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The most searched-for castles in Essen in 2026

Volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 10 castles in Essen 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 Essen are typed into Google 31,250 times a month (14 ranked castles).
  2. The most searched-for is Schloss Hugenpoet (12,100 searches a month), number 104 in Germany.
  3. Essen ranks number 13 of 50 districts and cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, with 3% of the state’s demand.
  4. The busiest month is May, with 9.8% of the year’s searches; the quietest is January (6.7%).
  5. Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.

Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Essen in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/nordrhein-westfalen/essen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 10 most searched-for castles in Essen

Searches per month
  1. Schloss Hugenpoet12,100
  2. Schloss Borbeck12,100
  3. Schloss Schellenberg2,400
  4. Schloss Baldeney1,300
  5. Haus Berge (Essen)1,000
  6. Herrenburg720
  7. Kattenturm Essen590
  8. Burg Altendorf480
  9. Sommerburg260
  10. Schloss Oefte140
RankChâteauTownSearches per monthNational rank
1Schloss HugenpoetEssen12,100104
2Schloss BorbeckEssen12,100108
3Schloss SchellenbergEssen2,400517
4Schloss BaldeneyEssen1,300844
5Haus Berge (Essen)Essen1,000952
6HerrenburgEssen7201,387
7Kattenturm EssenEssen5901,493
8Burg AltendorfStadtbezirk VIII (Essen)4801,573
9SommerburgEssen2602,149
10Schloss OefteEssen1402,728

All castles in EssenThe ranking in North Rhine-WestphaliaAll 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 (5 monthly series).

Share of the year’s searches, month by month
  1. January6.7%
  2. February6.8%
  3. March7.5%
  4. April9.7%
  5. May9.8%
  6. June8%
  7. July8.9%
  8. August8.9%
  9. September8.6%
  10. October7.2%
  11. November9.1%
  12. December8.7%

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 SchellenbergEssen2,4004
2Schloss BaldeneyEssen1,3003
3Haus Berge (Essen)Essen1,0001

Other districts in North Rhine-Westphalia

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Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Essen in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/nordrhein-westfalen/essen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Essen in 2026 is Schloss Hugenpoet, with 12,100 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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