Schwarzenberg Castle was based on a medieval fortification and together with St. George"s Church dominates the scen ...
Zülpich Castle origins may be traced to a Roman castrum. The present site was built in the late 14th century as a symbol ...
Unlike the neighbouring Neurathen Castle very little is known about the history of Altrathen Castle. It was probably built ...
Callenberg Castle is located on a wooded hill in Beiersdorf, 6 kilometres from Coburg. It was a hunting lodge and summer resi ...
The New Castle in Ingolstadt is one of the most important Gothic secular buildings of the 15th century in Bavaria. The builde ...
Towering high above the old town of Kronach on Rosenberg hill is Rosenberg Fortress, the former palace of the Prince Bishops ...
The ruins of Landshut Castle loom over Bernkastel. Archbishop Heinrich von Vinstingen and his successor, Boemund, are said to ...
Plön Castle is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The former Residenz of the Dukes ...
The Parsberg Castle was first documented in 1205. The first castle was destructed in 1314 by Duke Ludwig of Bavaria due suppo ...
The Schwanenburg Castle, in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill. It was fi ...
Wildeck Castle was built originally in the 12th century, by only the keep is left from that. Prince elector Moritz of Saxony ...
Weesenstein castle was erected here sometime around 1200, built with the purpose of defending the border to the Kingdom of B ...
Rochsburg Castle was probably founded in the late 12th century. It stands on a rock spur, surrounded on three sides by the Zw ...
Burg Metternich was mentioned in documents first time 1268, when it was owned by Johann von Braunshorn. It is thought the cas ...
Hohentwiel fortress, whose ruins lie on top of extinct volcano Hohentwiel, was constructed in 914 using stone taken from the ...
The Herten family, vassals of the Werden Abbey, was first documented in 1286. At that time, their residence was probably i ...
Rheda Castle was first mentioned in 1170. It was built by Widukind von Rheda, who passed it on to the Lippe nobility. In 1365 ...
Norderburg is a moated castle that was established in the 14th century. It was destroyed in 1514 during the Saxonian rebelli ...
Bürresheim Castle is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette. Bürr ...
Eisenberg Castle is a medieval hilltop castle ruin north of Pfronten. Eisenburg Castle was built in 1313, when the nobles of ...