5 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100
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The fairy-tale castle of Mad King Ludwig II, perched on a rugged cliff in the Bavarian Alps. It inspired Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Most photographed building in Germany, Disney castle inspiration.
The ancestral seat of the Prussian royal family and German Kaisers, perched atop a 855-meter mountain with panoramic views.
Ancestral home of the German emperors.
A romantic ruin above the Neckar River, partially destroyed in the 17th century. Its romantic decay inspired the German Romantic movement.
Inspired German Romanticism, famous romantic ruin.
A medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River, continuously owned by the same family for over 850 years.
Same family for 850+ years, never destroyed.
A medieval castle nested in the hills above the Moselle River, owned by the same family for over 33 generations.
33 generations of same family ownership.
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