List of castles and palaces in Thuringia

There is a large number of castles and palaces on the territory of the German state of Thuringia . These buildings, some of which can look back on 1000 years of history, were the scene of historical events, the workplaces of well-known personalities and are often still impressive buildings today. Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .

Eisenach

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Berteroda Castle	Eisenach location	lock
Palais Bechtolsheim	Eisenach location	Chancellor's Palace on Jakobsplan
Charlottenburg	Eisenach location	lock
Eisenach Castle	Eisenach location	ruin
Old residence , Steinhof, today Esplanade residence house	Eisenach
Eisenach city palace	Eisenach location	lock
Fischbach Castle	Eisenach location	lock
Hunting lodge Hohe Sonne	Eisenach	Hunting lodge
Wasserburg clamp	Eisenach	Moated castle
Wasserburg and Madelungen Castle	Eisenach	Ground monument / ruin	Ground monument (buildings were demolished around 1947)
Malittenburg	Eisenach	Ground monument / ruin
Metilstein	Eisenach	Ground monument / ruin
Neuenhof Palace	Neuenhof location	lock
Rudolfstein Castle	Eisenach location	Ground monument / ruin
Stedtfeld moated castle	City field	Ground monument	In the 15th century dilapidated and gradually demolished, the lower and upper locks were built in the area of the outer bailey
Stone stick	City field	Castle / ruin	St. Margaret's Church also belonged to the castle area.
Lower lock	City field	lock	(First) residential castle of the Boyneburgk family, also today's castle with a local museum. The northern part of the palace complex was demolished after 1995.
Upper lock	City field	Castle / ruin	(Second) residential palace with manor of the Boyneburgk family. Around 1995 the neglected castle was demolished and a farm building was preserved
New lock	City field	Castle-like villa	(Third) residential castle of the Boyneburgk family, built around 1870 on the eastern edge of the village near the manor.
Wartburg	Eisenach location	Castle	The Wartburg was founded around 1067 by Ludwig the Springer . Since 1999, the castle is part of the UNESCO - World Heritage Site .
Pflugensberg Castle	Eisenach location	lock	until 2011 seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia

Erfurt

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Blosenburg	Melchendorf location	Wallburg	Time position unknown
Citadel Cyriaksburg	Brühlervorstadt location	citadel
Krummhaus	Toompea	Domburg	Except for a two-story tower, no longer preserved.
Marienburg (White Castle)	Hochheim location	Wallburg	Finds in the complex range from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages.
Möbisburg Castle	Möbisburg location	Early medieval castle complex	The church of the same name and a cemetery are located in the complex, which has only survived as a hill fort. In 1160 the castle was described as desolate.
Molsdorf Castle	Molsdorf location	lock
Petersberg Citadel	Old town location	citadel	The citadel was built in 1665. Previously the location of a medieval castle.
Stedten Castle	Stedten on the Gera location	lock	Demolished in 1949
Stotternheim moated castle	Stuttering home	Moated castle	East of Stotternheim and seven kilometers north of the In the city of Erfurt, the moated castle was in the Gera floodplain , which is close to the groundwater .
Vieselbach Castle	Vieselbach	Castle	No more leftovers.
Forest house Willroda	Egstedt location	Manor, moated castle	The manor goes back to a facility from the 11th century. The manor was first mentioned in 1204.

Gera

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Orangery	Gera location	Orangery	The orangery was built between 1729 and 1732. At the end of the Second World War, the orangery was badly damaged. It has housed the Gera art collection since 1972.
Osterstein Castle	Gera location	lock
Tinz Castle	Gera location	former moated castle
Naulitzer Schanze	Gera location	Early German castle site, multi-part rampart
Kaimberg manor	Gera	Manor

Jena

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Burgau castle ruins	Burgau location	Castle ruins
Drackendorf Castle	Drackendorf location	lock	Canceled in 1949
Kunitzburg	Jena location	Castle
Greifberg Castle	Jena
Isserstedt moated castle	Isserstedt
Jena Castle	Jena	lock	The Jena Castle was demolished, today the main university building of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena is located here .
Kirchberg castle ruins	Jena	Castle ruins	Today the fox tower is located here.
Königshof Kirchberg	Jena
Lobdeburg ruins	Jena	ruin
Lower Lobdeburg	Old Lobeda
Thalstein Castle	Jena location	lock
Wintberg Castle	Jena

