Germany - Castles, Palaces, Fortresses

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View from nearby Schloss (Castle) Hohenschwangau

The coronation of romanticism?

This is the longest castle in Europe (1'043 m)!

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Castle Schönfeld near Dresden, Saxony

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Schwerin castle, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Northern Germany)

Schwerin castle again - as seen from the garden hill

Castle seen from Schwerin Lake

And the last one - Beautiful Schwerin and its castle on the Lake Island seen from a balloon

castle Kriebstein - Saxony

http://www.saechsisches-burgenland.de

Time for switching back to the West, North-Rhine-Westphalia

Altena Castle (Sauerland) - the first youth hostel of the world was established here in 1913!

And there's also some annual rock festival called Burgrock.

With Altena town in front of it:

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Aerial Altena

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View from up there:

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Focussing some mansion:

Hohenzollern Castle (Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg)

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Black Forest around

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The northernmost Rocca (hill castle) of Germany:

Burg Stargard - just a 5 minute drive from my hometown Neubrandenburg

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Many layers of time visible, mainly Brick Gothic - Castle Chapel:

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The donjon of Stargard Castle

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Stairs up the donjon, phenomenal view towards Mecklenburg and Tollense Lake from up there!

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Castle restaurant (Burggasthof "Zur Alten Münze")

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Standing in front of the castle, view to old town with its 7 hills and church

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Aerial view of Burg Stargard

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Cherry on the cake: How the place looks like this winter

Helfenberg :

The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Yeasrs war

Wildeck

this castle was destroyed in the German Peasants War, but rebuild one year later. It holds now a winemakerschool

Castle Neipperg

I´m raised in the village belows this castle :

Alternate View

a Closer look to teh outer gate :

The View from castle Hohenbeilstein to castle Lichtenberg

One F15 Eagle, two F16 Falcon and a A-10 Thunderbolt

single F-16

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Ludwigsburg Palace is one of the largest Baroque palaces in Germany.

Foundation laid in 1704 by order of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg.

The outer works where completed in 1733.

The New MAin Building _ view from south

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The New main Building from the inner yard

Some sculptures on the Old Main Building

Many rooms can be visited by guide, they are in Baroque, Rococo or Empirestyle decorated.

the Old Main Buildinmg from northwest

The Palace "Favorite" a hunting lodge of Ludwigsburg, just a few hundred meters from the main palace

The "Engelsburg" a faked ruin for romantic feelings of the duke ...

Hope you like my pictures

more Information about this palace on the official site

http://www.schloss-ludwigsburg.de

Roman Fortress