List of castles and palaces in Lower Saxony

This list shows the castles and palaces in the German state of Lower Saxony . These buildings, some of which can look back on 1000 years of history, were the scene of historical events and the workplaces of well-known personalities. They are often impressive buildings to this day. Are not counted to ornamental and replicas that were never used as a residence or for defense. After counting and recording the Lower Saxon castles , palaces , forts and palaces by the Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage feature at August 2018 1397 buildings (including about 200 fortifications 38) plus King Pfalzen registered, of the castle database "EBIDAT" German Castles Association were matched . Some of the castles in Lower Saxony are not listed in "EBIDAT" in order to protect them from robbery graves .

Ammerland district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Elmendorf Castle	Elmendorf 53 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ N, 8 ° 1 ′ 17 ″ E	moth	The castle was probably built as a moth in the 9th century. There was also a twelve-sided residential tower.
Rastede Castle	Rastede 53 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ N, 8 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ E	lock	The castle, which is not open to the public, is located in the middle of an English-style park landscape.
Fikensolt Castle	Westerstede 53 ° 14 ′ 29 ″ N, 7 ° 55 ′ 25 ″ E	lock	The moated castle was built in the second half of the 18th century. The castle cannot be visited.
Mansing Castle	Westerstede - Mansie 53 ° 14 ′ 27 ″ N, 7 ° 54 ′ 35 ″ E	Castle (moth)	Documented in 1226; Abandoned at the end of the 14th century; Burgstall, cultural monument in LSG
Dringenburg Castle	Dringenburg 53 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ N, 8 ° 4 ′ 43 ″ E	Castle	Only mentioned as Dringenborch in 1383, archaeologically researched in the 1970s.

Individual evidence

Location according to the historical map:

Dringenburg Castle
- Measuring table sheet 1286: Wiefelstede, 1900 Wiefelstede. - record 1898. - 1: 25000. - [Berlin]: Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, 1900
- online excerpt: kartenforum.slub-dresden

Aurich district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Aurich Castle	Aurich 53 ° 28 ′ 5 ″ N, 7 ° 28 ′ 40 ″ E	lock	A first castle was built in 1380. The present castle was built between 1851 and 1855 on the foundation walls of 1448.
Beningaburg	Dornum 53 ° 38 ′ 50 "N, 7 ° 25 ′ 48" E	Castle
Beningaburg (Osterburg)	Krummhörn- Grimersum 53 ° 28 ′ 37 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 32 ″ E	Moated castle	Ruins
Beningaburg	Brookmerland municipality - Willum 53 ° 28 ′ 37 ″ N, 7 ° 11 ′ 30 ″ E	Moated castle	Burgstall, terps visible, information board
Norderburg Castle	Dornum 53 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ N, 7 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E	Moated castle
Berum Castle	Hage-Berum 53 ° 36 ′ 5 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 50 ″ E	Castle
Fresenhaus	Rear - Loppersum 53 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ N, 7 ° 13 ′ 58 ″ E	Castle, stone house	overbuilt with a castle,
Greetsiel Castle	Krummhörn- Greetsiel 53 ° 29 ′ 55 ″ N, 7 ° 5 ′ 53 ″ E	Castle	Ancestral seat of the East Frisian count and princely family Cirksena , built between 1457 and 1460, demolished in 1777, individual houses preserved
Hinta Castle	Rear 53 ° 24 ′ 46 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 56 ″ E	Moated castle	Preserved, today four-wing complex with a large inner courtyard and moat
Lütetsburg Castle	Hage-Lütetsburg 53 ° 35 ′ 59 ″ N, 7 ° 15 ′ 47 ″ E	lock
Midlum Castle	Rear - Large Midlum 53 ° 24 ′ 36 ″ N, 7 ° 9 ′ 33 ″ E	Niederungsburg	gone, only remnants of the wall with archway and base stone survived
Middelsteburg	Krummhörn-Groothusen 53 ° 26 ′ 4 ″ N, 7 ° 3 ′ 58 ″ E	Niederungsburg, tower house	demolished, vault built over with villa
Nordeck Castle	Hage-Berum 53 ° 36 ′ 12 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 41 ″ E	lock
Manningaburg	Krummhörn - Pewsum 53 ° 26 ′ 8 ″ N, 7 ° 5 ′ 42 ″ E	Castle
Oldeborg Castle (also Broke Castle )	Südbrookmerland - Oldeborg 53 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N, 7 ° 19 ′ 58 ″ E	Moated castle	Loosened in 1427, passed away
Osterburg	Krummhörn- Groothusen 53 ° 26 ′ 7 ″ N, 7 ° 4 ′ 8 ″ E	Moated castle	received rebuilt
Ulferts Börg	Upgant bulkhead 53 ° 31 ′ 11 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E	Castle
Upleward Castle	Krummhörn- Upleward 53 ° 25 ′ 21 ″ N, 7 ° 2 ′ 44 ″ E	Moated castle	Dismissed in 1782
Uttum Castle	Krummhörn- Uttum 53 ° 27 ′ 6 ″ N, 7 ° 9 ′ 16 ″ E	Beninga water castle	no remains, only graves available, modern house
Westerburg	Dornum 53 ° 38 ′ 55 "N, 7 ° 25 ′ 36" E	Moated castle with outer bailey	departed
Westerburg Dornum	Krummhörn- Grimersum coordinates are missing! Help.	Castle	departed
Westerburg Groothusen	Krummhörn-Groothusen 53 ° 26 ′ 9 ″ N, 7 ° 3 ′ 40 ″ E	Moated castle	no remains, only grafts, ramparts and outer bailey buildings have been preserved
Westerburg rear	Rear 53 ° 24 ′ 46 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 55 ″ E	Wasserburg (probably stone house)	departed
Westerhusen Castle	Rear - Westerhusen 53 ° 24 ′ 46 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 56 ″ E	Niederungsburg, stone house	Burgstall, troops of the city of Hamburg destroyed the castle in 1436; Grafts and Zingel as well as the palace from 1600 preserved

