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 districts1,931 castles
• Baden-Württemberg43 districts1,523 castles
• North Rhine-Westphalia54 districts966 castles
• Hesse27 districts720 castles
• Lower Saxony46 districts510 castles
• Rhineland-Palatinate32 districts446 castles
• Thuringia21 districts321 castles
• Saxony13 districts292 castles
• Saxony-Anhalt14 districts239 castles
• Brandenburg18 districts149 castles
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania7 districts147 castles
• Schleswig-Holstein15 districts73 castles
• Saarland6 districts52 castles
• Berlin1 districts15 castles
• Hamburg1 districts14 castles