Weimar

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Belvedere Palace	Weimar location	lock
Yellow lock	Weimar location	lock
Green lock	Weimar location	lock	The Duchess Anna Amalia Library is located here . The library (HAAB for short) was founded in 1691. On September 2, 2004, it burned in the HAAB and essential works of art were destroyed.
City Palace	Weimar location	lock
Red lock	Weimar location	lock
Tiefurt Castle	Weimar location	lock

Altenburger Land district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Altenburg Castle	Altenburg	Residential palace
Magdalenenstift	Altenburg	Baroque castle
Freihof Frauenfels	Altenburg	Mansion
Altenburg tea house and orangery	Altenburg	Orangery with tea house
Pohlhof	Altenburg	Renaissance mansion
Seckendorff Palace	Altenburg	City Palace
Dobitschen moated castle	Dobitschen	Moated castle
Ehrenberg Castle	Altenburg
Ehrenhain Castle	Nobitz	Moated castle
Falkenhain Castle	Meuselwitz
Hainichen mansion	Goessnitz
Half lock	Langenleuba-Niederhain	Baroque castle
Löbichau Castle	Löbichau
Löhmigen mansion	Nobitz
Lumpzig manor house	Schmölln OT Lumpzig
Meuselwitz Orangery	Meuselwitz (as part of the former castle)	Orangery
Old mansion	Nobitz
Renaissance manor house Oberzetzscha	Altenburg	Renaissance manor house
Renaissance Ponitz Castle	Ponitz	Renaissance castle
Poschwitz Castle	Altenburg	Moated castle
Pöschwitz mansion	Gerstenberg
Posterstein Castle	Poster stone	Hilltop castle
Castle Prößdorf	Lucka
Schelchwitz manor house	Windischleuba		tore off
Tannenfeld Castle	Löbichau	Pleasure palace
Treben Manor	Treben	Baroque castle
Weißbach Castle	Schmoelln	Moated castle
Vollmershain mansion	Vollmershain
Windischleuba moated castle	Windischleuba	Moated castle
Zechau mansion	Kriebitzsch
Secondschen manor house	Mehna

Eichsfeld district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Allerburg Castle	Sonnenstein OT Bockelnhagen	Hilltop castle
Old castle	Niederorschel OT Reifenstein	Spurburg	gone, trenches and walls visible
Altenstein castle ruins	Asbach-Sickenberg	Hilltop castle	The castle was blown up in 1973 as part of the border security measures on the inner German border
Bodenstein Castle	Leinefelde-Worbis	Spurburg
Buhla Castle	Buhla
Wallburg Flinsberg (Old Castle)	Heilbad Heiligenstadt OT Flinsberg	Wallburg, Spornburg	gone, neck ditches visible
Gleichenstein Castle	Waxed	Spurburg
Greifenstein castle ruins	Geismar	Hilltop castle	Ruins
Großbodungen Castle	At Ohmberg OT Großbodungen	originally a moated castle
Gunzenburg	Rustenfelde	Wallburg	gone, hills and ditches recognizable
Hanstein castle ruins	Bornhagen	Hilltop castle
Harburg	Haynrode	Hilltop castle	Ruins
Hasenburg (Eichsfeld)	Buhla	Hilltop castle
The "Klei"	Latitude	Rampart
Small old castle	Niederorschel OT Kleinbartloff	Hilltop castle	Trench remains
Mainz Castle	Heilbad Heiligenstadt
Martinfeld Castle	Schimberg
Rusteberg castle ruins	Marth	Hilltop castle	Ruins
Rusteberg Castle	Marth
Scharfenstein Castle	Leinefelde-Worbis	Spurburg
Stone house	Haynrode
Volkerode castle complex	Volkerode	Residential tower and farm yard
Oberwall Rüdigershagen	Niederorschel OT Rüdigershagen		gone, trenches visible
Unterwall Rüdigershagen	Niederorschel OT Rüdigershagen	Moated castle	gone, trenches visible
Westernhagen Castle	Berlingerode	Moated castle
Deuna moated castle	Niederorschel OT Deuna	Moated castle