City of Braunschweig

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Dankwarderode Castle	Braunschweig 52 ° 15 ′ 53 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 27 ″ E	Castle	Dankwarderode Castle was built between 1160 and 1175. The castle was the residence of the Brunswick dukes for centuries and is now part of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum .
Brunswick Castle	Braunschweig 52 ° 15 ′ 47 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 38 ″ E	lock	The construction of the palace, which was the residence of the Brunswick dukes from 1753 to 1918 , began in 1717 under the direction of the master builder Hermann Korb on the site of an economic yard of the Cistercian monks . The building was destroyed by fire in 1830; the successor building based on plans by the court architect Carl Theodor Ottmer was inaugurated in 1841. This building was badly damaged in World War II and demolished in 1960. From 2005 to 2007 the “Schloss Arkaden” shopping center was built on this site, the front of which is a reconstruction of the old castle facade.
Richmond Castle	Braunschweig 52 ° 14 ′ 24 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 36 ″ E	lock	The small baroque palace was built in 1768/69 by the later Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand for his wife Duchess Augusta . The city of Braunschweig acquired the property in 1935 and uses the building for public events. The park, which is around four hectares today, was reconstructed in 1987 according to original plans and is open to the public.
New Richmond Castle	Braunschweig 52 ° 14 ′ 33 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 37 ″ E	lock	The castle was built from 1833 by Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig . The main buildings were the “ducal villa” and the “cavalier house”. The castle was abandoned in 1901 and demolished in 1906.

District of Celle

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bredebeck Castle	Bergen Training Area 52 ° 47 ′ 14 ″ N, 9 ° 53 ′ 25 ″ E	Mansion	The mansion was built from 1901 to 1902. It is located between the former towns of Hörsten and Hohne on the Bergen military training area and is not open to the public.
Eldingen Castle	Eldingen 52 ° 41 ′ 17 ″ N, 10 ° 20 ′ 38 ″ E	Mansion
Celle Castle	Celle 52 ° 37 '26 "N, 10 ° 4' 40" E	lock

District of Cloppenburg

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Cloppenburg Castle	Cloppenburg 52 ° 50 ′ 49 "N, 8 ° 2 ′ 42" E	Castle	The castle was built in 1297. On August 24, 1716 the castle buildings burned down. In 1805 the castle tower was blown up and then an office building was built. In 1909 the district court was added.

