[{"n": "Achalm Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/achalm-castle/", "s": "Ruined 11th-century castle with a 19th-century lookout tower."}, {"n": "Alt Eberstein", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/alt-eberstein/", "s": "Ruins of a spur castle near Baden-Baden, once seat of the Counts of Eberstein."}, {"n": "Alt-Scharfeneck Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/alt-scharfeneck-castle/", "s": "Ruined Salian-era castle near Leinsweiler in the Palatinate Forest."}, {"n": "Alt-Trauchburg Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/alt-trauchburg-castle/", "s": "Ruins of a hilltop castle in the Allgäu region."}, {"n": "Altdahn Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/altdahn-castle/", "s": "A ruined rock castle in the Palatinate Forest, destroyed and rebuilt many times."}, {"n": "Alte Burg (Osterode)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/alte-burg-osterode/", "s": "Ruined spur castle with half a bergfried in the Harz Mountains."}, {"n": "Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/altenstein-castle-lower-franconia/", "s": "Ruined hill castle in Lower Franconia, seat of the lords of Stein."}, {"n": "Altes Schloss (Bad Berneck)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/altes-schloss-bad-berneck/", "s": "Gothic ruined castle with a lofty keep above Bad Berneck."}, {"n": "Asseburg (castle)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/asseburg-castle/", "s": "Ruined hill castle on the Asse ridge in the Harz Mountains."}, {"n": "Auerbach Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/auerbach-castle/", "s": "A 13th-century fortress on the Bergstrasse, now a ruin."}, {"n": "Battenberg Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/battenberg-castle/", "s": "Ruined hilltop castle overlooking the Rhine Plain in Rhineland-Palatinate."}, {"n": "Blankenhagen Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/blankenhagen-castle/", "s": "Ruins of a medieval motte-and-bailey castle in the Aller valley."}, {"n": "Blumenstein Castle, Palatinate", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/blumenstein-castle-palatinate/", "s": "Ruined castle on a narrow red sandstone pier in the Palatinate Forest."}, {"n": "Botenlauben Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/botenlauben-castle/", "s": "Ruined castle of a minnesinger and crusader in Bavaria."}, {"n": "Dilsberg Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/dilsberg-castle/", "s": "Ruined hilltop castle with a 46 m well and Mark Twain connection."}, {"n": "Drachenfels Castle (Wasgau)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/drachenfels-castle-wasgau/", "s": "Ruined hill castle in the Wasgau region of Rhineland-Palatinate."}, {"n": "Eisenberg Castle, Bavaria", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/eisenberg-castle-bavaria/", "s": "A 14th-century hilltop ruin in Bavaria."}, {"n": "Elmstein Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/elmstein-castle/", "s": "Ruined 12th-century Palatine castle in the Palatinate Forest."}, {"n": "Epprechtstein Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/epprechtstein-castle/", "s": "Ruined hill castle above Kirchenlamitz with panoramic views."}, {"n": "Eselsburg Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/eselsburg-castle/", "s": "Ruined castle above Herbrechtingen, built around 1200."}, {"n": "Falkenburg Castle (Palatinate)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/falkenburg-castle-palatinate/", "s": "Ruined sandstone castle in the Palatinate Forest."}, {"n": "Falkenstein Castle (Pfronten)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/falkenstein-castle-pfronten/", "s": "Germany's highest castle ruin, in the Bavarian Alps."}, {"n": "Felsburg", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/felsburg/", "s": "Partial ruin of a hill castle in North Hesse, Germany."}, {"n": "Frankenburg (Palatinate)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/frankenburg-palatinate/", "s": "Ruined rock castle on the Frankenfelsen above the Modenbach valley."}, {"n": "Frankenstein Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/frankenstein-castle/", "s": "Hilltop castle possibly linked to Mary Shelley's novel."}, {"n": "Frauenstein Castle (Ore Mountains)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/frauenstein-castle-ore-mountains/", "s": "Ruined border castle on a granite rock in the Eastern Ore Mountains."}, {"n": "Frauenstein Castle (Wiesbaden)", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/frauenstein-castle-wiesbaden/", "s": "Ruined watch-tower castle near Wiesbaden, built around 1184."}, {"n": "Grafendahn Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/grafendahn-castle/", "s": "Smallest of the three Dahn rock castles, built as a Ganerbenburg."}, {"n": "Gräfenstein Castle", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/gr-fenstein-castle/", "s": "Ruined rock castle with a unique seven-sided tower."}, {"n": "Grevenburg", "u": "/e/ruined-castles-in-germany/grevenburg/", "s": "Ruined residence of the Rear County of Sponheim."}]