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The most beautiful castles in Germany

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Castles in Germany can be divided into four historical periods:

  1. Medieval castles (12th to 16th century)

  2. Renaissance castles and palaces (16th and 17th century)

  3. Baroque princely or ducal palaces (17th and 18th century)

  4. Romantic castles (19th century)

German medieval castles

Cochem Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate

Burg Cochem above the Moselle River (© Markus Monreal - Fotolia.com)

Altena Castle, North Rhine-Westphalia

Burg Altena (© einnos2000 - Fotolia.com)

Eltz Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate

Burg Eltz (photo by Charlie1965nrw at the German language Wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)

Marksburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate

Marksburg (© Udo Kruse - Fotolia.com)

Eisenach Castle, Thuringia

Wartburg Castle, Eisenach (photo by Robert Scarth - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license)

Marburg Castle, Hesse

Marburg (© Thomas Becker - Fotolia.com)

German Renaissance castles

Schloss Hämelschenburg, Lower Saxony

Schloss Hämelschenburg (© acanthurus666 - Fotolia.com)

Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria

Heidelberg Castle (photo by Pumuckel42 at the German language Wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)

Schloss Celle, Lower Saxony

Johannisburg Castle in Aschaffenburg (© Peter Saeckel - Fotolia.com)

Schloss Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Schloss Ahrensburg (photo by Clemensfranz - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)

German Romantic castles

Löwenburg Castle in Kassel, Hesse

Löwenburg Castle, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel (© vom - Fotolia.com)

Braunfels Castle, Hesse

Braunfels Castle (© fotobeam.de - Fotolia.com)

Stolzenfels Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate

Schloss Stolzenfels (photo by Holger Weinandt - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license)

Lichtenstein Castle, Baden-Württemberg

Lichtenstein Castle (© sashpictures - Fotolia.com)

Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Württemberg

Hohenzollern Castle (© clearlens - Fotolia.com)

Sigmaringen Castle, Baden-Württemberg

Sigmaringen Castle (photo by Salsaloco - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)

Hohenschwangau Castle, Bavaria

Hohenschwangau Castle (© BL - iStockphoto.com)

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria

Neuschwanstein Castle (© Boris Stroujko - iStockphoto.com)

Wernigerode Castle, Bavaria

Schloss Wernigerode (© Frank - Fotolia.com)

Schwerin Castle, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Schwerin (© schlichteasy - Fotolia.com)





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