castle - Germany
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Castles of the Rhine Valley | Rating: 8.80 |
Rhine valley is a section of the river from Bonn to Bingen. In this article, we will focus on ..., read more... |
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Gifhorn | Rating: 8.60 |
| A town in Lower Saxony. The main attraction is the International Windmill and Watermill Museum, which has mills from more than 10 countries, read more... |
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Vischering castle | Rating: 8.60 |
| The region around Münster has the largest number of water castles. The Vischering Castle is perhaps one of the most beautiful and characteristic in Westphalia, read more... |
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Rochsburg castle (Schloss Rochsburg) | Rating: 8.60 |
| A beautiful and well-preserved castle in the forest, an important example of Renaissance architecture in Saxony, which we recommend. It was founded at the end of the 12th century and stands on a rocky ledge surrounded on three sides by the river Zwickauer Mulde, read more... |
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Scharfenstein Castle (Burg Scharfenstein) | Rating: 8.60 |
| The original castle was built around 1250, and it was owned by the Waldenburg family until 1931, when the castle was sold at auction for 330000 marks, read more... |
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Neuschwanstein Castle | Rating: 8.40 |
Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most visited tourist sites in Germany and the most popular castle in Europe. The castle ..., read more... |
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Gotha | Rating: 8.40 |
Gotha was visited by us accidentally. We missed the next train and had to spend somehow 2 hours. After the ..., read more... |
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Schwerin Castle | Rating: 8.40 |
Schwerin is the smallest of the cities that are the capital of their lands, here lives less than 100 thousand ..., read more... |
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Castle and park in Merseburg | Rating: 8.40 |
| We stopped in Merseburg on the way and spent the night at the local Radisson (booking.com). Right next to the hotel there is a rather large and beautiful castle-palace, as well as a park. That's why we chose the town, since it's quiet and we had fun walking around, read more... |
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Homberg (Efze) | Rating: 8.40 |
| A historic town with a well-preserved half-timbered centre and a castle on the mountain above the town, read more... |
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Celle | Rating: 8.20 |
Celle is a town in Lower Saxony, 35 kilometers from Hannover. It will be interesting to fans of half-timbered ..., read more... |
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Bad Pyrmont | Rating: 8.20 |
Bad Pyrmont is a resort with more than 500-year history. There are about 50 towns in Germany with the "Bad" ..., read more... |
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Drachenburg Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
Drachenburg Castle was built in 1882-1884 by order of Baron Stefan von Zarter, a wealthy stockbroker from Bonn. The castle ..., read more... |
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Wewelsburg Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
Wewelsburg Castle belongs to objects that are interesting not only as castles, but because of their secrets and legends.
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Rheinsberg Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
| The picturesque castle (palace) on the banks of Lake Grinericksee in the city of Reinsberg, read more... |
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Hohenzollern Castle | Rating: 8.20 |
| One of the most beautiful castles in the world, the residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty. It is worth saying that we have not visited it yet and here we will tell only about the cool lookout Zellerhorn Gipfel, read more... |
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Castle and palace complex in Bernburg | Rating: 8.20 |
| We hadn't heard of Bernburg and came here by chance, saw an advertisement on the autobahn. The town turned out to be very nice, it has an old town, a huge castle-palace and a river with an embankment, read more... |
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Bentheim castle (Burg Bentheim) | Rating: 8.20 |
| A large, beautiful castle that we recommend visiting. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century, when the castle was owned by Count Otto von Northeim, one of the most influential Saxon nobles, read more... |
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Marienburg Castle | Rating: 8.00 |
Marienburg Castle is not very popular with tourists, but in my opinion it is one of the most beautiful castles in ..., read more... |
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Satzvey Castle | Rating: 8.00 |
Satzvey Castle is a medieval fortress with water barriers. Its history began in the 12th century. The first stone buildings ..., read more... |
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Neuhaus Castle in Paderborn | Rating: 8.00 |
Neuhaus Castle, former residence of bishop princes, is quite a famous Renaissance castle in North Rhine-Westphalia. Thanks to the gardeners' exhibition on its territory in 1994, it was renovated and now you can find it in excellent condition, read more... |
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Wernigerode | Rating: 8.00 |
Idea to visit Wernigerode came to us after watching the Soviet movie "The Very Same Munchhausen" (1979). This is ..., read more... |
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Basedow Castle (Schloss Basedow) | Rating: 8.00 |
| One of the most beautiful castles in Mecklenburg Switzerland. It was built by the noble family Hahn in 1467 and is one of the oldest in the region, read more... |
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Hundisburg castle | Rating: 8.00 |
| Luxury Baroque castle-palace, read more... |
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Heldrungen castle | Rating: 8.00 |
| An interesting fortification with two moats and four bastions. This is the only fully preserved castle in Germany, built in the French architectural style. In the center is a Renaissance castle built in 1512 - 1519, although the oldest buildings date from 1217, read more... |
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Eutin and Eutin castle | Rating: 8.00 |
| Eutin is a city in the Holstein Switzerland nature park (Naturpark Holsteinische Schweiz). It stands on the shore of a large lake Großer Eutiner See, read more... |
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Palace and park in Bad Muskau | Rating: 8.00 |
| Bad Muskau is a location of a wonderful palace and park ensemble. The town itself is close to the border with Poland, so when you walk through the park, you will visit two countries at once, read more... |
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Kriebstein Castle (Burg Kriebstein) | Rating: 8.00 |
This luxurious knight's castle on a high cliff has been something we've wanted to visit for a long time, as its pictures on the internet are really enticing. You have also seen it in several movies, for example in The Grand Budapest Hotel.
