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- The names of castles in Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen are typed into Google 5,740 times a month (20 ranked castles).
- The most searched-for is Wilhelmsburg Castle (880 searches a month), number 1141 in Germany.
- Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen ranks number 11 of 19 districts and cities in Thuringia, with 2% of the state’s demand.
- Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.
Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/thuringen/landkreis-schmalkalden-meiningen, volumes as of October 25, 2026
The 10 most searched-for castles in Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelmsburg Castle | Schmalkalden | 880 | 1,141 |
| 2 | Wallenburg | Brotterode-Trusetal | 880 | 1,215 |
| 3 | Schloß Landsberg | Meiningen | 880 | 1,262 |
| 4 | Elisabethenburg Palace | Meiningen | 720 | 1,305 |
| 5 | Burg Henneberg | Meiningen | 720 | 1,320 |
| 6 | Kuehndorf Castle | Kühndorf | 320 | 1,901 |
| 7 | Hutsburg | Rhönblick | 320 | 1,957 |
| 8 | Castle Bibra | Grabfeld | 320 | 2,016 |
| 9 | Hallenburg | Steinbach-Hallenberg | 170 | 2,400 |
| 10 | Habichtsburg | Meiningen | 90 | 2,980 |
All castles in Landkreis Schmalkalden-MeiningenThe ranking in ThuringiaAll of Germany, by state and district
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Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/thuringen/landkreis-schmalkalden-meiningen, volumes as of October 25, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen in 2026 is Wilhelmsburg Castle, with 880 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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