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The most searched-for castles in Saxony in 2026

Volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 20 castles in 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 Saxony are typed into Google 627,680 times a month (217 ranked castles).
  2. The most searched-for is Moritzburg Castle (74,000 searches a month), number 12 in Germany.
  3. Saxony ranks number 5 of 16 states, with 8% of German demand.
  4. The busiest month is August, with 11% of the year’s searches; the quietest is January (5%).
  5. Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.

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

The 20 most searched-for castles in Saxony

Searches per month
  1. Moritzburg Castle74,000
  2. Königstein Fortress60,500
  3. Schloss Wackerbarth49,500
  4. Dresden Castle33,100
  5. Pillnitz Castle33,100
  6. Water castle Klaffenbach27,100
  7. Schloss Weesenstein22,200
  8. Scharfenstein Castle22,200
  9. Zwinger18,100
  10. Kriebstein Castle18,100
  11. Albrechtsburg12,100
  12. Japanisches Palais12,100
  13. Burg Stolpen12,100
  14. Hohnstein Castle9,900
  15. Waldenburg Castle (Saxony)9,900
  16. Schloss Proschwitz9,900
  17. Lichtenwalde Castle8,100
  18. Rochlitz Castle8,100
  19. Schloss Übigau8,100
  20. Colditz Castle8,100
RankChâteauDistrictSearches per monthNational rank
1Moritzburg CastleLandkreis Meißen74,00012
2Königstein FortressLandkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge60,50014
3Schloss WackerbarthLandkreis Meißen49,50018
4Dresden CastleDresden33,10034
5Pillnitz CastleDresden33,10037
6Water castle KlaffenbachChemnitz27,10050
7Schloss WeesensteinLandkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge22,20053
8Scharfenstein CastleErzgebirgskreis22,20056
9ZwingerDresden18,10070
10Kriebstein CastleLandkreis Mittelsachsen18,10076
11AlbrechtsburgLandkreis Meißen12,100111
12Japanisches PalaisDresden12,100115
13Burg StolpenLandkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge12,100120
14Hohnstein CastleLandkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge9,900128
15Waldenburg Castle (Saxony)Landkreis Zwickau9,900138
16Schloss ProschwitzLandkreis Meißen9,900154
17Lichtenwalde CastleLandkreis Mittelsachsen8,100156
18Rochlitz CastleLandkreis Mittelsachsen8,100158
19Schloss ÜbigauDresden8,100167
20Colditz CastleLandkreis Leipzig8,100183

All castles in 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 (73 monthly series).

Share of the year’s searches, month by month
  1. January5%
  2. February5.1%
  3. March6.9%
  4. April9%
  5. May10%
  6. June7.5%
  7. July9.3%
  8. August11%
  9. September8.7%
  10. October9.3%
  11. November8.1%
  12. December10%

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 WackerbarthRadebeul49,5004
2Water castle KlaffenbachKlaffenbach27,1004
3Scharfenstein CastleDrebach22,2004
4Waldenburg Castle (Saxony)Waldenburg9,9002
5Schloss ProschwitzMeißen9,9004

By district

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

DistrictRanked châteauxSearches per monthShare of demandMost searched-for
Landkreis Meißen28163,69026%Moritzburg Castle
Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge30123,14020%Königstein Fortress
Dresden18117,97019%Dresden Castle
Landkreis Mittelsachsen2564,10010%Kriebstein Castle
Erzgebirgskreis1138,6606%Scharfenstein Castle
Landkreis Zwickau1726,8004%Waldenburg Castle (Saxony)
Landkreis Leipzig1923,7204%Colditz Castle
Landkreis Bautzen1313,7002%Barockschloss Rammenau
Landkreis Görlitz2010,5102%Schloss Althörnitz
Vogtlandkreis178,8601%Mylau Castle
Landkreis Nordsachsen137,3101%Schloss Hohenprießnitz
Leipzig41,1200%Kretschmanns Hof

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

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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Saxony in 2026 is Moritzburg Castle, with 74,000 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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