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- The names of castles in Hochsauerlandkreis are typed into Google 14,880 times a month (31 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Herdringen Castle (1,900 searches a month), number 646 in Germany.
- Hochsauerlandkreis ranks number 25 of 50 districts and cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, with 1% of the state’s demand.
- The busiest month is October, with 18% of the year’s searches; the quietest is February (5.3%).
- Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Hochsauerlandkreis in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/nordrhein-westfalen/hochsauerlandkreis, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 10 most searched-for castles in Hochsauerlandkreis
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herdringen Castle | Arnsberg | 1,900 | 646 |
| 2 | Schloss Arnsberg | Arnsberg | 1,300 | 784 |
| 3 | Höllinghofen Castle | Arnsberg | 1,300 | 842 |
| 4 | Schloss Melschede | Sundern | 1,060 | 882 |
| 5 | Hünenburg | Meschede | 1,000 | 980 |
| 6 | Burg Scharfenberg | Brilon | 880 | 1,285 |
| 7 | Schloss Gevelinghausen | Olsberg | 720 | 1,373 |
| 8 | Schloss Schellenstein | Olsberg | 720 | 1,385 |
| 9 | Eresburg | Marsberg | 720 | 1,391 |
| 10 | Schloss Wildenberg | Olsberg | 720 | 1,408 |
All castles in HochsauerlandkreisThe 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).
- January6%
- February5.3%
- March6.4%
- April7.4%
- May8.7%
- June7.7%
- July8.8%
- August10.2%
- September9.2%
- October18%
- November5.8%
- December6.4%
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 | Schloss Arnsberg | Arnsberg | 1,300 | 4 |
| 2 | Höllinghofen Castle | Arnsberg | 1,300 | 3 |
| 3 | Schloss Melschede | Sundern | 1,060 | 2 |
| 4 | Hünenburg | Meschede | 1,000 | 2 |
Other districts in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
- Kreis Coesfeld
- Düsseldorf
- Kreis Euskirchen
- Rhein-Kreis Neuss
- Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
- Kreis Düren
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis
- Kreis Paderborn
- Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
- Märkischer Kreis
- Kreis Mettmann
- Essen
- Kreis Kleve
- Kreis Recklinghausen
- Kreis Borken
- Städteregion Aachen
- Kreis Viersen
- Kreis Lippe
- Bonn
- Kreis Wesel
- Oberbergischer Kreis
- Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
- Kreis Olpe
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Suggested citation
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Hochsauerlandkreis in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/nordrhein-westfalen/hochsauerlandkreis, volumes as of October 25, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Hochsauerlandkreis in 2026 is Herdringen Castle, with 1,900 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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