Alter Hof
This 13th-century castle of the Wittelsbach dynasty, predecessor to the later Residenz, is known for its distinctive "Monkey Tower" and the Münzhof courtyard.
Burg Spich
Burg Spich in Troisdorf-Spich is a listed manor house from 1866 with medieval roots and invites visitors to explore the local aristocratic history.
Burg Wissem
Burg Wissem in Troisdorf is the town’s landmark, combining a unique picture-book museum, a nature portal and a castle park into a family-friendly cultural and leisure destination on the edge of the Wahner Heide.
Charlottenburg Palace
Berlin's largest and most opulent palace, surrounded by an expansive baroque and landscape garden.
Die Pescher Vorburg
Die Pescher Vorburg is the surviving outer bailey of a once larger historic castle complex in Cologne's Pesch district, still bearing witness to the area's rural settlement history.
Fort IV
Fort IV is a large, well-preserved structure of Cologne's outer fortress ring in the Bocklemünd district, known for its underground casemates that can be explored on guided tours.
Fort X, Cologne
Fort X is one of the last architecturally intact structures of Cologne's early 19th-century inner fortress ring and today houses a popular rose garden in Neustadt-Nord.
Gut Weyern
A protected early-18th-century manor estate in the Burgauer Wald near Düren, surrounded by a moat and historic outbuildings.
Haus Rott
Haus Rott in Troisdorf is a former manor house with medieval water-castle remains at Rotter See, combining history with present-day leisure use.
Jagdschloss Grunewald
Berlin's oldest surviving palace, built in 1542 on the shore of the Grunewaldsee, home to an important painting collection including works by Lucas Cranach.
Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth
The imposing ruins of the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth on the Rhine riverbank recall what was once Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's most powerful Rhine fortress and rank among Düsseldorf's oldest surviving structures.
Mozenborn
A centuries-old noble estate in Düren's Birgel district, featuring an 1789 manor house and the remains of an older, moat-encircled fortified residence.
Munich Residenz
The former city palace of Bavaria's rulers ranks among the largest city palace complexes in Germany, with opulent state rooms and the Cuvilliés Theatre.
Nymphenburg Palace
The sprawling summer residence of the Bavarian kings features opulent interiors, an expansive palace park and the famous "Gallery of Beauties".
Schloss Arff
Schloss Arff is a Baroque manor house in Cologne's Roggendorf/Thenhoven district, with roots reaching back to the 14th century and now serving as an elegant event venue.
Schloss Bellevue
A neoclassical palace built in 1786 in the Tiergarten, serving since 1994 as the official residence of the President of Germany.
Schloss Benrath
This soft-pink pleasure palace in Düsseldorf's Benrath district, with its reflecting pond and harmonious three-wing layout, ranks among the finest Rococo buildings on the Rhine.
Schloss Bergedorf
Hamburg's only fully preserved castle: an over 800-year-old moated stronghold housing the Museum für Bergedorf und die Vierlande, set within an expansive palace park.
Schloss Biesdorf
An 1868 Neo-Renaissance villa in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, restored after wartime damage and now a cultural forum for contemporary art.
Schloss Burgau
A well-preserved medieval moated castle in the Burgauer Wald near Düren-Niederau, now used as an exhibition and events venue.
Schloss Friedrichsfelde
A 1695 Baroque palace at the heart of Tierpark Berlin, once the seat of the von Treskow family, now an event venue surrounded by the zoo.
Schloss Glienicke
An Italian-inspired villa by Karl Friedrich Schinkel near the Glienicke Bridge, part of the UNESCO World Heritage palaces and gardens of Potsdam and Berlin.
Schloss Heltorf
Schloss Heltorf in Angermund is a moated castle that has belonged to the Counts of Spee for more than 350 years, set within one of the Rhineland's most important landscape parks.
Schloss Jägerhof
This elegant Rococo hunting lodge on the edge of Düsseldorf's Hofgarten park in Pempelfort was built in the 18th century as the seat of the electoral master of the hunt, then rebuilt after wartime destruction.
Schloss Kalkum
This Neoclassical moated castle in Düsseldorf's Kalkum district features four wings, two striking corner towers and a water moat that fully encircles the building within an expansive landscape park.
Schloss Köpenick
A Baroque island palace from 1681, once home to the future King Friedrich I, now a branch of Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts.
Schloss Mickeln
Schloss Mickeln is a neoclassical manor house in Himmelgeist that has served as Heinrich Heine University's conference center and guesthouse since 2000.
Schloss Pfaueninsel
A romantic 1797 ruin-style palace on Pfaueninsel island in the Havel, with two towers, a cast-iron bridge, and free-roaming peacocks.
Schloss Schönhausen
A Baroque palace in Pankow, once home to Queen Elisabeth Christine and later the official seat of East Germany's first head of state, Wilhelm Pieck.
Schloss Wahn
A Baroque moated castle in Cologne's Wahn district, home since 1955 to the University of Cologne's Theatre Studies Collection and a popular civil wedding venue.
Wasserschloss
Despite its name, the iconic "Wasserschloss" in the Speicherstadt is not a real castle but a former office and workshop building from 1905-1907, set in a picturesque canal-side location.
Weißhaus
The Weißhaus is a historic moated manor house in Cologne-Sülz with a history spanning more than 600 years, now privately owned and closed to the public.
Zitadelle Spandau
One of Europe's best-preserved Renaissance fortresses at the confluence of the Havel and Spree, home to the Juliusturm, Berlin's oldest building.