More than 25,000 castles crown the hills of Germany, so it can be difficult to choose which ones to visit. If you're seeking the best in terms of history and opulence, drive the nearly 479-mile ...

However, parts of the building date back to 1310 ... Today Marksburg is the headquarters of the German Castle Association. Medieval Burg Lahneck castle, located at the confluence of the Rhine ...

Colditz Castle, a forbidding medieval edifice near ... up to three weeks in solitary confinement. Yet for the most part their German captors—led by the good-natured head of security Reinhold ...