List of castles and palaces in Germany

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The list of castles and palaces in Germany shows , sorted by country , castles , palaces and fortresses that are located in what is now Germany's territory . In the second part some " superlatives " of castles are shown.

Lists by country

Large coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Coat of arms of Bavaria.svg Bavaria Coat of arms of Berlin.svg Berlin Brandenburg Wappen.svg Brandenburg
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Baden-Württemberg
Castle Hohenzollern
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Bavaria
Neuschwanstein Castle
Main article: List of castles, palaces and mansions in Berlin and Brandenburg
Schloss Charlottenburg
Main article: List of castles, palaces and mansions in Berlin and Brandenburg
Babelsberg Castle
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Main article: List of castles and palaces in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Blomendal Castle
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Hamburg
Bergedorf Castle
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Hesse
Braunfels Castle
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Schwerin Castle
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Main article: List of castles and palaces in Lower Saxony
Imperial Palace Goslar
Main article: List of castles, palaces and fortresses in North Rhine-Westphalia
Nordkirchen Castle
Main article: List of castles, fortresses and palaces in Rhineland-Palatinate
Reichsburg Cochem
Main article: List of castles and palaces in the Saarland
Berg Castle
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Main article: List of castles and palaces in Saxony
The Zwinger of Dresden
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Saxony-Anhalt
Wernigerode Castle
Main article: List of castles, palaces and fortresses in Schleswig-Holstein
Breitenburg Castle
Main article: List of castles and palaces in Thuringia
Wartburg

Lists by region

Lists by type

Wall castles Moth line drawing.png Tower hill castles Residential castles
List of ramparts in Lower Saxony
Reconstructed Hünenburg (Stöttinghausen)
List of German hilltop castles
Reconstructed tower castle Lütjenburg
List of residential castles in Thuringia
Weimar City Palace

Superlatives

Burghausen , at 1043 meters the longest castle in Europe
Falkenstein Castle at an altitude of 1277 m
Niederroßla with the highest keep in Germany
Herzberg Castle in half-timbered construction
Gondorf: castle and main road
  • Longest ...

… European Castle (1043 m): Burghausen
Castle… Germany's castle ruins (425 m): Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate)

The Alt-Montclair castle above the Saarschleife , which was destroyed in 1351, was almost 900 meters long, making it one of the largest castles of the High Middle Ages in Germany.

  • Biggest / s ...

… Germany's castle and fortress ruins: Hohentwiel Fortress
… Germany's moated castle: Glücksburg
Palace… Germany's palace : Mannheim Palace
… Germany's moated palace : Nordkirchen Palace

  • Highest ...

… Castle of Germany (1277 m): Falkenstein Castle
… Castle of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Eifel (676.5 m): Nürburg

  • The tallest tower:
  1. Neuschwanstein Castle , north stair tower, 65 m
  1. Niederroßla Castle ( Niederroßla ), 57 m
  2. Osterburg (Weida) ( Weida ), 54 m
  3. Ehrenberg ( Bad Rappenau ), 50 m
  • The deepest castle wells:
  1. Reichsburg Kyffhausen , 176 meters
  2. Königstein Fortress , 152 meters
  3. Hohenburg (Homberg) , 150 meters
  • Biggest / s ...

… Castle ruins in Baden: Heidelberg Castle
… and the only castle in Hamburg: Bergedorf Castle
… Baroque castle complex in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Bothmer Castle
… Lower Saxony Castle : Wolfenbüttel
Castle… Lower Saxony half-timbered castle : Herzberg Castle
… Palatinate castle ruins: Hardenburg
… Saxony Castle ruins: Elsterberg castle ruins
… Castle of the Thuringian Landgraves: Neuchâtel , Saxony-Anhalt
… Schleswig-Holstein Castle : Gottorf Castle
… Castle in the Free State of Thuringia: Wartburg

  • Only one …

... completely preserved, fortified moated castle of French fortress architecture in Germany: Heldrungen fortress
... preserved late medieval residence in Württemberg: Urach castle
... hilltop castle on the Rhine that was never destroyed: Marksburg
... Eifeler hilltop castle that can be seen from the Rhine: Olbrück
castle ... castle, die you can cross by federal road: Oberburg in Gondorf

See also

Portal: Castles and Palaces  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of castles and palaces

literature

  • Uwe A. Oster (Ed.): Castles in Germany. 1st edition. Primus, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 3-89678-561-3 .
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages. Floor plan lexicon . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-219-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Orth: Building description and building history (of Montclair Castle), in: Merzig-Wadern district / Association for local history in the Merzig-Wadern district (ed.): Montclair castle, renovation - history - guided tour, guide through the castle complex ed. on the occasion (sic!) of the opening on July 16, 1993, Merzig 1994, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Simon Matzerath, Guido von Büren: Stone Power - Castles, Fortresses, Palaces in Lorraine, Luxembourg and Saarland, Regensburg 2019.