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- The names of castles in Kreis Plön are typed into Google 25,890 times a month (12 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Plön Castle (9,900 searches a month), number 130 in Germany.
- Kreis Plön ranks number 1 of 8 districts and cities in Schleswig-Holstein, with 23% of the state’s demand.
- The busiest month is August, with 15.1% of the year’s searches; the quietest is January (3.7%).
- Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Kreis Plön in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/schleswig-holstein/kreis-plon, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 10 most searched-for castles in Kreis Plön
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plön Castle | Plön | 9,900 | 130 |
| 2 | Schloss Panker | Panker | 9,900 | 151 |
| 3 | Motte Luetjenburg | Lütjenburg | 3,600 | 419 |
| 4 | Schloss Rantzau (Rantzau) | Rantzau | 1,600 | 756 |
| 5 | Gut Ascheberg | Ascheberg | 390 | 1,821 |
| 6 | Salzau Manor | Fargau-Pratjau | 210 | 2,369 |
| 7 | Herrenhaus Waterneverstorf | Behrensdorf | 110 | 2,908 |
| 8 | Großer Schlichtenberg, Blekendorf | Blekendorf | 70 | 3,250 |
| 9 | Hagen Castle | Probsteierhagen | 70 | 3,339 |
| 10 | Hochborre Hillfort | Blekendorf | 20 | 4,241 |
All castles in Kreis PlönThe ranking in Schleswig-HolsteinAll 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 (4 monthly series).
- January3.7%
- February4.1%
- March6.3%
- April8.8%
- May13.2%
- June9.6%
- July13.3%
- August15.1%
- September10.1%
- October7.7%
- November3.8%
- December4.2%
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 | Motte Luetjenburg | Lütjenburg | 3,600 | 2 |
| 2 | Schloss Rantzau (Rantzau) | Rantzau | 1,600 | 4 |
Other districts in Schleswig-Holstein
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Suggested citation
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Kreis Plön in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/schleswig-holstein/kreis-plon, volumes as of October 25, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Kreis Plön in 2026 is Plön Castle, with 9,900 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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