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- The names of castles in Region Hannover are typed into Google 58,330 times a month (25 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Marienburg Castle (40,500 searches a month), number 28 in Germany.
- Region Hannover ranks number 1 of 32 districts and cities in Lower Saxony, with 19% of the state’s demand.
- The busiest month is November, with 16.5% 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 Region Hannover in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/niedersachsen/region-hannover, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 10 most searched-for castles in Region Hannover
- Marienburg Castle40,500
- Wilhelmstein4,400
- Herrenhausen Palace3,600
- Leineschloss2,400
- Landestrost Castle2,400
- Jagdschloss Springe1,600
- Barenburg1,000
- Welfenschloss720
- Schloss Burgdorf390
- Schloss Rethmar320
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marienburg Castle | Pattensen | 40,500 | 28 |
| 2 | Wilhelmstein | Wunstorf | 4,400 | 340 |
| 3 | Herrenhausen Palace | Herrenhausen-Stöcken | 3,600 | 398 |
| 4 | Leineschloss | Mitte | 2,400 | 573 |
| 5 | Landestrost Castle | Neustadt am Rübenberge | 2,400 | 590 |
| 6 | Jagdschloss Springe | Springe | 1,600 | 766 |
| 7 | Barenburg | Springe | 1,000 | 1,102 |
| 8 | Welfenschloss | Nord | 720 | 1,398 |
| 9 | Schloss Burgdorf | Burgdorf | 390 | 1,874 |
| 10 | Schloss Rethmar | Sehnde | 320 | 2,045 |
All castles in Region HannoverThe ranking 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 (7 monthly series).
- January5.2%
- February5.1%
- March10%
- April8.1%
- May10.7%
- June6.9%
- July7.6%
- August9.2%
- September6.3%
- October7.4%
- November16.5%
- December6.8%
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 | Wilhelmstein | Wunstorf | 4,400 | 5 |
| 2 | Landestrost Castle | Neustadt am Rübenberge | 2,400 | 4 |
| 3 | Jagdschloss Springe | Springe | 1,600 | 2 |
| 4 | Barenburg | Springe | 1,000 | 2 |
Other districts in Lower Saxony
- Landkreis Schaumburg
- Landkreis Osnabrück
- Landkreis Goslar
- Landkreis Göttingen
- Landkreis Friesland
- Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont
- Landkreis Aurich
- Landkreis Wolfenbüttel
- Landkreis Hildesheim
- Landkreis Northeim
- Landkreis Leer
- Landkreis Emsland
- Wolfsburg
- Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim
- Landkreis Helmstedt
- Landkreis Holzminden
- Braunschweig
- Landkreis Lüneburg
- Heidekreis
- Landkreis Stade
- Landkreis Ammerland
- Landkreis Gifhorn
- Landkreis Uelzen
- Landkreis Cuxhaven
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Suggested citation
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Region Hannover in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/niedersachsen/region-hannover, volumes as of October 25, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Region Hannover 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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