District of Gotha

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Old castle	Ohrdruf
Old castle	Schwabhausen
Castle hill	Döllstädt
Castrum Walinvels	Tambach-Dietharz		also Waldenfels Castle, Altenfels Castle ruins or Drachenburg, Krachenburg, Schloßgrube
Ehrenstein Castle	Ohrdruf
Erffa moated castle	Nessetal OT Friedrichswerth
Falkenstein Castle	Tambach-Dietharz
Fischbach Castle	Waltershausen OT Fischbach
Friedenstein Castle	Gotha
Friedrichsthal Castle	Gotha
Friedrichswerth Palace	Nessetal OT Friedrichswerth
Georgenthal Castle	Georgenthal
Castle Gleichen	Three equals OT hiking life
Gräfentonna Castle	Tonna OT Graefentonna
Slate lock and brick lock	Großfahner		both demolished in 1947/48
Hermannstein Castle	Waltershausen
Hueneburg	Three of a kind OT Wechmar
Cheese castle	Nessetal OT Brüheim
Chain castle	Tonna
Cluj-Napoca	Hörsel OT Metebach
Weiherschloss	Hörsel OT Laucha		Demolished in 1947/48
Leuchtenburg with Stolzenburg fortified tower	Bad Tabarz
Mönchhof Castle	Gotha
Muhlburg	Three equals OT Mühlberg
Reinhardsbrunn Castle	Friedrichroda
Schauenburg Castle	Friedrichroda
Castle site Schlösschen	Ohrdruf
Black Forest Castle	Luisenthal
Sommerstein castle site	Waltershausen OT Winterstein
Tannenburg	Georgenthal OT Schönau in front of the forest
Tenneberg Castle	Waltershausen
Torstein Castle	Bad Tabarz
Winter Palace	Gotha
Winterstein castle ruins	Waltershausen OT Winterstein
Günthersleben moated castle	Three equals OT Günthersleben		Demolished 1947–1952
Slate lock	Sonneborn	lock	demolished after 1945
Yellow lock	Sonneborn	lock

District of Greiz

Surname	Place / location	Remarks
Old Schlossberg	Teichwolframsdorf
Auma Castle	Auma-Weidatal OT Auma
Braunsdorf Castle	Auma-Weidatal OT Braundorf
Burkersdorf Castle	Harth-Pöllnitz OT Burkersdorf
Culmitzsch Castle	Culmitzsch	completely destroyed
Doelau Castle	Greiz
Dryfels Castle	Berga / Elster
Kauern Castle	Crouch
Bad Köstritz Castle	Bad Köstritz
Münch Castle	Münchenbernsdorf	Demolished in 1965
Liebsburg	Weida OT Liebsdorf
Upper lock	Greiz
Osterburg	Weida
Pöllnitz Castle	Harth-Pöllnitz
Manor Pölzig	Pölzig
Reichenfels castle ruins	Hohenleuben
Ronneburg Castle	Ronneburg
Ronneburg manor	Ronneburg
Schwarzbach Castle	Schwarzbach
Summer palace	Greiz
Tumelle ramparts	Hohenleuben OT Brückla
Lower lock	Greiz
Veitsberg Castle	Wish village / Elster

Hildburghausen district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bedheim Castle	Römhild OT Bedheim
Bertholdsburg Castle	Schleusingen
Engenstein Castle	Lock bottom OT Engenstein
Eisfeld Castle	Ice field
Ernstthal hunting lodge	Sluice base OT Schönbrunn
Glücksburg Castle	Römhild
Hellingen Castle	Heldburg OT Hellingen	Moated castle, later a castle
Hartenburg	Römhild		Wall remains of a castle
Hessberg Castle	Veilsdorf OT Heßberg
Ingilinburg (also Trigelsburg, Friselenburg)	Veilsdorf
Marisfeld Castle	Marisfeld
Upper town moated castle	Upper Town
Osterburg castle ruins	Henfstädt
Residential palace	Hildburghausen		Destroyed in 1945; Remains removed until 1950
Reurieth Castle	Reurieth
Seidingstadt Castle	Straufhain
Stone castle	Römhild	ruin
Straufhain castle ruins	Straufhain
Veste Heldburg	Heldburg
Henfstädt rear castle
Front lock	Henfstädt
Weitersroda Castle	Hildburghausen

