The Rococo Castle in Dornburg, Germany, is about as charming as castles get. Behold, the pink-and-yellow outer walls, the ornate trim around windows and doors, and the fish-scale roofing with ...

making it nearly 900 years old. It’s been continuously occupied by the Eltz family, a noble line, ever since. This long lineage makes it one of the best preserved castles in Germany.

About 1,000 years ago, the powerful Ottonian dynasty ruled what is now Germany. The Ottonians ... monasteries and castles — many serving as bases for traveling rulers and political leaders ...

The dig focused on a section of the castle’s old moat, a defensive structure built ... Bielefeld is a city in northwestern Germany and a roughly 240-mile drive west from Berlin.

In Germany’s Rhine Valley, several centuries-old castles sit just minutes from one another, and visiting them can be particularly enjoyable as the foliage changes color in the fall. Rheinstein ...

Robert Prust Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt About 1,000 years ago, the powerful Ottonian dynasty ruled what is now Germany. The Ottonians, and especially those in ...