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The most searched-for castles in Lower Saxony in 2026

Volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 20 castles in Lower Saxony whose name is typed into Google most often each month, their rank in Germany, and the month people look them up.

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  1. The names of castles in Lower Saxony are typed into Google 307,160 times a month (309 ranked castles).
  2. The most searched-for is Marienburg Castle (40,500 searches a month), number 28 in Germany.
  3. Lower Saxony ranks number 7 of 16 states, with 4% of German demand.
  4. The busiest month is May, with 11.9% of the year’s searches; the quietest is February (5%).
  5. Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.

Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Lower Saxony in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/niedersachsen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 20 most searched-for castles in Lower Saxony

Searches per month
  1. Marienburg Castle40,500
  2. Schloss Bückeburg27,100
  3. Imperial Palace of Goslar18,100
  4. Schloss Gödens12,100
  5. Schloss Lütetsburg8,100
  6. Schloss Hämelschenburg8,100
  7. Clemenswerth Palace6,600
  8. Plesse Castle6,600
  9. Burg Bentheim6,600
  10. Schloss Ippenburg5,400
  11. Schloss Osnabrück5,400
  12. Wolfsburg Castle5,400
  13. Oldenburg Castle4,400
  14. Spiegelburg4,400
  15. Oelber castle4,400
  16. Schloss Eldingen4,400
  17. Wilhelmstein4,400
  18. Dankwarderode Castle3,600
  19. Herrenhausen Palace3,600
  20. Burg Warberg3,600
RankChâteauDistrictSearches per monthNational rank
1Marienburg CastleRegion Hannover40,50028
2Schloss BückeburgLandkreis Schaumburg27,10048
3Imperial Palace of GoslarLandkreis Goslar18,10071
4Schloss GödensLandkreis Friesland12,100102
5Schloss LütetsburgLandkreis Aurich8,100178
6Schloss HämelschenburgLandkreis Hameln-Pyrmont8,100196
7Clemenswerth PalaceLandkreis Emsland6,600203
8Plesse CastleLandkreis Göttingen6,600219
9Burg BentheimLandkreis Grafschaft Bentheim6,600224
10Schloss IppenburgLandkreis Osnabrück5,400260
11Schloss OsnabrückOsnabrück5,400271
12Wolfsburg CastleWolfsburg5,400282
13Oldenburg CastleOldenburg4,400303
14SpiegelburgLandkreis Göttingen4,400323
15Oelber castleLandkreis Wolfenbüttel4,400324
16Schloss EldingenLandkreis Celle4,400326
17WilhelmsteinRegion Hannover4,400340
18Dankwarderode CastleBraunschweig3,600389
19Herrenhausen PalaceRegion Hannover3,600398
20Burg WarbergLandkreis Helmstedt3,600409

All castles in Lower SaxonyAll 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 (72 monthly series).

Share of the year’s searches, month by month
  1. January5.3%
  2. February5%
  3. March7.3%
  4. April7.9%
  5. May11.9%
  6. June8.1%
  7. July8.6%
  8. August10.2%
  9. September8.1%
  10. October8.6%
  11. November10.8%
  12. December8.2%

Much searched, little written about

Searched for more than a thousand times a month, with a Wikipedia article in five languages or fewer.

RankChâteauTownSearches per monthWikipedia languages
1Schloss BückeburgBückeburg27,1004
2Schloss GödensSande12,1005
3Schloss LütetsburgLütetsburg8,1004
4Schloss HämelschenburgEmmerthal8,1005
5Schloss IppenburgBad Essen5,4005

By district

The districts and district-free cities in Lower Saxony with at least three searched-for castles.

DistrictRanked châteauxSearches per monthShare of demandMost searched-for
Region Hannover2558,33019%Marienburg Castle
Landkreis Schaumburg1935,78012%Schloss Bückeburg
Landkreis Osnabrück3021,9707%Schloss Ippenburg
Landkreis Goslar918,4906%Imperial Palace of Goslar
Landkreis Göttingen2116,7805%Plesse Castle
Landkreis Friesland715,3405%Schloss Gödens
Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont1513,7604%Schloss Hämelschenburg
Landkreis Aurich1411,6304%Schloss Lütetsburg
Landkreis Wolfenbüttel129,2603%Oelber castle
Landkreis Hildesheim198,8703%Derneburg Castle
Landkreis Northeim148,6903%Burg Hardenberg
Landkreis Leer77,3002%Stickhausen Castle
Landkreis Emsland47,0502%Clemenswerth Palace
Wolfsburg36,8702%Wolfsburg Castle
Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim46,7202%Burg Bentheim
Landkreis Helmstedt75,9702%Burg Warberg
Landkreis Holzminden95,5302%Schloss Bevern
Braunschweig65,2302%Dankwarderode Castle
Landkreis Lüneburg33,1301%Lüdersburg château
Heidekreis62,7201%Ahlden House
Landkreis Stade42,1101%Grauerort Fortress
Landkreis Ammerland51,9401%Rastede Castle
Landkreis Gifhorn71,8201%Gifhorn Castle
Landkreis Uelzen31,6201%Burg Bodenteich
Landkreis Cuxhaven51,2200%Burg Bederkesa
Landkreis Peine31,0800%Ölsburg
Landkreis Vechta79500%Wasserburg Hopen
Landkreis Diepholz39300%Schloss Diepholz
Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg48300%Jagdschloss Göhrde
Landkreis Nienburg/Weser87700%Luccaburg Castle
Wilhelmshaven37500%Burg Kniphausen
Landkreis Wittmund3700%Burg Friedeburg

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Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Lower Saxony in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/niedersachsen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Lower Saxony in 2026 is Marienburg Castle, with 40,500 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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