Ilm district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Old castle	Arnstadt	Castle
Angelroda Castle	Martinroda OT Angelroda	lock	Demolished in 1947
Behringen Castle	Stadtilm OT Behringen	lock	Demolished in 1948
Dornheim Castle	Dornheim	lock	Demolished in 1947/48
Plaue OT Ehrenburg	Plaue
Ehrenstein Castle	Stadtilm OT Ehrenstein
Elgersburg Castle	Elgersburg
Gabelbach hunting lodge	Ilmenau
Gehren Castle	Ilmenau OT Gehren
Gommerstedt	Bösleben-Wüllersleben location	Desert and castle site
Griesheim Castle	Stadtilm OT Griesheim		Demolished in 1949
Herrenburg Manebach	Ilmenau
Käfernburg	Arnstadt		only rampart left free
Liebenstein Castle	Geratal OT Liebenstein
Marienburg Castle	Office Wachsenburg OT Ichtershausen	lock
Neideck Castle	Arnstadt
New palace	Arnstadt	lock
Robbery Castle	Geratal OT Graefenroda
Reinsburg	Reinsberge
Röderschlösschen	Geratal OT Liebenstein
Stadtilm Castle	Stadtilm
Veste Wachsenburg	Office Wachsenburg OT Holzhausen		is managed
Großliehaben water castle	Stadtilm OT Großliebaren
Moated castle	Ilmenau

Kyffhäuserkreis

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Arnsburg (Seega) Arensburg	Kyffhäuserland OT Seega
Frankenhausen Castle (Lower Castle)	Bad Frankenhausen
Bendeleben Castle	Kyffhäuserland OT Bendeleben
Clingen Castle	Clings
Ebeleben Castle	Life		Destroyed in 1945; Remains removed until 1950
Falkenburg	Kyffhäuserland OT Rottleben
Funkenburg	West Greussia
Furra Castle	Sondershausen	Castle
Großfurra Castle	Sondershausen OT Großfurra	lock
Grüningen Castle	Greußen OT Grüningen location	lock
Hausmannsturm	Bad Frankenhausen
Heldrungen Castle	At the jewelry OT Heldrungen
Keula moated castle	Helbedündorf
Kyffhausen Castle	Kyffhäuserland OT Steinthaleben
Numburg	Kyffhäuserland OT Badra
Rabenswalde Castle	Roßleben-Wiehe OT Wiehe
Hunting lodge "To the antics"	Sondershausen	Hunting lodge
Großenehrich Castle	Great, really
Rathsfeld hunting lodge	Kyffhäuserland OT Steinthaleben	Hunting lodge
Rothenburg Castle	Kyffhäuserland OT Steinthaleben
Rottleben Castle	Kyffhäuserland OT Rottleben
Upper Sachsenburg	At the Schmücke OT Oldisleben
Sondershausen Castle	Sondershausen	lock	former residential palace of the counts and later princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Spatenburg (wall remains)	Sondershausen		Today there is a Bismarck storm, the Spatenberg tower, on the foundation walls
Straussberg Castle	Sondershausen
Lower Sachsenburg	At the Schmücke OT Oldisleben
Wiehe Castle	Roßleben-Wiehe OT Wiehe

Nordhausen district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
"Blauer Hof" moated castle	Niedergebra
Ebersburg (Harz)	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Hainrode Castle	Bleicherode OT Hainrode
Small Herrenburg (castle hill) Mauderode	Werther OT Mauderode
Hohnstein Castle	Harztor OT Neustadt / Harz
Hue de Grais Castle	Bleicherode OT Wolkramshausen
Lohra Castle	Großlohra
Heinrichsburg	Harztor OT Neustadt / Harz
Heringen Castle	Pegs / helmets
Humboldt Castle	Pegs / helmets OT Auleben
Ilburg	Harztor OT Ilfeld
Schadewald Castle (Hohe Allzunah)	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Friedenland Castle	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Lehnberg Castle	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Low all-too-close	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Wernrode Castle	Bleicherode OT Wernrode	Castle emerged from manor	receive
Western all-too-close	Harztor OT Herrmannsacker
Schnabelsburg (Ulrichsburg)	Nordhausen OT Salza - Obersalza	Spurburg	gone and overbuilt, neck ditch remains

