BJ Sangwan
BJ Sangwan is a globetrotter, travel editor and published travel writer. He is a contributor and co-publisher at indianchieftravel.com, where these castles can be found on the Great Castles of Germany page (with photos). http://www.indianchieftravel.com
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The 10 Greatest Castles of Germany
- By BJ Sangwan
- Published 01/24/2009
- Destinations
- Unrated
If you like castles, you'll love Germany, for Germany has castles the way Venice has canals, or Norway has fjords, or the Napa Valley has wineries. There are literally scores of them, virtually in every German state and seemingly on every other hilltop, especially along the river Rhine. There are schlosses (which are essentially castles or palaces) and there are burgs (castles or fortresses); and then there are festungs (quite simply, fortresses).