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- The names of castles in Erzgebirgskreis are typed into Google 38,660 times a month (11 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Scharfenstein Castle (22,200 searches a month), number 56 in Germany.
- Erzgebirgskreis ranks number 5 of 12 districts and cities in Saxony, with 6% of the state’s demand.
- The busiest month is March, with 12.9% of the year’s searches; the quietest is June (5.8%).
- Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Erzgebirgskreis in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/sachsen/erzgebirgskreis, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 10 most searched-for castles in Erzgebirgskreis
- Scharfenstein Castle22,200
- Schloss Wolkenstein6,600
- Rauenstein Castle3,600
- Wildeck Castle2,400
- Schloss Schlettau1,600
- Castle Pfaffroda1,060
- Schloss Hoheneck720
- Edelhof Alberoda390
- Isenburg50
- Liebenstein Castle30
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scharfenstein Castle | Drebach | 22,200 | 56 |
| 2 | Schloss Wolkenstein | Wolkenstein | 6,600 | 210 |
| 3 | Rauenstein Castle | Pockau-Lengefeld | 3,600 | 393 |
| 4 | Wildeck Castle | Zschopau | 2,400 | 518 |
| 5 | Schloss Schlettau | Schlettau | 1,600 | 762 |
| 6 | Castle Pfaffroda | Pfaffroda | 1,060 | 883 |
| 7 | Schloss Hoheneck | Stollberg/Erzgeb. | 720 | 1,372 |
| 8 | Edelhof Alberoda | Aue | 390 | 1,725 |
| 9 | Isenburg | Aue-Bad Schlema | 50 | 3,390 |
| 10 | Liebenstein Castle | Olbernhau | 30 | 3,875 |
All castles in ErzgebirgskreisThe ranking 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 (6 monthly series).
- January6.6%
- February7.6%
- March12.9%
- April8.5%
- May8.7%
- June5.8%
- July7.2%
- August9.5%
- September7.5%
- October6.9%
- November9.5%
- December9.4%
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 | Scharfenstein Castle | Drebach | 22,200 | 4 |
| 2 | Schloss Wolkenstein | Wolkenstein | 6,600 | 3 |
| 3 | Rauenstein Castle | Pockau-Lengefeld | 3,600 | 5 |
| 4 | Wildeck Castle | Zschopau | 2,400 | 4 |
| 5 | Schloss Schlettau | Schlettau | 1,600 | 3 |
Other districts in Saxony
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Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Erzgebirgskreis in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/sachsen/erzgebirgskreis, volumes as of October 25, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Erzgebirgskreis in 2026 is Scharfenstein Castle, with 22,200 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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