Castles in Germany, state by state

Burgen, Schlösser and Festungen: the German castles we record, by state (Land) and then by district (Kreis). Young entries, filled in as we verify them.

• Bavaria100 districts1,991 castles
• Baden-Württemberg44 districts1,540 castles
• North Rhine-Westphalia54 districts984 castles
• Hesse27 districts738 castles
• Lower Saxony46 districts526 castles
• Rhineland-Palatinate33 districts469 castles
• Thuringia21 districts340 castles
• Saxony13 districts299 castles
• Saxony-Anhalt14 districts245 castles
• Brandenburg18 districts158 castles
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania7 districts154 castles
• Schleswig-Holstein15 districts85 castles
• Saarland6 districts53 castles
• Berlin1 districts31 castles
• Hamburg1 districts14 castles
• Freie Hansestadt Bremen2 districts5 castles