Water Castle Klaffenbach, used as a hotel, offers in the buildings around the castle : exhibitions, different art & crafts workshops, concerts, events, golf, palace ... read more
Wackerbarth Castle was built for Fieldmarshall and Cabinet Minister of August the Strong, Count August Christoph von Wackerbarth. After having changed noble hands many ... read more
Schwetzingen Castle, build as a summer residence for the Palatine Prince-Electors, is famous for its gardens. It is open to the public including exhibitions and ... read more
Schloss Reinbek, a Renaissance style castle formerly owned by the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf and Prussia, is now a centre for culture and communication. read more
Castle Neuhardenberg dates back to the 18th century but was reconstructed in Neoclassical style by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, early 19th century, for the statesman Count von ... read more
Schloss Namedy is famous today for its cultural events, organized by its owners the Princes von Hohenzollern. In particular it offers very interesting music programmes, ... read more
Rittergut Hämelschenburg is since 1437 in the hands of the von Klencke family. It is a beautiful and elegant Renaissance structure, built between 1588 – 1613. The ... read more
Remeringhausen Estate (Rittergut Remeringhausen), built by the well known von Münchhausen family, has never been sold and has been handed over by descendance only. read more
Princely Abbey Amorbach is since 1803 the ancestral home of the Princes zu Leiningen. Amorbach was created a town in 1253. The Abbey Church is often used for concerts and ... read more
Museum Castle Burgk, once a summer seat of the princes of Reuss older line, is today a centre of culture where the visitor finds harmony between architecture, countryside ... read more
Marienburg Castle was, until recently, private property of the Royal House of Hanover. It was a birthday present of King George V of Hanover (1819-1878) to his wife Queen ... read more
Mannheim Palace is one of the largest baroque palaces in Europe, build for the Palatine Prince-Electors. It has now partly regained its splendour, after restoration, and ... read more
Lauenstein Castle, a Renaissance castle from the 16th century above a beautiful valley, houses the Museum of the Eastern Ore Mountains and offers traditional falconry ... read more
Jenisch Haus was a country seat of the Hamburg senator Martin Johan Jenisch. It was build 1832-1834 based on plans by Franz Gustav Forsmann und Karl Friedrich Schinkel. ... read more
Höchstädt Palace, dating from the 16th century, is closely linked to the former principality of Pfalz-Neuburg. Today it has been restored and used as Museum of German ... read more
Gottorf Castle, former residence of the Danish kings and the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, locates now two museums, the State Art and Cultural History Museum and ... read more
Fugger Castle Kirchheim dates from the second half of the 16th century and was build as a summer residence for the famous Fugger family. It is still inhabited by the ... read more
Fortress Ehrenburg, built by emperor Friedrich I. ("Barbarossa") in 1161, has passed on to a substantial number of nobel families through its history. Presently ... read more
Eutin Castle originally belonged to the Lübeck prince-bishops, later it became the summer residence of the Dukes of Oldenburg. The castle houses a museum and is open to ... read more
Gut Emkendorf, for centuries owned by the Counts Reventlow, is since 1929 in the hands of the Heinrich family. The estate is used for cultural and private events such as ... read more