud
Virneburg	Virneburg
Wernerseck Castle	Attention	1402	Archbishop of Trier Werner von Falkenstein	Ruin (essential parts preserved)
[↑] City of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Haardter Castle	Neustadt- Haardt	1875	August Ritter von Clemm	restored
Hambach Castle	Neustadt- Hambach	(1) 9th century ( Fliehburg ) (2) 1st half of the 11th century ("Kästenburg")	(1)? (2) Salier ?	War damage 1525 , ruins (1) 1552 , (2) 1688 , restored 1980	Hambach Festival
Heidenburg	Neustadt- Gimmeldingen
Spangenberg Castle	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	11th century?	Bishop of Speyer ?	Ruin since (1) 1470 , (2) 1618	Saga of the Leather Bridge
Waldmannsburg
Winzingen Castle	Neustadt- Haardt	10/11 Century	?	Ruin since 1696	Wittelsbacher : Ludwig I. and Otto II.
Wolfsburg	Neustadt an der Weinstrasse	Early 13th century	Count Palatine Ludwig I and Otto II.	Ruin since 1633	Wittelsbacher
[↑] Neuwied district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altenwied Castle	Neustadt (Wied)
Altwied Castle	Neuwied				County of Wied
Arenfels Castle	Bad Hönningen
Braunsberg Castle	Anhausen	around 1200	Bruno I. von Isenburg (hereinafter referred to as: von Isenburg-Braunsberg)	Ruin (upper castle) , essential parts preserved (lower castle)	County of Isenburg , county Wied
Bruchhausen Castle	Bruchhausen		Counts of Sayn (possibly also their tenants, the Counts of Nesselrode)	preserved, inhabited	County Sayn
Ehrenstein Castle	Asbach (Westerwald)
Engers Castle	Neuwied				Kurtrier , Nassau-Weilburg
Hammerstein Castle	Hammerstein
Isenburg	Isenburg				Isenburg County
Linz Castle	Linz (Rhine)
Monrepos Castle	Neuwied				County of Wied
Neuwied Castle	Neuwied				County of Wied
Neuerburg	Niederbreitbach
Dattenberg Castle	Dattenberg
Ockenfels Castle	Ockenfels
Reichenstein Castle	Puderbach
Rennberg Castle	Linz on the Rhine	before 1250		ruin
[↑] City of Pirmasens [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Pirmasens Castle	Pirmasens	from 1763	Landgrave Ludwig IX.	not available anymore!
Windsburg	Windsberg
[↑] Rhein-Hunsrück district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Old castle	Boppard	From 1265	Richard of Cornwall and the Electors of Trier in the following centuries	restored between 2009 and 2013; contains the most important room decoration that has been preserved in a Rhenish castle
Balduinseck Castle	book
Dill Castle	dill
Gemünden Castle	Gemünden			today privately owned
Kastellaun Castle	Kastellaun
Koppenstein Castle	Henau			Keep preserved, ruin
Rauschenberg Castle	Mermuth	1331 to 1336	Baldwin of Luxembourg	ruin	Eltzer feud
Rheinfels Castle	Sankt Goar	1245	Diether V. von Katzenelnbogen	extensive remains
Schönburg	Oberwesel
Schöneck Castle	Boppard	around 1200 as a Reichsburg	Schöneck (noble family)	Wall remains, on it residential buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries 20th century	Boppard Empire
Simmern Castle	Simmer
Waldeck Castle	Dommershausen
Wildburg	Sargenroth
[↑] Rhein-Lahn district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Old Castle (Aull)	Aull
Old Castle (Lipporn)	Lipporn
Ardeck Castle	Holzheim
Balduinstein Castle	Balduinstein
Grafenschloss Diez	Diez
Gutenfels Castle	Chew
Heidenpuetz Castle	Nassau (Lahn)			Remains of the hill fort
Heppenheft Castle	Niederwallmenach
Herzogenstein ruins	Dörscheid
Hohlenfels Castle	Hahnstätten
Karlsburg Castle	Bad Ems
Katz Castle	Sankt Goarshausen
Katzenelnbogen Castle	Katzenelnbogen
Lahneck Castle	Lahnstein
Laurenburg Castle	Laurenburg
Laurenburg Castle	Laurenburg
Liebeneck Castle	Osterspai
Liebenstein Castle	Kamp-Bornhofen
Lipporner Schanze	Lipporn
Marksburg	Braubach	Beginning of the 13th century		completely preserved, never destroyed
Mouse Castle	St. Goarshausen
