No one knows for sure how many castles are in Germany, but the best guess is around 25,000. So which ones to see? Here are 10 of the best castles to tour when you travel to Germany.

Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein) famously served as the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.

More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, so it can be difficult to choose which ones to visit. Below, we highlight some of Germany's most stunning castles open to the public -- just be ...

Germany, in its many geographical and cultural incarnations, has always been both a crossroads and a political player in Europe. Over the past millennium, the nobility has responded to frequent ...

Discover King Ludwig II’s whimsical Bavarian palaces, from Neuschwanstein to Schachen, now crowned UNESCO World Heritage ...

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence of Eltz Castle is from 1157, making it nearly 900 years old. It ...

Shoot an arrow in Germany, and more often than not, you’ll hit a castle. It may sound preposterous given the country’s reputation for method and organization, but we still don’t know how ...

UNESCO has added Neuschwanstein, along with several other castles, to its list of international heritage. DW has more.

Crumbling castles haunt eastern Germany 25 years after wall Mutzschen castle stands in Mutzschen, Germany, in this handout photo taken April 13, 2010.

Castle Eltz: Tall, slender and rising perpendicularly on a 700 meter-high rock outcrop with the river Elzach snaking at its feet, Eltz Castle is arguably the most eye-catching castle in Germany.