Saale-Holzland district

image	Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
	Altenberga manor house and Altenberga castle ruins	Altenberga
	Camburg Castle	Dornburg-Camburg
	Christiansburg Castle	Eisenberg
	Crossen Castle	Crossing the Elster
	Dornburg Castle	Dornburg-Camburg OT Dornburg
	Renaissance Dornburg Castle	Dornburg-Camburg OT Dornburg
	Rococo castle in Dornburg	Dornburg-Camburg OT Dornburg
	Frauenprießnitz Castle	Frauenprießnitz
	Friedrichstanneck Castle	Eisenberg
	Hunting Lodge Happy Coming	Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf
	Gumperda Castle	Gumperda
	Hainspitz moated castle	Hainspitz
	Hartmannsdorf moated castle	Hartmannsdorf
	Herzogstuhl Forest Castle (in the Rieseneck hunting ground)	Kleineutersdorf
	New Hummelshain hunting lodge	Hummelshain
	Lehesten moated castle	Lehesten
	Leuchtenburg	Side rod
	Moated castle Lodenschitz (Schlöben Castle)	Schlöben
	Orlamünde Castle	Orlamünde
	Rausdorf Castle	Rausdorf
	Kemenate Reinstädt	Reinstädt
	Schkölen Castle	Schkölen
	Stadtroda Castle	Stadtroda
	Tautenburg castle ruins	Tautenburg
	Tautenhain Castle	Tautenhain
	Thimo Castle	Heathland
	Tümpling Castle	Dornburg-Camburg OT Tümpling

Saale-Orla district

image	Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
	Arnshaugk Castle	Neustadt an der Orla
	Bellevue Palace	Saalburg-Ebersdorf
	Blankenberg Castle	Rosenthal at Rennsteig OT Blankenberg
	Brandenstein Castle	Ranis
	Breitenhain moated castle	Neustadt an der Orla OT Breitenhain
	Burgk Castle	Schleiz OT Burgk
	Crispendorf Castle	Schleiz OT Crispendorf
	Hirschberg Castle (Saale)	Hirschberg
	Knau manor	Neustadt an der Orla OT Knau
	Kospoda manor	Kospoda
	Lausnitz manor	Lausnitz
	Lobenstein Castle	Bad Lobenstein
	Lobenstein Castle	Bad Lobenstein
	Nimritz Castle	Nimritz
	Neustadt Castle	Neustadt an der Orla
	Orangery	Saalburg-Ebersdorf
	Oberpöllnitz Castle	Triptis
	Oppurg Castle	Oppurg
	Turkish court	Oppurg
	Positz manor	Oppurg OT Kolba
	Ranis Castle	Ranis
	Saalburg	Saalburg-Ebersdorf
	Sankt Ilgenhain Castle	Neustadt an der Orla
	Schleiz Castle (castle settlement)	Schleiz
	Schimmersburg	Langenorla
	Sparnberg Castle	Hirschberg
	Ruin castle stone	Poessneck
	Triptis Castle	Triptis
	Walsburg Castle	Eßbach OT Walsburg
	Waidmannsheil hunting lodge	Bad Lobenstein
	Wernburg castle ruins	Wernburg
	Wysburg ruins	Remptendorf
	Kemenate Ziegenrück	Ziegenrück

District of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Old Koenitz Castle	Unterwellenborn		The picture shows the New Castle
Eichicht Castle	Kaulsdorf
Eyba Castle	Saalfeld / Saale OT Eyba
Friedensburg Castle	People Mountain
Greifenstein Castle	Bad Blankenburg
Heidecksburg Castle (residential palace)	Rudolstadt
Herrenhof Castle	Probstzella OT light fir
Hirschhügel Castle	Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel
Kaulsdorf Castle (Saale)	Kaulsdorf
Kitzerstein castle	Saalfeld / Saale
Kochberg Castle	Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel	Moated castle
Ludwigsburg Palace	Rudolstadt
Koenitz Castle	Unterwellenborn
Obernitz Castle	Saalfeld / Saale
Paulinzella Hunting Lodge	Königsee OT Rottenbach
Schloss Saalfeld (residential palace)	Saalfeld / Saale
Schauenforst castle ruins	Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel
Big swarm	Saalfeld / Saale
Schwarzburg Castle	Schwarzburg
Schweinbach Castle	Volksberg OT Schweinbach
Weissenburg Castle	Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel
Wespenstein Castle	Graefenthal

