Castles in Bavaria

castle in Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Illertissen () is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. It is situated approximately 20 km south from Ulm adjacent to the river Iller.

cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-454 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria

palace in Bavaria, Germany

19th-century castle

Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the Chiemsee lake, in southern Bavaria, Germany. Together with the neighbouring isle of Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel, it forms the municipality of Chiemsee, located about southeast of Munich in the district of Rosenheim.

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alpine chalet of Ludwig II of Bavaria, Germany

cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-317 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria

one of the well-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany

castle in Burghausen, Germany

architectural structure

château in Bavaria, Germany

castle in Germany

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abbey in Regensburg, Bavaria

palace in Aschaffenburg, Germany

Historic wall built around the city of Nuremberg, Germany

thumb|right|250px|Plassenburg thumb|right|Historical print of Plassenburg overlooking Kulmbach|250px Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. It is one of the most impressive castles in Germany and a symbol of the city. It was first mentioned in 1135. The Plassenberg family were ministerial of the counts of Andechs (later the dukes of Andechs-Meranien) and used as their seat the Plassenburg. The House of Guttenberg, a prominent Franconian noble family, traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh v. Blassenberg (Plassenberg). The name Guttenberg is derived from Guttenberg

island in Lake Starnberg, Feldafing, Germany

cultural heritage monument D-6-71-141-7 (0) in Mespelbrunn, Bavaria

thumb|The exterior in 2023 thumb|Interior, Hall of Mirrors thumb|Interior, Rest Room thumb|Interior, Blue Cabinet

building in Old Town, Upper Bavaria, Germany

castle near the town of Rödental, Bavaria, Germany

former monastery

cultural heritage monument D-4-61-000-1 (0) in Bamberg, Bavaria

castle in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany

building in Pfronten, Swabia, Germany

The Epprechtstein is a mountain in the northern Fichtel Mountains in northeast Bavaria, Germany, . It is mineralogically the most interesting mountain in the entire Fichtel range. Around the summit there are about 20 quarries, in three of which Epprechtstein granite is quarried. The others are closed and partially overgrown.

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castle in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany

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thumb|The Fortress thumb|The fortress in 1656 Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern. It stands on a hill above Weißenburg, at an elevation of , and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century.

Hilltop German Castle Callenberg

former secularized canonesses' stift in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg, Germany

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building in Geltendorf, Upper Bavaria, Germany

thumb|300px|Aerial view of Giechburg in June 2021

cultural heritage monument D-4-74-175-7 (0) in Wiesenthau, Bavaria

cultural heritage monument D-4-72-131-13 (0) in Eckersdorf, Bavaria

building in Bavaria, Germany

fortress in Passau, Germany

was built in 1490 as the citadel of Ingolstadt Fortress

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cultural heritage monument D-6-72-114-393 (0) in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria

The Willibaldsburg is a spur castle, built around the year 1353, in Eichstätt in Upper Bavaria. Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the representative castle and seat of Eichstätt's prince-bishops. thumb|upright|The Willibaldsburg, northeast side with moat and bridge|alt=Photograph of the castle today, showing bridge over the moat thumb|upright|Main gate from the East, with statue of St Willibald above and entrance to gate hall, leading to inner courtyard|alt=The main gate, approached from the East. Above the gate is a statue of St Willibald. The gate gives entrance to the gate hall w

castle in Kirchzell

The Waldsteinburg, also called the Red Castle () is a ruined castle on the summit of the Großer Waldstein in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany. It is also known as the Westburg ('west castle') to distinguish it from the older ruins of the Ostburg ('east castle').

cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany

cultural heritage monument D-6-61-000-249 (0) in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria

château

the site of a ruined spur castle from the high middle ages, which stood about 2km to the east of Fürstenfeld Abbey in Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria, Germany

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13th century Bavarian castle

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cultural heritage monument D-4-72-111-22 (0) in Ahorntal, Bavaria

rock castle

building in Amberg, Upper Palatinate, Germany