List of castles in Estonia


This is a list of castles in Estonia. This list does not include palaces and manor houses, which are listed in a separate article.

Castles of the [Teutonic Order]

ImageNameConstruction dateLocationCurrent state
Helme Castle14th centuryHelmeRuin
Karksi Castle14th centuryKarksi-NuiaRuin
Keila Castle15th-16th centuryKeilaRuin
Kursi Castle15th-16th centuryPuurmaniRuin
Laiuse Castle14th centuryLaiuseväljaRuin
Maasilinna Castle1345MaasiRuin
Hermann Castle1256NarvaPartially preserved
Paide Castle1265-1266PaidePartially preserved
Põltsamaa Castle1272PõltsamaaRuin
Pärnu Castle1265PärnuPartially preserved
Pöide Castle13th centuryPöidePartially preserved
Rakvere Castle13th centuryRakverePartially preserved
Toompea Castle13th centuryTallinnPartially preserved
Tarvastu Castle13th centuryTarvastuRuin
Toolse Castle1471ToolseRuin
Vasknarva Castle1349VasknarvaRuin
Viljandi Castle1224ViljandiRuin

Castles of the [Bishopric of Dorpat]

ImageNameConstruction dateLocationCurrent state
Kirumpää Castlebefore 1322KirumpääRuin
Otepää Castle?OtepääRuin
Rõngu Castle14th centuryRõnguRuin
Tartu Castle8th centuryTartuRuin-
Uue-Kastre Castle14th century?Võnnu?
Vana-Kastre Castle14th century?Vana-Kastre?
Vastseliina Castle1342VastseliinaRuin

Castles of the [Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek]

ImageNameConstruction dateLocationCurrent state
Haapsalu Castle13th centuryHaapsaluPartially preserved
Koluvere Castle13th centuryKoluverePartially preserved
Kuressaare Castle1380'sKuressaarePartially preserved
Lihula Castle1211LihulaRuin

Castles of the [Bishopric of Reval]

ImageNameConstruction dateLocationCurrent state
Kiviloo Castle1413KivilooRuin
Porkuni Castle1479LihulaPartially preserved

Other castles

ImageNameConstruction dateLocationCurrent state
Angerja Castlearound 1400AngerjaRuin
Glehn Castle1886NõmmeBuilt by Nikolai von Glehn
Järve Castle?JärveRuin
Kalvi Castle1485KalviRuin
Kavilda Castle1354MõisanurmeRuin
Kiiu Castle1520KiiuPartially preserved
Kiltsi Castle1466KiltsiPartially preserved
Purtse Castle16th centuryPurtsePartially preserved
Vaabina Castle16th century VaabinaDestroyed
Vao Castle14th centuryVaoPartially preserved
Vääna Castle1325VäänaRuin