Schmalkalden-Meiningen district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bibra Castle	Grabfeld OT Bibra
Brotterode Castle	Brotterode-Trusetal OT Brotterode
Bower Hermannsfeld	Rhönblick OT Hermannsfeld
Kemenate Helmershausen	Rhönblick OT Helmershausen
Elisabethenburg Castle	Meiningen
Ellingshausen Castle	Ellingshausen
Fasanerie hunting lodge	Rhönblick OT Hermannsfeld
Frankenberg Castle	Schmalkalden OT Helmers
Yellow lock	Rhönblick OT Helmershausen
Habichtsburg	Meiningen
Hallenburg	Steinbach-Hallenberg
Henneberg Castle	Meiningen OT Henneberg
Herrenbreitungen Castle	Breitungen / Werra
Hutsburg castle ruins	Rhönblick OT Helmershausen
Johanniter Castle Kühndorf	Kuehndorf	Castle	the only surviving Johanniter castle in the German-speaking area, the only private object on the Thuringian Castle Road; today private property
Kemenate surge	Surge
Merlinsburg	Kaltennordheim
State weirs castle	Meiningen
Landsberg Castle	Meiningen
Maienluft castle ruins	Wasungen
Meiningen Castle	Meiningen
Auerochs Castle	Wasungen OT Oepfershausen (demolished in 1800)
Black lock	Wasungen OT Oepfershausen
Small palace	Meiningen
Great palace	Meiningen
Dreianzigacker Castle	Meiningen
Palais am Prinzenberg	Meiningen
Rossdorf Castle	Rossdorf
Red lock	Rhönblick OT Helmershausen
Burgstall Schloss Ruprechtsburg (Burg Rupberg, castrum Rupberck)	between Zella and Steinbach-Hallenberg
Schwickershausen moated castle	Grabfeld OT Schwickershausen
Black lock	Rhönblick OT Helmershausen
Sinnershausen Castle	Wasungen OT Hümpfershausen
Sophienlust Castle	Sülzfeld
Stolberg Castle	Schwarza (successor to the Schwarza moated castle )
Lower lock	Grabfeld OT Bibra
Todenwarth castle ruins	Fambach
Untermaßfeld moated castle	Undersize field
Wallenburg Castle	Brotterode-Trusetal OT Trusetal
Schwarza moated castle	Schwarza (predecessor of Stolberg Castle )
Wilhelmsburg Castle	Schmalkalden
Zillbach Hunting Lodge	Schwallungen - Zillbach
Oberhof hunting lodge	Oberhof

Sömmerda district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Beichlingen Castle	Kölleda OT Beichlingen location	lock	Beichlingen Castle was first mentioned in 1014. The castle was expanded and rebuilt over the centuries.
Eckstedt Castle	Eckstedt	lock
Gebesee Castle	Gebesee	lock
Großneuhausen Castle	Großneuhausen	lock	demolished from 1948
Kannawurf Castle	Kindelbrück OT Kannawurf	lock
Markvippach moated castle	Markvippach	Moated castle
Old castle	Markvippach	lock	demolished after 1945
Ostramondra moated castle	Ostramondra	lock
Raspenburg	Rastenberg	Burgstall / ruin
Runneburg	Weissensee	Castle
Schilfa Castle	Gangloffsommern OT Schilfa	lock	Demolished in 1948
Straussfurt Castle	Straussfurt	lock	demolished after 1945
Table Mountain Castle	Udestedt	Castle site
Teutleben castle ruins	Buttstädt OT Teutleben
Moated castle Ollendorf	Ollendorf
Hardisleben Castle	Buttstädt OT Hardisleben
Vippach Castle	Castle Vippach		Demolished in 1948

Sonneberg district

image	Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
	Almerswind Castle	Schalkau
	Effelder Castle	Frankenblick OT Effelder
	Ehnes manor	Schalkau
	Burgstelle Grub	Schalkau OT Bachfeld
	Mupperg Castle	Föritztal OT Mupperg
	Neuhaus Castle	Föritztal OT Neuhaus-Schierschnitz
	Neuhaus Castle	Föritztal OT Neuhaus-Schierschnitz
	Oberlind Castle	Sonneberg OT Oberlind (leveled)
	Rauenstein castle ruins	Frankenblick OT Rauenstein
	New Rauenstein Castle	Frankenblick OT Rauenstein
	Schaumberg castle ruins	Schalkau
	Sonneberg Castle	Sonneberg
	Unterlind Castle	Sonneberg OT Unterlind
	Celtic ramparts "Auf dem Herrenberg"	Neuhaus am Rennweg OT Siegmundsburg