Martinsburg Castle	Lahnstein
Nassau Castle	Nassau
Oranienstein Castle	Diez
Osterspai moated castle	Osterspai
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle	Chew
Philippsburg Castle	Braubach
Reichenberg Castle	Reichenberg
Sauerburg	Sauerthal
Schaumburg Castle	Balduinstein
Schwalbach Castle	Burgschwalbach
Stein Castle	Nassau
Stein's Castle	Nassau
Sterrenberg Castle	Kamp-Bornhofen
Bailiwick of Oberneisen	Top iron
Waldeck's hunting lodge	Geilnau
Weisel ski jump	Weisel			Remains of the hill fort
[↑] Rhine-Palatinate District [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Gronau Castle	Rödersheim-Gronau
Heuchelheim Castle	Hypocritical home			Leftovers
Hallberg Castle	Fußgönheim	1728-1731	Baron Jakob Tillmann von Hallberg	receive
Kleinniedesheim Castle	Kleinniedesheim
Lambsheim hunting lodge	Lambsheim
Meckenheimer Castle	Lambsheim
Marientraut Castle	Hanhofen
[↑] Southern Wine Route district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Löwenstein Castle	Albersweiler
Anebos Castle	Leinsweiler	around 1200		ruin
Alt-Scharfeneck Castle	Frankweiler	around 1100		Wall remains
Bergzabern Castle	Bad Bergzabern			Preserved, administrative headquarters
Böchingen Castle	Böchingen
Edesheim Castle	Edesheim
Geisberg Castle	Burrweiler	14th Century		departed
Guttenberg Castle	Oberotterbach	around 1150		ruin
Heidenschuh	Klingenmünster	approx. 8th - 9th century		Wall remains
Kirrweiler Castle	Kirrweiler (Palatinate)	around 1280, 18th century		Wall remains and outbuildings
Kittenberg Castle	Gleisweiler			Wall and moat remains
Kredenburg	May Chamber			departed
Kropsburg	St. Martin			Rebuilt, not public
Landeck Castle	Klingenmünster	around 1200		ruin
Lindelbrunn Castle	Vorderweidenthal	around 1150		ruin
Villa Ludwigshöhe	Edenkoben	1846-1852		Restored, public use
Madenburg	Eschbach	early 11th century		ruin
Meistersel Castle	Ramberg	11th century		ruin
Münz Castle	Leinsweiler	around 1100		ruin
Neukastel Castle	Leinsweiler	12th Century		Wall remains
Neuscharfeneck Castle	Flemings	around 1232		ruin
Oberotterbach Castle	Oberotterbach			departed
Ramburg	Ramberg	12th Century		ruin
Trifels Imperial Castle	Annweiler	11th century		not faithfully restored	Imperial regalia , legend of Richard the Lionheart
Rietburg	Rhodt	1200-1204		ruin
Urnsburg	Albersweiler			departed
Waldschlössel	Klingenmünster	around 1030		ruin
Moated castle	Pleisweiler-Oberhofen	15th century		receive
[↑] Southwest Palatinate district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Altdahn Castle	Dahn
Berwartstein Castle	Erlenbach		Hans von Trotha ("Hans Trapp")
Brickstone Castle	Hauenstein
Blumenstein Castle (Palatinate)	Schönau
Burghalder Castle	Hauenstein
Burgschnabel Castle	Help
Donsieders Castle	Donsieders
Drachenfels Castle	Busenberg : Franz von Sickingen
Entenstein Castle	Rodalben
Falkenburg (Palatinate)	Wilgartswiesen
Gerstbergerkopf Castle	Dahn
Grafendahn Castle	Dahn
Graefenstein Castle	Merzalben
Bundenbach Castle	Großbundenbach
Heidelsburg	Waldfischbach castle albums
Heidenfels Castle	Busenberg (Palatinate)
Castle Little France	Erlenbach :
Lviv Castle	Lviv
Lindelskopf Castle	Fischbach near Dahn
Monbijou pleasure palace	Dietrichingen
Neudahn Castle	Dahn
Rotenburg (Palatinate)	Lemberg (Palatinate)
Ruppertstein Castle	Lemberg (Palatinate)
Steinenschloss Castle	Thaleischweiler frogs
St. German Castle	Bobenthal
Tanstein Castle	Dahn
Wegelnburg	Schoenau (Palatinate)
Wiesbach Castle	Wiesbach (Palatinate)
Wilgartaburg	Wilgartswiesen
[↑] City of Trier [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Basilica of Constantine	trier	Beginning of the 4th century	Constantine the Great	Protestant church since 1856, burned out in 1944 , partially renovated