District of Cuxhaven

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Otterndorf Castle	Otterndorf 53 ° 48 ′ 32 ″ N, 8 ° 53 ′ 53 ″ E	lock	The first castle in Otterndorf existed before 1400, but it was destroyed in the armed conflict around 1400, and another was demolished before 1773 because it was in disrepair. Today's castle, located in a small park with very old trees, dates from 1773 and today houses the Otterndorf District Court .
Ritzebüttel Castle	Cuxhaven 53 ° 51 '26 "N, 8 ° 41' 54" E	lock	A castle was built here around 1340. From 1981 to 1996 the castle was renovated. Today there is a restaurant, exhibition rooms and a wedding room. All rooms can be visited.
Bederkesa Castle	Bad Bederkesa 53 ° 37 ′ 35 ″ N, 8 ° 50 ′ 35 ″ E	Castle
Hagen Castle in the Bremen region	Hagen in Bremen 53 ° 21 ′ 9 ″ N, 8 ° 38 ′ 21 ″ E	Castle

City of Delmenhorst

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Delmenhorst Castle	Delmenhorst 53 ° 2 ′ 44 ″ N, 8 ° 37 ′ 38 ″ E	Moated castle	The castle was probably built from 1234 onwards; it was first mentioned in a document in 1259. It formed the nucleus of Delmenhorst. From 1711 the castle was demolished, in 1787 the castle tower was the last to be dismantled and used as a stone store for the "Peter Elisabeth Hospital". Today there is a park here.

District of Diepholz

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Freudenberg Castle (Bassum)	Bassum 52 ° 50 ′ 42 "N, 8 ° 42 ′ 51" E	Niederungsburg	The castle was probably built as a moth in the 14th century. From 1852 to 1974 Freudenburg Castle served as the seat of the Freudenberg District Court. Today the buildings are used by the adult education center as a seminar and conference center.
Diepholz Castle	Diepholz 52 ° 36 ′ 13 ″ N, 8 ° 22 ′ 21 ″ E	Moated castle	The moated castle was built at the turn of the 10th to the 11th century.
Auburg	Wagenfeld 52 ° 33 ′ 31 ″ N, 8 ° 34 ′ 43 ″ E	Protective festivals	The Auburg was built at the end of the 15th century as a protective fortress.

Emsland district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Good Altenkamp	Aschendorf 53 ° 3 ′ 11 ″ N, 7 ° 20 ′ 30 ″ E	Mansion
Good campe	Stone image 52 ° 55 ′ 10 ″ N, 7 ° 18 ′ 45 ″ E	grange
Clemenswerth Hunting Lodge	Sögel 52 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ N, 7 ° 32 ′ 14 ″ E	Hunting seat	The castle was built between 1737 and 1747. The hunting lodge and its outbuildings are open to visitors and house the Emslandmuseum Schloss Clemenswerth.
Dankern Castle	Haren 52 ° 47 ′ 42 "N, 7 ° 12 ′ 2" E	lock
Herzford Castle	Lingen 52 ° 28 ′ 35 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ E	lock

District of Friesland

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Jever Castle	Jever 53 ° 34 ′ 20 ″ N, 7 ° 54 ′ 11 ″ E	lock
Moated Castle of Gödens	Neustadtgödens , Sande 53 ° 29 ′ 7 ″ N, 7 ° 57 ′ 53 ″ E	lock
Neuchâtel Castle	Neuchâtel 53 ° 23 ′ 22 ″ N, 7 ° 56 ′ 56 ″ E	lock	The castle was built in 1462. At the end of the 16th century the castle was converted into a palace. Today the castle houses an ornithological museum, the castle chapel of the Evangelical-Lutheran community and a wedding hall, which is also the meeting room of the Zetel municipal council.
Fischhausen Castle	Wangerland 53 ° 38 ′ 28 ″ N, 7 ° 59 ′ 49 ″ E	Castle
Christiansburg	Varel (harbor)	fortress
Ellenserdamm fortress	Ellen's	fortress	Fortress to protect the Ellenser Dam

Gifhorn district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Brome Castle	Brome 52 ° 36 ′ 11 "N, 10 ° 56 ′ 55" E	Castle	The castle was first mentioned in 1203, so it must have been built before that. The ownership changed over time. From 2009 to 2014 the castle was completely renovated. The castle has been accessible again since 2014 and is used as a museum.
Gifhorn Castle	Gifhorn 52 ° 29 ′ 22 ″ N, 10 ° 32 ′ 50 ″ E	lock	The castle was built from 1525 to 1581 in the Weser Renaissance style. Today, in addition to the Gifhorn district facilities, there is also a museum.
Mundburg	Tired (Aller) 52 ° 31 ′ 9 ″ N, 10 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ E	Castle	The castle was built in 993. The castle has gone.
Wahrenholz Castle	Wahrenholz 52 ° 36 ′ 56 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 25 ″ E	Wallburg