Unstrut-Hainich district

Surname	Place / location	Remarks
Old castle	Rodeberg OT Eigenrieden
Old hill	Nottertal-Heilinger Heights OT Schlotheim
Altengottern Castle	Unstrut-Hainich OT Altengottern
Bischofstein Castle	Südeichsfeld OT Lengenfeld unterm Stein
Muhlhausen Castle	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
Dryburg Castle	Bad Langensalza
Wallburg Diemarsburg ( Thiemsburg )	Schönstedt OT Alterstedt (entrance to the Hainich treetop path )	tore off
Friederiken- Schlösschen	Bad Langensalza
Reichsburg Volkenroda	Grains OT Volkenroda
Goldacker Castle	Unstrut-Hainich OT Weberstedt
Gormar Castle	Mühlhausen / Thuringia OT Görmar
Grossvargula Castle	Large vargula
Harstall's castle	Südeichsfeld OT Diedorf
Herbsleben castle ruins	Autumn life
Homburg	Bad Langensalza
Hünenburg	Unstrut-Hainich OT Flarchheim
Keudelstein Castle	Südeichsfeld OT Hildebrandshausen	Demolished 1948–1978
Kleinballhausen Castle	Ballhausen OT Kleinballhausen	Manor house of a former manor, farm building and castle park
Körner Castle	Grains
Castle at the Peterhof	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
Komthurhof Nägelstedt	Bad Langensalza OT Nägelstedt
Neunheilingen Castle	Nottertal-Heilinger Heights OT Neunheilingen
Oppershausen Castle	Oppershausen
Rondel Oppershausen	Oppershausen
Schlotheim Castle	Nottertal-Heilinger Heights OT Schlotheim
Seebach Castle	Mühlhausen / Thuringia OT Seebach
Sommerfeld's Castle	Large vargula
Summer stone	Bailiwick OT Niederdorla
Stein Castle	Südeichsfeld OT Lengenfeld unterm Stein
Tennstedt Castle	Bad Tennstedt
Thamsbrück Castle	Bad Langensalza
Tottleben Castle	Dead life	Seat of the same Baron Castle?
Ufhoven castle ruins	Bad Langensalza

Wartburg district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Altenstein Castle	Bad Liebenstein
Altenstein Castle	Bad Liebenstein
Old castle	Berka in front of the Hainich
Altenburg Castle	Nazza
Behringen Castle	Hörselberg-Hainich OT Behringen
Fortified church Berka	Werra-Suhl-Tal OT Berka / Werra
Berka Castle	Berka in front of the Hainich
Bischofroda Castle	Bischofroda
Bocksberg Castle	Schleid (Rhön)
Brandenburg ruins	Gerstungen OT Leek Roden
Breitenbach Castle	Werra-Suhl-Tal OT Hausbreitenbach
Buttlar Castle	Buttlar	Moated castle, later a castle	receive
Creuzburg Castle	Office Creuzburg OT Creuzburg
Dermbach Castle	Dermbach
Dippach Castle	Werra-Suhl-Tal OT Dippach
Fortified church in Ettenhausen	Bad Salzungen OT Ettenhausen ad Suhl
Farnroda Castle	Wutha Farnroda
Farnroda moated castle	Wutha Farnroda
Feldeck Castle	Krayenberg community OT Dietlas
Fischberg castle ruins	Kaltennordheim OT Klings (district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen) and Dermbach OT Diedorf
Fischernsches Castle	Bad Liebenstein
Frankenstein Castle	bad Salzungen
Frauensee Castle	Bad Salzungen OT Frauensee
Castle housing	Dermbach OT housing
Geisa Castle	Geisa
Gerstungen Castle	Barley
Glücksbrunn Palace	Bad Liebenstein OT Schweina
Gray lock	Office Creuzburg OT Mihla
Haineck castle ruins	Nazza
Hallungen Castle	Echoes
Haunscher Hof Castle	bad Salzungen
Herda Castle	Werra-Suhl-Tal OT Herda
Hornsberg Castle	Werra-Suhl-Tal OT Dankmarshausen
Hueneburg	Meeting place OT Schnellmannshausen
Kahlenberg Castle	Wutha-Farnroda OT Kahlenberg
Kemenate Leek Roden	Gerstungen OT Leek Roden	Bower
Keudel Castle	Treffurt OT falcon
Kissel Hunting Lodge	Moorland
Krauthausen Castle	Krauthausen
Krayenburg	Bad Salzungen OT Tiefenort
Leimbach Castle	Leimbach
Liebenstein castle ruins	Bad Liebenstein
Marienthaler Schlösschen	Bad Liebenstein OT Schweina
Markgrafenstein castle ruins	Bad Liebenstein
Marksuhl Castle	Gerstungen OT Marksuhl
Nazza Castle	Nazza
Neuscharfenberg Castle	Hörselberg-Hainich OT Wenigenlupnitz
Normannstein Castle	Hit
Oberellen Castle	Gerstungen OT Oberellen
Weimar Palace	Bad Liebenstein
Old Ringelstein	Moorland
New Ringelstein	Moorland
Rockenstuhl Castle	Schleid
Red lock	Office Creuzburg OT Mihla
Hunting lodge Rühler house	Ruhla
Scharfenburg	Ruhla OT Thal
Schnepfenburg	bad Salzungen
Schöneburg	Oxen
Black Castle (Lauchröden)	Gerstungen OT Leek Roden
Lengsfeld Castle	Dermbach OT Stadtlengsfeld
Stein's castle	Barchfeld-Immelborn OT Barchfeld
Castle site Schlösschen	bad Salzungen
Castle site Schlösschen	Bad Salzungen OT Tiefenort
Castle site Schlösschen	Bad Salzungen OT Unterrohn
Tüngeda Castle	Hörselberg-Hainich OT Tüngeda
Unterellen Castle	Gerstungen OT Unterellen
Völkershausen Castle	Vacha OT Völkershausen
Weilar Castle	Weilar
Wendelstein Castle	Vacha
Wilhelmsburg Castle	Barchfeld-Immelborn OT Barchfeld
Wilhelmsthal Castle	Gerstungen OT Marksuhl
Wildsprechtroda Castle	Bad Salzungen OT Wildsprechtroda
Wittgenstein Castle	Wutha Farnroda

