The most beautiful castles and palaces in Germany
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: Wartburg · Schwerin Palace · Eltz Castle. (Updated May 13, 2021.)
Fairy-tale castles, knights' fortresses and royal residences that ADAC, DERTOUR and travel magazines mention again and again.
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Top 10
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Wartburg
UNESCO World Heritage castle near Eisenach where Luther translated the New Testament.
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Schwerin Palace
Neo-Renaissance palace on an island in Lake Schwerin, seat of the state parliament.
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Eltz Castle
Knights' castle in the forest near the Moselle, owned by the same family for over 850 years; once on the 500-mark note.
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Heidelberg Castle
Famous castle ruin above the Neckar with the Great Barrel.
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Marksburg
The only never-destroyed hilltop castle on the Middle Rhine, near Braubach.
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Hohenzollern Castle
Ancestral castle of the Hohenzollerns on a hilltop in Baden-Württemberg.
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Sanssouci Palace
Frederick the Great's Rococo summer residence in Potsdam with vineyard terraces.
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Linderhof Palace
The smallest of Ludwig II's palaces, with the Venus Grotto.
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Neuschwanstein Castle
Ludwig II's fairy-tale castle in the Allgäu, with around 1.5 million visitors a year.
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Lichtenstein Castle
Fairy-tale castle on a cliff in the Swabian Jura.
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Moritzburg Castle
Baroque hunting lodge near Dresden, filming location of Three Wishes for Cinderella.
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Sababurg
The 'Sleeping Beauty Castle' in the Reinhardswald forest in Hesse.
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Comments (3)
Die Wartburg, wo Luther das Neue Testament übersetzt hat. Geschichte pur.
Schloss Schwerin auf der Insel sieht aus wie im Märchen.
Neuschwanstein ist der Klassiker, aber Burg Eltz hat mich mehr beeindruckt.