District of Goslar

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Imperial Palace Goslar	Goslar 51 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ N, 10 ° 25 ′ 33 ″ E	Imperial Palace	The first building of a palace probably took place in 1005. During the 11th century the palace was expanded. The Kaiserpfalz can be visited. Today the Kaiserpfalz with the Rammelsberg belongs to the world cultural heritage.
Wiedelah Castle	Goslar 51 ° 57 ′ 32 ″ N, 10 ° 35 ′ 32 ″ E	Castle
Harzburg	Bad Harzburg 51 ° 52 ′ 17 ″ N, 10 ° 34 ′ 3 ″ E	ruin
Sudburg	Oker (Goslar) 51 ° 54 ′ 46 "N, 10 ° 28 ′ 56" E	Desolation	Parts of the foundation walls excavated and documented in 1933, then filled in again
Bündheim Castle	Bündheim 51 ° 53 ′ 20 ″ N, 10 ° 32 ′ 45 ″ E
Grenzlerburg	Liebenburg 52 ° 1 ′ 29 ″ N, 10 ° 23 ′ 29 ″ E	Wallburg	Medieval hilltop castle , abandoned in the 14th century.
Liebenburg Castle	Liebenburg 52 ° 1 ′ 10 ″ N, 10 ° 25 ′ 21 ″ E	Castle
Liebenburg Castle	Liebenburg 52 ° 1 ′ 11 ″ N, 10 ° 25 ′ 20 ″ E	lock	The baroque palace was built in 1754–1760 by Prince-Bishop Clemens August , but not completed. The western half forms today's castle church.
Lutter Castle	Lutter am Barenberge 51 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ N, 10 ° 16 ′ 14 ″ E	Castle
Sehusa Castle	Seesen 51 ° 53 ′ 28 ″ N, 10 ° 10 ′ 23 ″ E	Castle	Today the Seesen District Court is located in the building .
Wohlenstein Castle	Imagery 51 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ N, 10 ° 6 ′ 57 ″ E	ruin
Seesen hunting lodge	Seesen 51 ° 53 ′ 33 ″ N, 10 ° 10 ′ 19 ″ E	lock	Today the Seesen Municipal Museum is located here .
Vienenburg castle ruins	Vienenburg 51 ° 56 ′ 51 ″ N, 10 ° 33 ′ 50 ″ E	Castle ruins
Harliburg	Vienenburg 51 ° 57 ′ 38 ″ N, 10 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ E	Reichsburg

District of Göttingen

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Adelebsen Castle	Adelebsen 51 ° 34 ′ 39 ″ N, 9 ° 44 ′ 55 ″ E	Höhenburg, rock castle	Medieval castle on a rock above the village. The tower that characterizes today's image of the castle was built around the 14th and 15th centuries. After it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War, it was rebuilt as a castle, which is still privately owned today.
Frauenstein Castle	Bad Lauterberg
Bernshausen Castle	Bernshausen	moth
Plesse Castle	Bovenden 51 ° 35 ′ 51 ″ N, 9 ° 57 ′ 57 ″ E	Castle
Friedland Castle	Friedland 51 ° 25 ′ 3 ″ N, 9 ° 55 ′ 6 ″ E	Hilltop castle	Built in 1280 as a Guelph border castle to Hesse, destroyed in 1625, demolished around 1780, castle ruins: castle hill and remains of walls
Bodenhausen Castle	Friedland - Ballenhausen 51 ° 27 ′ 5 ″ N, 9 ° 58 ′ 4 ″ E	Castle	Spornburg probably from the 12th century, destroyed several times in 1396 and 1400, castle ruins: castle hill, terrain formation
Gieboldehausen Castle	Gieboldehausen 51 ° 36 ′ 34 ″ N, 10 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ E	lock	Gieboldehausen moated castle as a predecessor
The same ( old and new same)	Same 51 ° 28 ′ 2 ″ N, 10 ° 2 ′ 19 ″ E	Castles
Niedeck Castle (Alte Niedeck)	Gleichen - Benniehausen - Niedeck 51 ° 30 ′ 2 ″ N, 10 ° 3 ′ 43 ″ E	Hilltop castle	13th century, disintegrated in the 17th century, castle stable with visible castle hill; was the official seat of the small office of Niedeck , from the 2nd half of the 17th century this function was taken over by the domain / manor Niedeck in the valley to the southeast
Reinhausen Castle	Gleichen - Reinhausen 51 ° 28 ′ 4 ″ N, 9 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E	Castle	gone, built over with monastery complex while retaining parts of the castle
Palatinate Grona	Göttingen 51 ° 33 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 54 ′ 46 ″ E	Palatinate
Bramburg	Hann. Münden 51 ° 31 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 36 ′ 16 ″ E	Castle ruins
Welfenschloss Münden	Hann. Münden 51 ° 25 ′ 5 ″ N, 9 ° 39 ′ 16 ″ E	lock
Herzberg Castle	Herzberg am Harz
Scharzfels Castle	Herzberg am Harz
Jühnde Castle	Jühnde 51 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N, 9 ° 48 ′ 1 ″ E	lock
Old castle	Osterode am Harz
Lichtenstein castle ruins	Osterode am Harz
Palatinate Pöhlde	Poehlde
Brackenburg castle ruins	Scheden 51 ° 25 ′ 59 ″ N, 9 ° 44 ′ 51 ″ E
Sichelnstein castle ruins	Staufenberg 51 ° 21 ′ 2 ″ N, 9 ° 38 ′ 16 ″ E	Castle ruins

