Castles in Germany

3 real castles, fortresses and walled cities in Germany — each mapped, dated and ready to explore.

• Marksburg Castle

  Germany · 12th century

  The only Rhine hilltop castle never destroyed, rising in stacked terraces

• Rothenburg ob der Tauber Walls

  Germany · 13th century

  Germany's best-preserved medieval town walls, with a covered wall-walk and towers

• Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

  Germany · 14th century

  Germany's 'stone ship' toll castle set on a Rhine island