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Imperial castle

An imperial castle or Reichsburg was a castle built by order of the Holy Roman Emperor, whose management was entrusted to Reichsministeriales or Burgmannen. It is not possible to identify a clear distinction between imperial castles and the fortified imperial palaces or Pfalzen, because many imperial castles were used by German kings for temporary stays. A large number of imperial castles were built in regions such as Swabia, Franconia, the Palatinate and the Alsace, where there were a high density of imperial estates (Reichsgüter) during the Hohenstaufen era.

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France

  • Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Orschwiller, Alsace
  • Baden-Württemberg

  • Grüningen Castle, Markgröningen
  • Stettenfels Castle, Untergruppenbach
  • Bavaria

  • Nuremberg Castle, Nuremberg
  • Königsberg Castle, Königsberg
  • Schwedenschanze Castle, Cham
  • Wildenberg Castle, Kirchzell
  • Hesse

  • Boyneburg, Sontra
  • Friedberg Castle, Friedberg
  • Gelnhausen Palace, Gelnhausen
  • Hayn Castle, Dreieichenhain
  • Kalsmunt Castle, Wetzlar
  • Münzenberg Castle, Münzenberg
  • Lower Saxony

  • Harliburg, Vienenburg
  • North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Berenstein Castle, Bergstein
  • Rhineland-Palatinate

  • Berwartstein Castle, Erlenbach bei Dahn
  • Cochem Castle, Cochem
  • Guttenberg Castle, Oberotterbach
  • Hammerstein Castle, Hammerstein
  • Landeck Castle, Landau
  • Landskron Castle, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
  • Lindelbrunn Castle, Vorderweidenthal
  • Meistersel Castle, Ramberg
  • Ramburg, Ramberg
  • Trifels Castle, Annweiler
  • Wegelnburg, Schönau
  • Wildburg, Sargenroth
  • Berenstein Castle
  • Saarland

  • Kirkel Castle, Neuhäusel
  • Thuringia

  • Kyffhausen Castle, Steinthaleben
  • Switzerland

  • Gümmenen Castle, Gümmenen, Canton Berne
  • Nydegg Castle, Berne, Canton Berne
  • Weissenau Castle, Unterseen, Canton Berne
  • References

    Imperial castle Wikipedia