Below, we highlight some of Germany's most stunning castles ... King Ludwig II's boyhood home. The original medieval ruins of this golden-hued castle were purchased and rebuilt by Crown Prince ...

The German corner carved out by the river is particularly dense with numerous castles! From medieval strongholds to baroque palaces and romantic ruins, there’s something for everyone on the Rhine!

A team of archaeologists were recently exploring the ruins of a long-forgotten castle in southern Germany when they stumbled ...

The Munich Residenz (Residence) is the largest inner-city palace in Germany. Why a visit to ... The Neuveste had to give way to the ornate Renaissance castle to make more room.

Colditz Castle, a forbidding medieval edifice near Leipzig, Germany, was supposed to be the Nazis' most escape-proof prison. Incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other ...

This shapely building referencing Renaissance and Empire architecture was designed ... one of the few villas in the Castle District. Designed by the German architect Fritz Teubner, it was completed in ...

The Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century historicist palace in Bavaria, Germany, is renowned for its fairytale-like appearance and is considered one of the most beautiful castles in the world ...

Built on a rock ledge over the Pöllat Gorge on the site of two smaller castles, the medieval-style Neuschwanstein Castle was commissioned by King Ludwig II in 1868. Today, it’s one of the most ...