Augustusburg and Falkenlust were built as a 'Maison de Plaisance' and Hunting Lodge for the Archbishop-Elector Clemens August of Bavaria, early 18th century. ... read more
Baroque Garden Grosssedlitz is a 18 ha Baroque Garden with the largest collection of bitter orange trees in the German-speaking countries and equally famous for its yearly ... read more
Berleburg Castle is for more than 750 years the residence of the Princes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Although inhabited by the family it is partly open to the public ... read more
Blankenburg Castle dates back to 1123 and has been, since 1599, into the possession of the Dukes of Braunschweig. In 1945 Duke Ernst August and his wife princess Victoria ... 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
Burg Hohenzollern, restored by both Hohenzollern lines in the 19th century and is private property up to the present day. It is a museal complex with part of the ... read more
Bückeburg Palace is the seat of the Princes zu Schaumburg-Lippe and dates back to 1304. This beautiful and impressive Baroque complex is open to the public and used for ... read more
Castle & Estate Wendlinghausen, a prestigious example of Weser-Renaissance architecture, offers a wide range of cultural experiences such as music, theatre, ... read more
Castle Albrechtsberg was built in 1854 for Prince Albert of Prussia, the younger brother of King Frederick William IV, later Emperor William I. The architect was Adolf ... read more
Castle & Park Babelsberg has been built for Emperor William I and his wife Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar, when he was still Crown Prince. It is surrounded by terraced ... 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 Assumstadt, a charming baroque castle, is in the hands of the Counts Waldburg-Wolfsegg and offers several cultural events yearly, music, spring market, ... read more
Castle Büdingen is since the 13th century residence of the Counts and Princes zu Ysenburg and Büdingen. It is not only private residence but also a museum and hotel with ... read more
Castle Colditz is a Renaissance castle and is famous for being a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for "incorrigible" Allied officers who had repeatedly ... read more
Castle Corvey belongs to the Ducal House of Ratibor and Corvey. Formerly a Benedictine abbey, the baroque castle complex, under ducal ownership, is shortly due to be ... read more
Castle Edesheim is a castle-hotel with cultural offerings such as music festivals and arts & crafts fairs. read more
Castle Ettersburg, a former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Weimar, became mid 19th century during the times of the Duke Carl Alexander and his wealthy intellectual Dutch ... read more
Castle Goseck, today a European Centre for Music and Culture, has a long history which dates back to 881 and has served as original seat of the Counts of Saxony, monastery ... read more
Castle Krobnitz houses a museum with a permanent exhibition about the life of Count Albrecht von Roon. He was the famous Prussian Minister of War during the Bismarck area, ... read more
Castle Köthen was the Residence of the Princes and Dukes of Anhalt from 1244 until 1847. It is here that Johann Sebastian Bach worked from 1717 until 1723 as ... read more
