List of castles and palaces in Saxony

Numerous castles are found in the German state of Saxony. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day.

This list encompasses buildings described in German as Schloss (castle), Festung (fort/fortress), Herrenhaus (manor house) and Palais/Palast (palace). Many German castles after the middle ages were mainly built as royal or ducal palaces or as stately homes rather than as fortified buildings.

State Capital of Dresden

• Albrechtsberg Castle
• Eckberg Castle
• Lingnerschloss (alias "Villa Stockhausen")
• Nickern Castle
• Pillnitz Castle
• Royal Residence
• Zwinger Palace

Annaberg District

• Schlettau Castle, Schlettau

Aue-Schwarzenberg District

• Schwarzenberg Castle, Schwarzenberg

Bautzen District

• Körse Castle, Kirschau
• Neschwitz Baroque Castle, Neschwitz
• Ortenburg, Bautzen
• Rammenau Baroque Castle, Rammenau

City of Chemnitz

• Chemnitz Castle
• Rabenstein Castle
• Klaffenbach Water Castle

Chemnitzer Land District

• Forderglauchau Castle, Glauchau
• Hinterglauchau Castle, Glauchau
• Lichtenstein Castle Lichtenstein
• Wolkenburg Castle, Limbach-Oberfrohna

Delitzsch District

• Eilenburg Castle, Eilenburg
• Delitzsch Castle, Delitzsch

Döbeln District

• Kempe Castle, Roßwein
• Mildenstein Castle, Leisnig
• Wunderburg, Roßwein

Freiberg District

• Augustusburg Hunting Lodge, Augustusburg
• Bieberstein Castle, Bieberstein
• Frauenstein Castle, Frauenstein
• Freudenstein Castle, Freiberg
• Gleichenstein Castle, Braunsdorf
• Lichtenwalde Castle, Niederwiesa
• Purschenstein Castle, Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
• Weißenborn Castle, Weißenborn/Ore Mountains
• Reinsberg Castle, Reinsberg (Saxony)

City of Görlitz

• Landeskrone

Kamenz District

• Hermsdorf Castle, Hermsdorf (bei Dresden) (municipality Ottendorf-Okrilla)
• Königsbrück Castle, Königsbrück
• Klippenstein Castle, Radeberg

City of Leipzig

• Gohliser Schlösschen
• Pleißenburg

Leipziger Land District

• Gnandstein Castle, Gnandstein
• Wiprechtsburg Groitzsch, Groitzsch
• Kohren-Sahlis Castle, Kohren-Sahlis
• Mutzschen Castle, Mutzschen
• Frohburg Castle, Frohburg
• Altranstädt Castle, Altranstädt

Löbau-Zittau District

• Karlsfried Castle, Lückendorf
• Burg- und Klosteranlage Oybin, Oybin

Meißen District

• Albrechtsburg, Meißen
• Fasanenschlösschen, Moritzburg
• Heynitz Castle, Nossen
• Hoflößnitz Castle, Radebeul
• Moritzburg Castle, Moritzburg
• Nossen Castle, Nossen
• Oberau Castle, Oberau (Saxony)
• Proschwitz Castle, Meißen
• Schleinitz Castle, Leuben-Schleinitz
• Siebeneichen Castle, Meißen
• Lustschlösschen Spitzhaus, Radebeul
• Wackerbarths Ruh Castle, Radebeul
• Weistropp Castle, Weistropp
• Scharfenberg Castle, Klipphausen
• Batzdorf Castle, Klipphausen

Erzgebirge District

• Liebenstein Castle, Pobershau
• Scharfenstein Castle, Scharfenstein (municipality Drebach)
• Wildeck Castle, Zschopau
• Wolkenstein Castle, Wolkenstein

Mittweida District

• Kriebstein Castle, Kriebstein
• Rochlitz Castle, Rochlitz
• Rochsburg, Rochsburg
• Wechselburg Castle, Wechselburg
• Ehrenberg Castle
• Sachsenburg Castle, Frankenberg/Sa.

Muldental District

• Colditz Castle, near Dresden
• Dornreichenbach Castle, Dornreichenbach

Niederschlesischer Oberlausitz District

• Schloss Muskau, Bad Muskau

City of Plauen

• Hradschin Castle
• Jößnitz Castle

District Riesa-Großenhain

• Gana Castle, Stauchitz
• Hirschstein Castle, Hirschstein
• Schönfeld Castle, Schönfeld (Saxony)
• Seußlitz Baroque Castle, Diesbar-Seußlitz

Saxon Switzerland District

• Alter Wildenstein
• Altrathen Castle, Rathen
• Arnstein Castle
• Dohna Castle, Dohna
• Friedrichschlößchen and Baroque Garden, Großsedlitz, Großsedlitz
• Hohnstein Castle, Hohnstein
• Neurathen Castle, Rathen
• Königstein Fortress, Königstein
• Kuckuckstein Castle, Liebstadt
• Neuer Wildenstein
• Sonnenstein Castle, Pirna
• Stolpen Castle, Stolpen
• Schloss Weesenstein, Weesenstein
• Winterstein, also Hinteres Raubschloß, Ottendorf
• Zuschendorf Castle, Pirna

Stollberg District

• Hoheneck Castle, Stollberg

Torgau-Oschatz District

• Hartenfels Castle, Torgau
• Hubertusburg Castle, Wermsdorf)
• Dahlen Castle, Dahlen
• Börln Castle, Börln
• Großböhla Castle, Großböhla

Vogtland District

• Elsterberg Castle, Elsterberg
• Renaissance Castle of Göltzsch, Rodewisch
• Leubnitz Castle, Leubnitz (Vogtland)
• Mylau Castle, Mylau
• Netzschkau Castle, Netzschkau
• Schönberg Castle, Bad Brambach
• Unteres Schloss, Ellefeld
• Voigtsberg Castle, Oelsnitz (Vogtland)
• Treuen Castle, Treuen

Weißeritz District

Schloss Burgk in Freital

• Bärenstein Castle
• Burgk Castle, Freital
• Grillenburg Hunting Lodge, Tharandt
• Grimmstein, Schlottwitz
• Jochhöhschlösschen, Pesterwitz
• Lauenstein Castle
• Nöthnitz Castle, Bannewitz
• Hunting Lodge Rehefeld, Rehefeld-Zaunhaus
• Reinhardtsgrimma Castle, Reinhardtsgrimma
• Tharandt Castle, Tharandt

City of Zwickau

• Osterstein Castle
• Planitz Castle

Zwickauer Land District

• Blankenhain Castle, Crimmitschau
• Hartenstein Castle, Hartenstein
• Stein Castle, Hartenstein
• Schloss Wolfsbrunn, Hartenstein (a former villa, not a castle or palace)
• Isenburg, Bad Schlema
• Lauterbach Castle, Neukirchen/Pleiße
• Leubnitz Castle, Werdau
• Steinpleiss Castle, Werdau
• Wiesenburg Castle, Wildenfels
• Wildenfels Castle, Wildenfels
• Schönfels Castle, Lichtentanne
• Schweinsburg, Neukirchen/Pleiße

See also

• List of castles
• List of castles in Germany