County of Grafschaft Bentheim

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Bentheim Castle	Bad Bentheim 52 ° 18 ′ 9 ″ N, 7 ° 9 ′ 22 ″ E	Castle	The castle was built in the 11th century. There is a wedding room in the castle. Today the castle can be visited.

Hameln-Pyrmont district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Aerzen Castle	Aerzen 52 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ N, 9 ° 15 ′ 51 ″ E	Castle	The castle was built before 1293, when it was mentioned for the first time.
Manor Posteholz	Aerzen-Posteholz 52 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ N, 9 ° 12 ′ 19 ″ E	Manor
Schwöbber Castle	Aerzen-Königsförde 52 ° 4 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 15 ′ 6 ″ E	lock
Hünenburg	Bad Pyrmont 51 ° 59 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 16 ′ 18 ″ E	ruin
Schellenburg	Bad Pyrmont 52 ° 0 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 16 ′ 36 ″ E	Castle ruins
Pyrmont Castle	Bad Pyrmont 51 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ N, 9 ° 14 ′ 54 ″ E	lock
Behrensen Manor	Behrensen 52 ° 6 ′ 38 ″ N, 9 ° 28 ′ 41 ″ E	Manor
Bisperode Castle	Coppenbrügge-Bisperode 52 ° 5 ′ 12 ″ N, 9 ° 30 ′ 6 ″ E	lock
Coppenbrügge Castle	Coppenbrügge 52 ° 7 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 32 ′ 51 ″ E	Castle
Diedersen manor house	Coppenbrügge-Diedersen 52 ° 5 ′ 59 ″ N, 9 ° 27 ′ 46 ″ E	lock
Manor ear	Emmerthal ear
Helpensen manor	Hameln-Haverbeck
Redenhof	Hameln 52 ° 6 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 21 ′ 34 ″ E	Adelshof
Münchhausenhof	Hessisch Oldendorf 52 ° 6 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 21 ′ 34 ″ E	lock
Roden Castle	Hessisch Oldendorf-Rohdental 52 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N, 9 ° 15 ′ 11 ″ E	Castle
Manor traffic jam	Hessian Oldendorf-Weibeck
Harderode Castle	Harderode house 52 ° 3 ′ 42 ″ N, 9 ° 31 ′ 35 ″ E	lock

