List of residential castles in Thuringia
This article lists the former residential castles in the German state of Thuringia .
Among the hundreds of castles in the country, around 30 residential castles occupy a special position. They served dukes, counts and princes as permanent residences and are often very representative. Due to the particular territorial fragmentation of Thuringia in the early modern period, the country is one of the most residential areas in Europe. A residence covers an area of around 500 km². The most important of them were the Ernestine main residences in Weimar, Coburg and Gotha, the Schwarzburg main residence Rudolstadt and the main Reussian residence Greiz.
The sorting is done alphabetically according to the current place name.
| place | lock | residence | origin | construction time | image |
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| Altenburg | Altenburg Castle |
Saxony-Altenburg (1603–1672) (1826–1918) |
Slavic castle from around 800 Imperial palace from the 12th century |
Renaissance (16th century) Baroque (1724–1732) |
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| Arnstadt | Neideck Castle |
Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (1599-1716) |
Castle of the abbots of Hersfeld , first mentioned in 1273 |
Renaissance (1553–1560) demolished in 1811 |
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| Barchfeld | Landgrave Castle Barchfeld |
Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1721–1944) |
12th century castle |
Baroque (1690-1730) |
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| Bad Lobenstein | New lock |
Reuss-Lobenstein (1647-1824) |
Palace construction from 1601 |
Baroque (1714-1718) |
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| Burgk | Burgk Castle |
Reuss-Burgk (1596–1640) (1668–1697) |
14th century castle |
Renaissance (1600-1624) |
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| Life | Ebeleben Castle |
Schwarzburg-Ebeleben (1651–1681) |
Castle |
Baroque (1651) destroyed in 1945 |
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| Ebersdorf | Ebersdorf Castle |
Reuss-Ebersdorf (1678–1848) |
Moated castle |
Baroque (1690–1693) Classicism (1788–1792) |
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| Eisenach | Residenzhaus Eisenach / Old Residence |
Saxony-Eisenach (1596–1741) |
Landgrafenhof from the 12th century | Expansion into a residence from 1600, largely demolished in 1741, new building: Eisenach City Palace |
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| Eisenberg |
Christiansburg Castle Castle Church |
Saxony-Eisenberg (1680–1707) |
12th century castle |
Baroque (1677-1692) |
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| Erfurt | Electoral Mainz Lieutenancy | Second residence of Kurmainz ( governor of Erfurt ) (1699–1802) |
three town houses |
Renaissance (1540) Baroque (1711-1720) |
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| Gera | Osterstein Castle |
Reuss-Gera (1564–1802) Reuss younger line (1848–1918) |
Castle, first mentioned in 1234 |
Renaissance (16th century) Baroque (1717–1735) destroyed in 1945, demolished in 1962 |
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| Gotha | Friedenstein Castle |
Saxe-Gotha (1640-1918) |
Grimmenstein Castle from the 11th century |
Baroque (1643–1654) |
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| Greiz | Upper lock | various lines from Reuss-Greiz (1560–1778) Reuss older line (1778–1809) |
Burg der Vögte, first mentioned in 1225 |
Renaissance (1540-1546) |
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| Greiz | Lower lock |
Reuss older line (1809-1918) |
small castle in Marienkirchhof from 1564 |
Classicism (1802-1809) |
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| Hildburghausen | Hildburghausen Castle |
Saxony-Hildburghausen (1680–1826) |
New building |
Baroque (1685–1707) destroyed in World War II, demolished 1947–1950 |
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| Hirschberg | Hirschberg Castle |
Reuss-Hirschberg (1678–1711) |
Castle |
Baroque (1678) |
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| Jena | Jena Castle |
Saxony-Jena (1672–1690) |
Landgrave castle from the 14th century | Completely demolished by 1905, today the main university building in Jena |
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| Marksuhl | Marksuhl Castle |
Saxony-Eisenach (1672–1686) |
New building |
Renaissance (1587–1591) |
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| Meiningen | Elisabethenburg Castle |
Saxony-Meiningen (1680–1918) |
Castle of the Würzburg bishops |
Baroque (1682–1692) |
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| Neustadt an der Orla | Neustadt Castle on the Orla |
Sachsen-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (1681–1718) Second residence of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1815–1918) |
Former Augustinian Hermit Monastery |
Baroque (1674) |
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| Ohrdruf | Ehrenstein Castle |
Equals (1550–1631) |
Peterskloster Ohrdruf |
Renaissance (1550-1610) |
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| Rudolstadt | Heidecksburg Castle |
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1571-1918) |
Castle |
Baroque (1737–1742) |
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| Römhild | Glücksburg Castle |
Saxony-Römhild (1680-1710) |
Hennebergische Wasserburg |
Gothic (1465–1491) Baroque (1676–1680) |
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| Saalfeld | Saalfeld Castle |
Saxony-Saalfeld (1680–1735) |
Benedictine Abbey Saalfeld |
Baroque (1677–1679) |
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| Schleiz | Schleiz Castle |
Reuss-Schleiz (1647-1848) |
14th century castle |
Baroque (1753–1755) destroyed in World War II |
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| Schleusingen | Bertholdsburg Castle |
Henneberg (1274–1583) |
Castle, first mentioned in 1226 |
Renaissance (around 1500) |
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| Schmalkalden | Wilhelmsburg Castle | Second residence of Hessen-Kassel (1583-early 19th century) |
Wallraff Castle |
Renaissance (1585-1590) |
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| Sondershausen | Sondershausen Castle |
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1571-1918) |
13th century castle |
Renaissance (1534–1550) Baroque / Rococo (1680–1771) Classicism (1836–1851) Historicism |
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| Weimar | Weimar City Palace |
Saxony-Weimar (1572–1918) |
Moated castle from the 10th century |
Classicism (1789–1803) |
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