Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between ...
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. A popular tourist destination, Hohenzollern ...
The Torhaus Dölitz is the structural remnants of an aristocratic residence, the Dölitz Castle in the village of Dölit ...
The Iron Tower (Eisenturm) is a medieval tower dating to the early 13th century, and modified in the 15th century, which with ...
The original castle on the Marienberg, a hill which was first settled in the late Bronze Age, was probably a small fort built ...
Marksburg as the only undamaged hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley. In the early 12th century records mention the Nobl ...
Königstein Fortress is located on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europ ...
Füssen's landmark, the Hohes Schloss (high castle), sits on a high rock and overlooks the village. Hohes Schloss is one of B ...
Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, a tributary on the north side of the Moselle. It i ...
The original Cochem Castle, perched prominently on a hill above the Moselle River, served to collect tolls from passing ships ...
The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle that dominates the town centre of Meissen. It stands on a hill above the river ...
The Veste Coburg is one of Germany's largest castles. The hill on which the fortress stands was inhabited from the Neolithic ...
Burg Castle (Schloss Burg) is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia and a popular tourist attraction. ...
Lembeck is a moated castle located in the Hohe Mark Nature Park and surrounded by the 'Hagen' and 'Kippheide&a ...
The Schloss Kaltenberg is a castle in the village of Geltendorf in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The castle was built in 1292 ...
Bentheim Castle (Burg Bentheim) is a medieval hilltop fortress in Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony. First mentioned in the 11th cen ...
The existence of Saarbrücken was first documented in 999 under the name 'Castellum Sarabrucca'. In the 17th ce ...
The Sparrenburg castle in Bielefeld was erected sometime before 1250 by the counts of Ravensberg. It guarded the Bielefeld P ...
Shortly after the Romans founded Cologne in 50 AD, they built a wall around the city. The wall was first expanded in the tent ...
Pillnitz Castle is located on the bank of the River Elbe in the former village of Pillnitz. It was the summer residence of ...