Weimarer Land district

Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Old castle	Bad Berka	former hilltop castle
Auerstedt Castle	Bad Sulza OT Auerstedt	Mansion
Apolda Castle	Apolda
Blankenhainer Castle	Blankenhain
Rutting yard (ramparts)	Ettersburg
Buchfart Castle	Buchfart
Denstedt Castle	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Kromsdorf
Drößnitz Castle	Blankenhain OT Drößnitz
Ettersburg Castle	Ettersburg
Kaffenburg	Kranichfeld OT Barchfeld	Rampart
Kapellendorf moated castle	Chapel village
Niederburg Kranichfeld	Crane field
Kranichfeld Upper Castle	Crane field
Ordensburg Liebstedt	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Liebstedt
Kromsdorf Castle	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Kromsdorf
Larval castle	Grammetal OT Isseroda		The larval castle is also called Lauenburg.
Magdala moated castle	Magdala
Niederroßla Castle	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Niederroßla
Niederroßla Castle	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Niederroßla		Demolished in 1947
Oetterburg	Oetter	Rampart
Schleussenburg	Crane field	Rampart
Tannroda Castle	Bad Berka OT Tannroda
Tonndorf Castle	Tonndorf
Tromlitz manor	Blankenhain OT Tromlitz
That choice	At Ettersberg OT Berlstedt	Castle hill
Wielandgut	Ilmtal Wine Route OT Oßmannstedt	Manor, formerly a moated castle
Enzenburg (ramparts)	Crane field
Forest house Willroda	Klettbach

Literature (general overview)

Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications, Wartberg publishing house, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 978-3-86134-631-9 . 464 pages
Michael Köhler: Thuringian castles and fortified prehistoric and prehistoric living spaces , Verlag Jenzig, 3rd edition 2017, ISBN 978-3-91014-196-4 . 415 pages

Web links

Commons : Castles and Palaces in Thuringia - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Burgenstraße Thuringia eV - Homepage

Individual evidence

↑ Deutschlandfunk.de , Sunday Walk, September 14, 2014, Eva Firzlaff: Lots of Legacy (February 17, 2016)

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[1] Deutschlandfunk.de , Sunday Walk, September 14, 2014, Eva Firzlaff: Lots of Legacy (February 17, 2016)