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Castles & Palaces in the Saarland
From a Roman villa to a Baroque palace.
Attractions (24)
Merzig
Dagstuhl Palace
A baroque palace of 1760 at the foot of the older Dagstuhl castle near Wadern, with a chapel holding a Stations of the Cross and a crypt. Since 1989 it has housed the Leibniz Center for Informatics.
Mettlach
Saareck Palace
A historicist sandstone palace above the Saar in Mettlach, built from 1902 for Luitwin von Boch-Galhau. Today a guest house and event venue of Villeroy & Boch.
Mettlach
Ziegelberg Palace
A Neo-Renaissance palace of 1878/79 that Edmund von Boch had built above the rooftops of Mettlach. Long the seat of the ceramics museum, today it can only be viewed from outside.
St. Wendel
Tholey Benedictine Abbey
The origins of this Gothic abbey church go back to the 7th century - one of the oldest monasteries in Germany, now famous for its Gerhard Richter windows.
Merzig
Dagstuhl Castle
Built in the 13th century and preserved as a ruin, on the height above Dagstuhl Palace near Wadern in the northern Saarland.
Mettlach
Montclair Castle
The castle consists of two complexes on a steep rock above the Saar Loop.
Merzig
Grimburg Castle
The first fortification here was built by Archbishop Johann I in the year 1190.
St. Wendel
Liebenburg near Namborn
The castle was built around 1170. Its builders were vassals of the Diocese of Verdun.
Saarbrücken
Püttlingen Little Palace
This hunting lodge is a plain single-story Baroque building with a mansard roof, known as a building of 'seven bays'.
Saarlouis
Rehlingen Little Palace
The origins of this small palace go back to a fortified house from the 12th century.
Homburg
Gustavsburg Palace in Jägersburg
Originally a moated castle called Hattweiler built by the Counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch in 1395, converted into a palace by Count Palatine Johann I in 1590.
Saarbrücken
Kerpen Castle in Illingen
The small town of Illingen, whose parish 'Letoltingos' is first documented in 893, was the seat of a free imperial lordship of just a few villages.
Homburg
Wörschweiler Monastery Hill
On a ridge lie the ruins of a Cistercian abbey built in the 12th century and dissolved in the 16th.
Saarbrücken
Bucherbach Castle in Köllerbach
The origins of the castle go back to Count Simon I. Emperor Frederick I had the castle destroyed in 1168.
Homburg
Lichtenberg Castle near Kusel
Admittedly this destination lies just outside the Saarland, but a visit is well worth it - one of the largest castle ruins in Germany.
Homburg
Hohenburg / Schlossberg Homburg
The Schlossberg is the emblem of Homburg. On this hill stands the castle of the Counts of Hohenburg, first documented in 1172.
Saarlouis
Siersburg Castle
The origins of this castle complex go back to the 12th century, on a hill above the Saar valley near Saarlouis.
Saarlouis
Devil's Castle (Felsberg Castle) near Saarlouis
There are various theories as to why this castle is popularly called the Devil's Castle.
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Saarbrücken
Philippsborn Hunting Lodge
Its origins go back to the Wanborn forest castle of the 12th century.
Saarbrücken
Halberg Palace
Halberg Palace forms part of the estate of the Saarland public broadcaster, set on a wooded hill with a Roman Mithras shrine below.
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken Palace
Saarbrücken Palace is a first-rate attraction. The rock was already fortified in the 10th century; the Baroque palace was designed by Friedrich Joachim Stengel.
Saarbrücken
Forbach Castle (Lorraine)
Admittedly this destination is not quite in the Saarland, but it lies only a few kilometers across the French border.
Blieskastel
Monplaisir & Annahof Palaces
Two small country palaces in the Bliesgau, built as summer residences by the Counts of the Leyen.
Homburg
Kirkel Castle
A castle ruin on a sandstone rock with a reconstructed keep you can climb.