Palaces & castles
Once, this was the place where princes and princesses used to dance, nowadays, the palaces and castles in Northern Hesse invite you to experience, recreate and relax.
In this magical landscape, the fairy tale country of the Grimm Brothers, fairies and magicians, brave knights and beautiful princesses come alive again – waiting for you to discover them …
Krukenburg Castle
HelmarshausenFor hundreds of years, Krukenburg Castle has been a centre of secular, as well as clerical power.
Riede Palace
At the fringe of the forest, the village of Riede and Riede Palace nestle themselves against the flanks of the Klauskopf Mountain.
Moated castle Wülmersen
Once an old domain of the monastery at Helmarshausen, the moated castle Wülmersen now houses the attractive LandMuseum and a recreational facility of the county.
Weidelsburg Castle
Between Wolfhagen and NaumburgExperience one of the most impressive castle ruins in Northern Hesse!
Wilhelmshöhe Palace
Wilhelm IX ordered the erection of Wilhelmshöhe Palace at the site of a former hunting lodge of landgrave Moritz. The classicistic summer residence of Wilhelmshöhe Palace became one of the last major buildings of the age of absolutism.
Sababurg - castle of the Sleeping Beauty
Charmingly, Sababurg Castle rises above the zoo with the same name amidst the Reinhardswald Forest.
Wilhelmsthal Palace
Hunting lodge and summer residence of the earls of HesseWilhelmsthal Palace near Calden is considered to be one of the most beautiful rococo palaces in Germany.
Löwenburg Castle
The Löwenburg (“Lion’s castle”), located picturesquely in the Bergpark (“mountain park”) Wilhelmshöhe, presents itself as a romantic knight’s castle from the Middle Ages.
Trendelburg Castle
Towering above the Diemel River valley, Trendelburg Castle is located on a steeply rising mountain spur.