At the time of our visit, the castle was under renovation and a large parking lot was being built, so we had to park quite far away. Because of the renovations, we didn't go inside the castle itself either. Fortunately, the renovation is not visible from the outside, at least from the river side, where the most picturesque views are, read more... |
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Corvey Castle | Rating: 7.80 |
In the Internet this place is often called the Corvey Abbey, and it is wrong: mass tourists will not go ..., read more... |
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Quedlinburg | Rating: 7.80 |
Quedlinburg is called the reserve of German Fachwerk (half-timbered architecture). There are more then 1,300 half-timbered houses in the town, and this is the largest number in Germany. The town was lucky to escape the bombing during the World War II . The oldest house in East Germany dates back to the first half of the 14th century, read more... |
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Meissen | Rating: 7.80 |
| Meissen has one of the most beautiful castles in Germany - Albrechtsburg. This was the main reason why we came ..., read more... |
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Anholt castle | Rating: 7.80 |
| For many centuries Anholt Castle is privately owned by the princely family of Salm-Salm. One half of it is turned into a hotel, and the second is a small museum and living rooms of the owners. During the Second World War, the castle received significant damage. The restoration was completed in 1966, read more... |
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Gluckburg Castle | Rating: 7.80 |
| Glücksburg is the northernmost castle in Germany. It was built in 1582 in the middle of a lake in the city of the same name. Over the centuries it was one of the most important family seats in Northern Germany. Here lived Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein and, occasionally, the Danish kings, read more... |
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Clemenswerth Castle | Rating: 7.80 |
| Despite the name "castle", it is more of a hunting complex, though it has a very unusual, geometric shape. It was built in 1737-1747 by order of Bishop Clemens Augustus, and the architect was famous Baroque architect Johann Conrad Schlaun, read more... |
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Ploen Castle and Prinzeninsel Island | Rating: 7.80 |
| The city of Plön stands on the rather large Lake Großer Plöner See in the heart of the Holstein Switzerland natural park (Naturpark Holsteinische Schweiz). It is curious that in many countries natural parks are compared with Switzerland, read more... |
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Glauchau castle (Schloss Glauchau) | Rating: 7.80 |
There was a noble residence on the site from 1174, but no information about the date of construction of the original castle has survived, and it is known from indirect facts from the history of other castles.
The castle was built by the Lords of Schönburg, who were one of the oldest Saxon noble families and had held direct imperial possessions since the 12th century, meaning that they were subject only to the emperor, exercised their own territorial sovereignty and thus belonged to the highest nobility. The castle became the center of their new domain of Glauchau.
The modern castle in Glauchau was built in 1470. It became a residential palace with late Gothic arched windows, lancet arched portals, a ballroom and a palace chapel. Some other elements, such as stepped gables decorated with scrolls or a beautiful bay window, appeared in the Renaissance, read more... |
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Klaffenbach Castle (Wasserschloss Klaffenbach) | Rating: 7.80 |
| Surrounded by a moat with water, Klaffenbach Castle was built in the early 16th century and is a unique example of a Renaissance castle in Saxony, read more... |
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Wuerzburg | Rating: 7.60 |
Würzburg is little known among foreign tourists. This Baroque city is located in the heart of Germany, while most tourists ..., read more... |
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Weimar | Rating: 7.60 |
Frankly speaking, we didn't know about Weimar before our visit. But afterward it became clear that one day was not ..., read more... |
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Moritzburg castle | Rating: 7.60 |
| After the division of Saxony in 1485 and the transfer of the residence to Dresden and Wittenberg, a lot of ..., read more... |
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Altenburg Castle (Residenzschloss Altenburg) | Rating: 7.60 |
| Huge castle-palace in the town of Altenburg, former residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg. Houses a museum of regional history and a museum of playing cards, read more... |
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Augustusburg Castle (Schloss Augustusburg) | Rating: 7.60 |
| A picturesque castle on a mountain, visible from any road, around the town of Augustusburg (Augustusburg). The mountain is called Schellenberg, and the castle belonged to the Saxon Electors of the House of Wettin, read more... |
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Wildenfels castle (Schloss Wildenfels) | Rating: 7.60 |
| A large white castle on a mountain, with a lake, a walking trail, an Italian restaurant and playground nearby, read more... |
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Huennefeld Castle | Rating: 7.40 |
Hünnefeld Castle is located several kilometers from the Ippenburg Castle. The area was first mentioned in 1146. The first castle was ..., read more... |
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Evenburg Castle in Leer | Rating: 7.40 |
There are several interesting sights in the town of Leer in northern Germany. The most notable of them is the ..., read more... |
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Gemen castle | Rating: 7.40 |
| Gemen castle was built in 1411 on the site of a castle of the 11th century, by one of the richest people in Westphalia. It is located in the middle of the lake, on two islands. At the moment there is a children's training center in the castle, so the castle has the second name "youth castle", read more... |
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Dornburg palaces (Dornburger Schloesser) | Rating: 7.40 |
| The architectural ensemble of the three palaces in the city of Dornburg. All three buildings are located in a line at the top of a hill and are built in different styles, read more... |
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Burgk castle | Rating: 7.40 |
| Was built in 1403 and belonged to the noble family of Reuss. The castle is located in a picturesque place, on the banks of the river Saale, read more... |
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Wolfsburg Castle and Park | Rating: 7.40 |
| In addition to Automotive City, there is a pretty good park with a castle in Wolfsburg, read more... |
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Ulrichshusen castle | Rating: 7.40 |
| Romantic castle on the shore of the lake of the same name in the heart of the national park of Mecklenburg Switzerland, read more... |
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