Castles of Baden-Württemberg
The State of Baden-Württemberg also lays claim to a rich variety
of castles, the most important of which are listed below:
Bad Mergentheim
Castle of the Teutonic Order,
Tel. +49 7931 52212,
Opening hours: Tue - Fri 2.30 - 5.30 p.m., Sat, Sun and public
holidays 10.00 - 12.00 a.m., 2.30 - 5.30 p.m.
Blaubeuren
former Benedictine monastery
church,
Tel. +49 7344 6306/4216,
Opening hours: Palm Sunday - 31 October 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
1 November - 31 March Mon - Fri 2.00 - 4.00 p.m., Sat, Sun
10.00 - 12.00 a.m. and 2.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Bruchsal
former castle
of the Prince Bishops of Speyer,
Tel. +49 7251
742661
Opening hours: Tue - Sun, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Mon only on
public holidays
Heidelberg
former castle of the Dukes of Palatinate,
Opening hours: Daily 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Karlsruhe
Castle (Baden State Museum),
Tel. +49 721 926-6520
Opening hours. Tue, Thur 10.00
a.m. - 5.00 p.m., Wed 10 a.m. - 8.00 p.m
.
Ludwigsburg
former residential palace of the
Dukes and Kings of Württemberg,
Telefon 07141 186440
Opening hours. Mid march - Mid October: 9.00 - 12.00 a.m.
1.00 - 5.00 p.m., Sat, Sun, public holidays 10.00 - 12.00 a.m.,
1.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m., mid October - mid March: Mon - Fri
10.30 a.m. - 3.00 p.m., Sat, Sun, public holidays, 10.00 - 12.00
a.m., 1.00 - 4.00 p.m
.
Meersburg New castle,
Telefon 07532 4311-10,
Opening hours: 1 April - 31 October 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
2 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Ochsenhausen
former Benedictine Abbey,
Guided Tours März-Oktober
Konvent: Mo-Sa and public holiday 2.00 p.m. and under Telefon
+49 73523071
Klosterkirche: So and public holiday 3.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. and
under Telefon +49 73528259
Rastatt
former residential palace of the Margrave Ludwig
Wilhelm von
Baden-Baden ("Türkenlouis"),
Tel. +49 7222 978385
Opening hours: 1 April - 30 October 10.00 a.m. - 16.00 p.m., 1
November - 31 March 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m.
Schwetzingen
Baroque hunting castle and summer
residence of the Prince
Electors of the Palatinate,
Telefon 06202 81481
Opening hours. April - October Tue - Sun 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.,
November - March Sat + Sun 11.00 a.m., only Fridays 2.00 p.m.
Stuttgart, Altes
Schloß
(Württemberg State Museum),
Tel. +49 711 279-0
Opening hours: Tue 10.00 - 1.00 p.m., Wed - Sun 10.00 a.m - 5.00 p.m.
Stuttgart, Schloß Solitude
Telefon 0711 69 66 99,
Opening times: 1 April - 31 October Tue - Sun 9.00 - 12.00 a.m.,
1.30 - 5.00 p.m., 1 November - 31 March Tue - Sun 10.00 -
12.00 a.m., 1.30 - 4.00 p.m.
Stuttgart, Wilhelma
landscaped in 1842 - 51 for King Wilhelm I. von Württemberg as
a park according to the Moresque style), zoological-botanical
gardens,
Tel. +49 711 54020,
Opening hours 8.00 a.m. until dusk
Tübingen-Bebenhausen
former Cistercian Monastery and royal hunting lodge,
Tel. +49 7071 602180,
Opening hours: Tue - Fri 9.00 - 12.00 a.m., 2.00 - 5.00 p.m., Sat,
Sun, public holidays 10.00 - 12.00 a.m. 2.00 - 5.00 p.m. Closed
1 January, 24/25/26 December
Ulm-Wiblingen
former Benedictine Monastery Church, Library,
Tel. +49 731 189-3004/3001
Opening hours: St. Martin's Basilica, daily 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.,
in winter 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.; 1 November - 31 March Sat,
Sun, public holidays 2.00 - 4.00 p.m., closed 1. January,
24/25/26/31 December.
Weikersheim Castle,
Tel. +49 7934 8364,
Opening hours: 1 April - 31 October Mon - Sun 9.00 a.m. - 6.00
p.m.; 1 November - 31 March Mon - Sun 10.00 - 12.00 a.m.,
1.30 - 4.30 p.m.
Zwiefalten
former Benedictine Monastery Church,
Tel. +49 7373 600
Opening hours: 1 April - 31 October 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.; 1
November - 31 March 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.Back