Castles in Thuringia

The Wartburg () is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German, the site of the Wartburg festival of 1817 and the supposed setting for the possibly legendary Sängerkrieg. It was an important inspiration for Ludwig II when he decided to build Neuschwanstein Castle.

art museum and palace in Weimar, Germany

Castle in Gotha

thumb|The palace seen from the south in 2020 thumb|The west front of the palace in 2020 Reinhardsbrunn is a historic complex in Friedrichroda near Gotha, in the German state of Thuringia. From its founding in 1085 to 1525, it was the site of the Benedictine house monastery of the Ludovingian Landgraves of Thuringia. Later used as an administrative seat by the Ernestine dukes of Saxony, the property was turned into a castle and park erected by the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1827.

Gleichen () is the name of two groups of castles in Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other ().

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medieval castle ruin in Kyffhäuserland, Thruringia, Germany

castle in Weida, Germany

a small stately home on the Ilm in the Tiefurt quarter of Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Castle in Germany

castle in Germany

palace in Thuringia

castle in city of Meiningen, Germany

thumb|right|The north wall of the ruin thumb|right|The Krayenberg from the north thumb|right|The Kellergeschoss thumb|right|Hotel Krayenburg thumb|right|Historical plan The Krayenburg was a castle situated on the Krayenberg hill in Germany, having the townships of Tiefenort and Merkers-Kieselbach at its foot, and overlooking an extensive section of the Werratal.

castle in Germany

castle in Thuringia, Germany

Castle in Thuringia, Germany

castle in Thuringia, Germany