List of palaces in Germany

German has contrasting words for what may be considered a palace: Burg which connotes a seat that is enclosed by walls, a fastness or keep, and Schloss, a more conscious borrowing, with the usual connotations of splendour. In practice, the Schloss is more likely to be a royal or ducal palace. Besides, the term Palais is mostly used for noble manor houses or palatial residences.

Baden-Württemberg

 * Bruchsal Palace, Bruchsal, residence of the Prince-Bishops of Speyer
 * Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, residence of the Electors Palatine
 * Hohenzollern Castle, show castle of the kings of Prussia
 * Karlsruhe Palace, Karlsruhe, residence of the Grand Dukes of Baden
 * Ludwigsburg Palace, Ludwigsburg, residence of the Kings of Württemberg
 * Mannheim Palace, Mannheim, residence of the Electors Palatine
 * Burg Meersburg, Meersburg, residence of the Prince-Bishops of Constance
 * Neues Schloss, Meersburg, residence of the Prince-Bishops of Constance
 * Schwetzingen Castle, Schwetzingen, residence of the Electors Palatine
 * Sigmaringen Castle, residence of the princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 * Old Castle, Stuttgart, residence of the Kings of Württemberg
 * New Castle, Stuttgart, residence of the Kings of Württemberg
 * Castle Solitude, Stuttgart, residence of the Kings of Württemberg

Bavaria

 * Herrenchiemsee, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria
 * Linderhof Palace, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria
 * Neuschwanstein, palace built by Ludwig II of Bavaria
 * Ansbach Residence, Ansbach, residence of the margraves of Ansbach
 * Seehof Palace, Memmelsdorf
 * Alte Hofhaltung and Neue Residenz, Bamberg, residence of the prince-bishops of Bamberg
 * New Castle, Bayreuth, residence of the margraves of Bayreuth
 * Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg
 * Ducal Palace, Coburg, residence of the dukes of Saxe-Coburg
 * Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, chief summer residence of the kings of Bavaria
 * Weißenstein Palace, Pommersfelden
 * Residenz, Munich, chief residence of the kings of Bavaria
 * Veste Oberhaus, Passau – residence of the prince-bishops of Passau
 * Ellingen Residence, Ellingen
 * St. Emmeram's Abbey – seat of the princes of Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg
 * Callenberg Castle, Coburg
 * Würzburg Residence – seat of the prince-bishops of Würzburg
 * Rosenau Palace, Coburg
 * Palais Leuchtenberg – palace for the first Duke of Leuchtenberg
 * Fantaisie Palace, Bayreuth
 * Fortress Marienberg – seat of the prince-bishops of Würzburg
 * Dachau Palace
 * Haimhausen Palace
 * Fürstenried Palace
 * Johannisburg Palace
 * Ketschendorf Palace
 * King's House on Schachen
 * Schloss Elmau

Berlin

 * Bellevue Palace – seat of Federal President, Berlin
 * Berlin Palace – former residence of the Hohenzollern rulers
 * Biesdorf Palace
 * Borsig Palace
 * Britz Palace
 * Charlottenburg Palace – former summer palace of the Hohenzollern, Berlin
 * Ephraim Palace
 * Friedrichsfelde Palace – former palace of Prussian Kings and nobles
 * Glienicke Palace
 * Jewel Palace
 * Kommandantenhaus – firstly private palace, later seat of the garrison of Berlin
 * Köpenick Palace
 * Crown Prince's Palace
 * Mendelssohn Palace
 * Monbijou Palace, Berlin (demolished)
 * Old Palace, Berlin – former residence of German Emperor William I
 * Ordenspalais – palace of several Prussian Kings and nobles (demolished)
 * Pannwitz Palace - completed 1914, now serving as a noble hotel
 * Podewils Palace - unique Baroque palace in central Berlin
 * Palace of Prince Albrecht – former residence of Prince Albert of Prussia (demolished)
 * Palace of Prince Henry – former residence of Prince Henry of Prussia
 * Palais am Festungsgraben
 * Palais Strousberg (demolished)
 * Pfaueninsel Palace – former palace of Frederick William II of Prussia
 * Prinzessinnenpalais – built for the princesses of the House of Hohenzollern
 * Reich Chancellery – former seat of the chancellor of Germany (building demolished)
 * Reichspräsidentenpalais - seat of the president of Germany during the Weimar Republic (building demolished)
 * Reichstagspräsidentenpalais - former seat of the president of the Reichstag (1919-1933)
 * Tegel Palace
 * Schönhausen Palace
 * Spandau Citadel

Brandenburg

 * Belvedere on the Klausberg, Potsdam
 * Belvedere on the Pfingstberg, Potsdam
 * City Palace – winter residence of the kings of Prussia and the  German emperors
 * Marmorpalais, Potsdam
 * Meseberg Palace, Meseberg
 * Barberini Palace, Potsdam
 * New Palace – former residence of the Hohenzollern rulers, Potsdam (located in the Sanssouci Park)
 * Orangery Palace, Potsdam
 * Babelsberg Palace, Babelsberg quarter of Potsdam
 * Rheinsberg Palace
 * Cecilienhof Palace, Potsdam
 * Charlottenhof Palace, Potsdam
 * Sanssouci Palace – former residence of King Frederick II of Prussia of Prussia, Potsdam

Hesse

 * Ducal Palace, Darmstadt, residence of the grand dukes of Hesse
 * Orangery, Fulda
 * Orangery, Kassel, residence of the electors of Hesse
 * Philippsthal Orangery, Philippsthal
 * Ducal Palace, Wiesbaden, residence of the dukes of Nassau
 * Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden
 * Marburger Schloss
 * Palais Thurn und Taxis, Frankfurt
 * Schloss Weilburg
 * Wilhelmshöhe Palace, Kassel, residence of the electors of Hesse

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

 * Güstrow Castle, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture
 * Schloss Bothmer, near Klütz
 * Schloss Kartlow
 * Schloss Ludwigslust, former duke residence in Ludwigslust
 * Schloss Neustrelitz, destroyed dukes palace of Neustrelitz
 * Schloss Schwerin – seat of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament in its capital city, Schwerin

North Rhine-Westphalia

 * Augustusburg Palace
 * Electoral Palace, Bonn, residence of the archbishop-electors of Cologne
 * Drachenburg Palace
 * Falkenlust Palace
 * Schloss Münster
 * Schloss Nordkirchen
 * Palais Schaumburg, Bonn
 * Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, residence of the electors Palatine

Rhineland-Palatinate

 * Electoral Palace, Koblenz
 * Electoral Palace, Mainz
 * Kurfürstliches Palais, Trier
 * Stolzenfels Castle, Koblenz

Thuringia

 * Altenburg Castle, Altenburg, residence of the dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, residence of the dukes of Saxe-Gotha
 * Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen, residence of the dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
 * Heidecksburg, Rudolstadt, residence of the princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 * Sondershausen Palace, Sondershausen, residence of the princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 * Grand Ducal Palace, Weimar, residence of the grand dukes of Saxe-Weimar

Schleswig-Holstein

 * Plön Castle