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- The names of castles in Baden-Württemberg are typed into Google 1,093,360 times a month (857 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Hohenzollern Castle (90,500 searches a month), number 7 in Germany.
- Baden-Württemberg ranks number 3 of 16 states, with 14% of German demand.
- The busiest month is August, with 11.4% of the year’s searches; the quietest is February (5.1%).
- Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Baden-Württemberg in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/baden-wurttemberg, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 20 most searched-for castles in Baden-Württemberg
- Hohenzollern Castle90,500
- Heidelberg Castle90,500
- Lichtenstein Castle74,000
- Ludwigsburg Palace49,500
- Schwetzingen Palace40,500
- Solitude Palace33,100
- Karlsruhe Palace27,100
- Mannheim Palace27,100
- Bärenschlössle22,200
- Hohenneuffen Castle18,100
- Teck18,100
- Meersburg Castle14,800
- Stettenfels Castle14,800
- Bruchsal Palace12,100
- Neues Schloss Stuttgart12,100
- Schloss Eberstein12,100
- Wasserschloss Glatt9,900
- Schloss Reinach9,900
- Burg Staufeneck9,900
- Schloss Favorite9,900
| Rank | Château | District | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohenzollern Castle | Zollernalbkreis | 90,500 | 7 |
| 2 | Heidelberg Castle | Heidelberg | 90,500 | 8 |
| 3 | Lichtenstein Castle | Landkreis Reutlingen | 74,000 | 10 |
| 4 | Ludwigsburg Palace | Landkreis Ludwigsburg | 49,500 | 21 |
| 5 | Schwetzingen Palace | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | 40,500 | 27 |
| 6 | Solitude Palace | Stuttgart | 33,100 | 38 |
| 7 | Karlsruhe Palace | Karlsruhe | 27,100 | 41 |
| 8 | Mannheim Palace | Mannheim | 27,100 | 44 |
| 9 | Bärenschlössle | Stuttgart | 22,200 | 52 |
| 10 | Hohenneuffen Castle | Landkreis Esslingen | 18,100 | 66 |
| 11 | Teck | Landkreis Esslingen | 18,100 | 67 |
| 12 | Meersburg Castle | Bodenseekreis | 14,800 | 90 |
| 13 | Stettenfels Castle | Landkreis Heilbronn | 14,800 | 95 |
| 14 | Bruchsal Palace | Landkreis Karlsruhe | 12,100 | 98 |
| 15 | Neues Schloss Stuttgart | Stuttgart | 12,100 | 105 |
| 16 | Schloss Eberstein | Landkreis Rastatt | 12,100 | 123 |
| 17 | Wasserschloss Glatt | Landkreis Rottweil | 9,900 | 127 |
| 18 | Schloss Reinach | Freiburg im Breisgau | 9,900 | 135 |
| 19 | Burg Staufeneck | Landkreis Göppingen | 9,900 | 143 |
| 20 | Schloss Favorite | Landkreis Ludwigsburg | 9,900 | 148 |
All castles in Baden-WürttembergAll of Germany, by state and district
When do people look them up?
Each month’s share of the year, weighted by each castle’s volume (155 monthly series).
- January5.4%
- February5.1%
- March7.6%
- April9.6%
- May10.4%
- June8.4%
- July10.1%
- August11.4%
- September9.7%
- October8.6%
- November6.6%
- December7.2%
Much searched, little written about
Searched for more than a thousand times a month, with a Wikipedia article in five languages or fewer.
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | Wikipedia languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärenschlössle | Stuttgart | 22,200 | 4 |
| 2 | Stettenfels Castle | Untergruppenbach | 14,800 | 5 |
| 3 | Schloss Eberstein | Gernsbach | 12,100 | 4 |
| 4 | Wasserschloss Glatt | Sulz am Neckar | 9,900 | 2 |
| 5 | Schloss Reinach | Freiburg im Breisgau | 9,900 | 3 |
By district
The districts and district-free cities in Baden-Württemberg with at least three searched-for castles.
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Suggested citation
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Baden-Württemberg in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/baden-wurttemberg, volumes as of October 25, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Baden-Württemberg in 2026 is Hohenzollern Castle, with 90,500 searches a month.
Method
The volume used is Google Ads data, read from DataForSEO: the average monthly searches for the castle’s name over twelve months, from Germany and in German (“Schloss Neuschwanstein”, “Burg Eltz”). Each name is re-read every ninety days.
The filters are those of the French study. With no Google reviews and three Wikipedia languages or fewer, a volume of 5,000 searches or more almost always measures something else (a town, a holiday park), and the name is set aside. When Google knows the place, the volume is capped at twenty times its reviews. Names made only of generic words (“Altes Schloss”, “Burgruine”) are set aside, and namesakes count once.
The area is that of the castle’s address: its state, its district or its district-free city. An area has its page from three searched-for castles. Media may reuse these figures by crediting Chateaupedia with a link to the page.
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