BRAUNFELS CASTLE
Germany Braunfels Castle, a stately home that had been built from a castle built in the 13th century by the Counts of Nassau, served as …
DRACHENBURG CASTLE
Germany Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century. It was completed in only …
ELTZ CASTLE
Germany Eltz Castle is a medievalcastle nestled in the hills above the Mosellebetween Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of the same family (the Eltz family) that lived …
HEIDELBERG CASTLE
Germany Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and a landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the …
HOHENSCHWANGAU CASTLE
Germany Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II …
HOHENZOLLERN CASTLE
Germany Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern (help·info)) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castles built on the site is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and …
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle (Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a …
REICHSBURG COCHEM CASTLE
Germany The Reichsburg Cochem is a castle complex in the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Cochem on the Moselle. It stands on a mountain at 154 m above sea level (entrance) above the city. As a summit castle, it belongs to …
RHEINSTEIN CASTLE
Germany Rheinstein Castle is a castle near the town of Trechtingshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The castle was constructed in about 1316/1317. Rheinstein Castle was important for its strategic location. By 1344, …
SCHÖNBURG CASTLE
Germany The Schönburg is a castle above the medieval town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, …