Electoral palace	trier	Early 17th century	Elector Archbishop Lothar von Metternich	restored, seat of ADD
Palais Walderdorff	trier	11th / 19th century
Kesselstatt Palace	trier	1742
Monaise Castle	trier	1779-1783	Philipp Franz Wilderich Nepomuk von Walderdorf	completely preserved
[↑] District of Trier-Saarburg [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Grimburg Castle	Grimburg
Ramstein Castle	Cord (Eifel)
Saarburg	Saarburg
Welschbillig Castle	Welschbillig
Sommerau castle ruins	Sommerau
Föhren Castle	Pines		Kesselstatt (noble family)
Marienlay Castle	Morscheid
Grünhaus Castle	Mertesdorf
Freudenburg castle ruins	Freudenburg
Feller Maximiner Castle	hide
Longuich Castle	Longuich
Warsberg Castle	Saarburg
Saarfels Castle	Serrig
Thorn Castle	Palzem
Heid Castle	Lampades
Klüsserath moated castle	Kluesserath
Wincheringen Castle	Wincheringen
Osburg Castle	Osburg
Ayl Castle	Ayl
[↑] Vulkaneifel district [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Bertradaburg	Mürlenbach
Dreimühlen ruins	Üxheim
Freudenkoppe Castle	Neroth
Gerolstein Castle	Gerolstein
Kasselburg	Pelm
Kerpen Castle	Kerpen
Lissingen Castle	Gerolstein	from 900 to 1280, today's condition around 1640		completely preserved
Neublankenheim Castle	Üxheim
[↑] Westerwaldkreis [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Grenzau Castle	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Hachenburg Castle	Hachenburg
Hartenfels Castle	Hartenfels
Liebenscheid Castle	Love divorce	before 1341	House Nassau	ruin
Montabaur Castle	Montabaur
Sporkenburg	Eitelborn
Steinebach Castle	Steinebach
Westerburg Castle (Westerwald)	Westerburg
[↑] Worms [↑]
Herrnsheim Castle	Herrnsheim
Ibersheim Castle	Ibersheim
Pfeddersheim Castle	Pfeddersheim
Abenheim Castle	Abenheim
[↑] City of Zweibrücken [↑]
Building	local community	Year of construction (period)	Client	Status	see also
Orlebach Castle	Zweibrücken - Oberauerbach	12th Century	Lords of Orlebach	Burgstall, trench remains
Tschifflik summer residence	Zweibrücken- Niederauerbach	1714-1728	Stanislaus I. Leszczyński , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania; Gustav Samuel Leopold , Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken	Remains received	Jonas Erikson Sundahl (master builder) and Johann Ludwig Petri ( master horticulturalist)
Zweibrücken Castle	Zweibrücken	1725	Dukes of Zweibrücken	restored, seat of the OLG

Cross-territorial

1. Siegfried Line

literature

• Markus Westphal: Castles in the Rhineland. Travel guide . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-189-7
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments: State castles, palaces and antiquities in Rhineland-Palatinate. Schnell and Steiner, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-7954-1566-7
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-219-4
• Travel time Time travel - to the most beautiful palaces, castles, gardens, monasteries and Roman buildings in Germany. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1999
• The German castles and palaces. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-8105-0228-6

Web links

Commons : Castles and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• To search for categories in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Burgenlexikon On the history of selected castles
• Castles and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wallbrunn Castle ( Memento from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); see also the list of cultural monuments in Partenheim
2. ↑ Stefan Grathoff: On the history of Weisenau Castle , in contributions to the history of Weisenau , published by the Geschichts- und Customsverein Mainz-Weisenau eV, Mainz 2004, pp. 34-50
3. ↑ Lörzweiler burgdirekt.de