How is this list made?

We read the hours and seasons each castle publishes on its official website, rechecked nightly. A castle without published hours is not listed, even if it opens.

Castles open during the autumn holidays (Herbstferien) in Bavaria, Germany

95 castles open

From Monday, November 2 to Friday, November 6, all French school zones

95 castles in Bavaria, Germany open during the autumn holidays (Herbstferien) according to their hours or season: 88 with precise opening days, 7 on their announced season only. Check the castle’s website the day before; holiday hours change often.

Opening hours come from the castle’s official website, or from Google when the site does not publish any, and are re-read every ninety days. Seasons are copied word for word from the castle’s website. A castle can close without notice: its entry lists a phone number.

Known opening days

Burgstall AndechsAndechs
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Andechs (Andechs Castle)Andechs
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burghausen CastleBurghausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Veste OberhausPassau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
St. Emmeram's PalaceRegensburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
High Castle of FüssenFüssen
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Veitshöchheim PalaceVeitshöchheim
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Schloss Guteneck (Guteneck Castle)Guteneck
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Neues Schloss BayreuthBayreuth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €7
Burg Cadolzburg (Cadolzburg Castle)Cadolzburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €8
SchlossEbern
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Donaustauf CastleDonaustauf
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Leutstetten (Leutstetten Castle)Starnberg
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Gößweinstein CastleGößweinstein
Open
: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Residenz AnsbachAnsbach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
WenzelschlossLauf an der Pegnitz
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
BurgAlzenau
Open
: Sat, Sun
Ellingen ResidenceEllingen
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Schloss Murnau (Murnau Castle)Murnau am Staffelsee
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
WillibaldsburgEichstätt
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Burg Lauenstein (Lauenstein Castle)Ludwigsstadt
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
SchlossBad Bocklet
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €8
Burgruine HilpoltsteinHilpoltstein
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Grünwald CastleGrünwald
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €2.50
BurganlageBad Neustadt an der Saale
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
HenneburgStadtprozelten
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Altenstein CastleMaroldsweisach
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4
Schloss Fantaisie (Fantaisie Castle)Eckersdorf
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4.50
Lichtenau FortressLichtenau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Seefeld CastleSeefeld
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Egg (Egg Castle)Bernried
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Tennenlohe (Tennenlohe Castle)Erlangen
Open
: Sun
Old château of the Eremitage in BayreuthBayreuth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Rabeneck CastleWaischenfeld
Open
: Sun
Ruine KarlsteinBad Reichenhall
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Biederstein (Biederstein Castle)München
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Burg Parsberg (Parsberg Castle)Parsberg
Open
: Wed, Sat, Sun
Burg SpielbergGnotzheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
BadenburgMünchen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
JägersburgEggolsheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Fürstenried PalaceThalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Burg Dagestein (Dagestein Castle)Vilseck
Open
: Sun
Wellheim CastleWellheim
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Neues Schloss IngolstadtIngolstadt
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Hartenstein (Hartenstein Castle)Hartenstein
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Burg Kemnat (Kemnat Castle)Kaufbeuren
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Wolfstein CastleFreyung
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Fürstäbtliche ResidenzKempten
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4
Schloss Castell (Castell Castle)Castell
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
City Palace (Treuchtlingen)Treuchtlingen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Weißes Schloss (Heroldsberg)Heroldsberg
Open
: Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €4.50
Burg VeldensteinNeuhaus an der Pegnitz
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Michelbach (Michelbach Castle)Alzenau
Open
: Sun
Schloß BurgfarrnbachFürth
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Burg Falkenfels (Falkenfels Castle)Falkenfels
Open
: Sun
PellerschlossNürnberg
Open
: Wed
Burg Neuhaus (Neuhaus Castle)Windischeschenbach
Open
: Sun
Schloss Deutenkofen (Deutenkofen Castle)Adlkofen
Open
: Tue, Fri
Schloss Obernzell (Obernzell Castle)Obernzell
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
Schloss Fußberg (Fußberg Castle)Gauting
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Burgruine HofbergGreding
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Pfaffendorf (Pfaffendorf Castle)Maroldsweisach
Open
: Sat, Sun
Schloss Titting (Titting Castle)Titting
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
SchlossElfershausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
ScheuneBayreuth
Open
: Thu, Fri, Sun
Schloss Deutenhofen (Deutenhofen Castle)Hebertshausen
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Trausnitz CastleLandshut
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Rosenberg FortressKronach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Rothenberg FortressSchnaittach
Open
: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Gaibach CastleVolkach
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
HerrenchiemseeChiemsee
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €14
Dachau PalaceDachau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Ehrenburg PalaceCoburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Höchstädt (Höchstädt Castle)Höchstädt an der Donau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €6
Hohenschwangau CastleSchwangau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Johannisburg (Johannisburg Castle)Aschaffenburg
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Linderhof PalaceEttal
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €11
Schloss Neuburg (Bayern) (Neuburg (Bayern) Castle)Neuburg an der Donau
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Neuschwanstein CastleSchwangau
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €21
Nymphenburg PalaceNeuhausen-Nymphenburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €10
Schloss Ratibor (Ratibor Castle)Roth
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Seehof (Seehof Castle)Memmelsdorf
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Schloss Weißenstein (Weißenstein Castle)Pommersfelden
Open
: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €14
Schleißheim palace complexOberschleißheim
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Sisi Castle UnterwittelsbachAichach
Open
: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €5
TucherschlossNürnberg
Open
: Mon, Thu, Sun
Adult €7.50
Veste CoburgCoburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €11
Würzburg ResidenceWürzburg
Open
: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Adult €10

Open in season, without a precise timetable

These castles announce a season covering the holidays without giving days: call before you go.

Schloss Dennenlohe (Dennenlohe Castle)Unterschwaningen
Announced season
: du 12 octobre 2026 au 30 mars 2027, du lundi au vendredi, 10h00-16h00
Burg Wernfels (Wernfels Castle)Spalt
Announced season
: ouvert toute l'année
Haus MurachOberviechtach
Announced season
: toute l'année, accès libre (clé du portail et du donjon éventuellement à retirer chez le Burgwart du village)
Harburg CastleHarburg (Schwaben)
Announced season
: du 14 mars 2026 au 8 novembre 2026, 10h00-17h00 (tous les jours)
Adult €3.50
Callenberg CastleCoburg
Announced season
: du 19 mars au 8 novembre 2026, jeudi à dimanche et jours fériés, 11h00-17h00
Schloss Mespelbrunn (Mespelbrunn Castle)Mespelbrunn
Announced season
: du 28 mars au 9 novembre 2026, 09:30-17:00 (dernière entrée vers 16:30)
Schloss Rosenau (Rosenau Castle)Coburg
Announced season
: 5 octobre à mars, 10:00-16:00 (dernière visite guidée 15:00)
Adult €6

Every castle in Bavaria, Germany

Frequently asked questions

How is this list made?: We read the hours and seasons each castle publishes on its official website, rechecked nightly. A castle without published hours is not listed, even if it opens.