Augustinial Monastery Herrenchiemsee (Old Palace), today a museum and art gallery complex, is a former Augustine monastery, coverted by Ludwig II as a palace, where could ... read more
Ballenstedt Castle, dating back to the 11th century as a monastery, was later the residence of Princes of Anhalt and Anhalt-Bernburg until 1945, being confiscated by the ... read more
Baroque Castle Rammenau, owned by the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony, is open to the public and housing a museum with period furniture. read more
Schloss Bothmer was built in 1726 in Klützer Winkel as the ancestral seat of the Imperial Count Bothmer. The castle looks like a Dutch-English country house, due to the ... read more
Castle Weilburg dates back to the 10th century and was seat of the Counts of Nassau. It has undergone many extensions and embellishments, such as during the Renaissance ... read more
Belvedere Castle dates was built in 1724-1732 for the Duke Ernst August of Sachsen-Weimar and Eisenach as a summer residence, surrounded by a 43 ha park. Since 1923 it ... read more
Castle Benrath is an elegant and well preserved Rococo palace, surrounded by a beautifully restored park and gardens of 61 ha. It houses three museums and serves as a ... read more
Schwerin Castle, located on an island, is the former residence of the Dukes Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Today it both museum and home to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state ... read more
Castle Ahrensburg has a long history as a noble country seat, but is now a museum and used for cultural events, such as concerts. read more
Castle Albrechtsburg dates back to the 10th century, but the present building was erected in the 15th century by Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert ... read more
Castle and Park Lichtenwalde dates back to 1230 and has been in several noble hands, in particular the Vitzthum von Eckstädt family. It is a museum now, surrounded by a ... read more
Castle Anholt is a moated castle dating from the 12th century. Private residence of the Princes zu Salm-Salm, it is also a museum housing the stunning family's art ... read more
Castle Burg Cadolzburg's history dates back to the 12th century and the House of Hohenzollern. The museum, gardens and arboretum are an interesting witness of the ... read more
Castle Dennenlohe's history, property of the Barons von Süsskind, dates back to the 12th century. Presently it their family home with a multi-cultural function, well ... read more
Castle Ludwigslust, a former hunting lodge, transformed into a lavish residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, houses today the "State Museum of ... read more
Castle Molsdorf dates back to the 16th century and was transformed into a Baroque castle in the 18th century by Gustav Adolph von Gotter. Since 1966 it is used as a museum ... read more
Castle Moritzburg, originally a hunting lodge, was transformed into a Baroque palace in the 18th century by August the Strong and later by his great-grandson. It is a ... read more
Castle Neschwitz was built during the first half of the 18th century as a summer residence for Duke Württemberg-Teck and his wife, Princess Ursula Katharina von Teschen, ... read more
Castle Residence Ansbach's present building dates from the 18th century. It is well known for its rococo interior and gardens which are open to the public. read more
Castle Rosenau is the birthplace of Price Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Rosenau is an outstanding early example of romantic Historicism in Bavaria. In 1990 the palace ... read more