Hanover region

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Stemmen manor	Barsinghausen 52 ° 20 ′ 37 ″ N, 9 ° 31 ′ 22 ″ E	Manor	The manor house of the former manor was laid out around 1560/1580. Around 1875 it was significantly redesigned. The oldest farm buildings were built around 1700.
Ricklingen Castle	Ricklingen Castle , Garbsen 52 ° 25 ′ 28 ″ N, 9 ° 30 ′ 23 ″ E	Office building	The forerunner was a moated castle built around 1225. The office building, built in 1399 in the forecourt of the castle, was replaced around 1600 by a two-storey half-timbered building handed down from Merian. Around 1750 it was transformed into a representative office building.
Linen lock	Hanover 52 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N, 9 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E	lock
Herrenhausen Palace ( reconstruction 2013)	Hanover 52 ° 23 '28 "N, 9 ° 41' 52" E	lock	The castle was completely destroyed in the Second World War in 1943. It was rebuilt by 2013, the facade has been rebuilt true to the original. Inside there is a day center.
Welfenschloss	Hanover 52 ° 22 ′ 57 ″ N, 9 ° 43 ′ 4 ″ E
George's Palace	Hanover 52 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ N, 9 ° 42 ′ 28 ″ E	Palace	Today the Georgenpalais is used as the Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and Drawing (previously: Wilhelm Busch Museum).
Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen Museum	Hanover 52 ° 23 '32 "N, 9 ° 41' 34" E
Hardenberg's house	Hanover 52 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ N, 9 ° 41 ′ 42 ″ E	Mansion
Wangenheim Palace	Hanover 52 ° 22 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ E	Palace
Landestrost Castle	Neustadt am Rübenberge 52 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 27 ′ 47 ″ E	lock
Calenberg Castle	Pattensen - Schulenburg 52 ° 11 ′ 47 ″ N, 9 ° 47 ′ 47 ″ E	Castle ruins	The castle was built near the Leine in 1292. After the Thirty Years' War the castle fell asleep. Today walls and cellars are still there.
Marienburg Castle	Pattensen 52 ° 10 ′ 22 ″ N, 9 ° 45 ′ 58 ″ E	lock	The castle was built from 1857 to 1867 according to plans by Conrad Wilhelm Hase and Edwin Oppler . The castle can be visited today.
Pattensen Castle	Pattensen 52 ° 15 ′ 45 ″ N, 9 ° 45 ′ 50 ″ E	Burgstall	The castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century, much later than the village. Only a hill remains from the castle today.
Hunting lodge Springe	Jump 52 ° 11 ′ 20 ″ N, 9 ° 34 ′ 25 ″ E	Hunting lodge
Wilhelmstein Fortress	Steinhude , Wunstorf 52 ° 27 ′ 38 ″ N, 9 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ E	fortress
Bokeloh Castle	Wunstorf 52 ° 24 ′ 38 ″ N, 9 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ E	lock

Harburg district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Winsen Castle	Winsen (Luhe) 53 ° 21 ′ 47 ″ N, 10 ° 12 ′ 15 ″ E	lock	First a castle was built here, this was first mentioned in a document in 1315. Around 1600 the castle was converted into a palace. Today the district court is located here.

Heidekreis district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Ahlden Castle	Ahlden 52 ° 45 ′ 33 ″ N, 9 ° 33 ′ 28 ″ E	Moated castle	The moated castle was built from 1549. It is used as an art auction house.
Rethem Castle	Rethem (Aller) 52 ° 47 ′ 6 ″ N, 9 ° 23 ′ 8 ″ E	Castle	The castle was built in the 13th century. Due to the extensive destruction, only a few walls are left of the original castle. From 2004 the castle courtyard was rebuilt.

District of Helmstedt

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Castle camping	Gauge 52 ° 21 ′ 9 ″ N, 10 ° 42 ′ 33 ″ O	Castle
Essenrode mansion	Gauge 52 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ N, 10 ° 38 ′ 7 ″ O	Mansion	The mansion was built in 1738. The mansion is located in a park and is surrounded by a moat. The von Bülow and von Lüneburg families lived here, among others .
Wendhausen Castle	Gauge 52 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ N, 10 ° 37 ′ 58 ″ O	lock
Schöningen Castle	Schöningen 52 ° 8 ′ 26 ″ N, 10 ° 57 ′ 54 ″ E	lock
Warberg Castle	Warberg 52 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N, 10 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E	Castle
Warburg castle ruins	Warberg 52 ° 10 ′ 11 ″ N, 10 ° 53 ′ 59 ″ E	Burgstall

Hildesheim district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Ahrbergen Castle	Ahrbergen	Hilltop castle	departed
Brüggen Castle	Brüggen 52 ° 2 ′ 33 ″ N, 9 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ E	lock	The castle was built in 1693 by Friedrich von Steinberg according to plans by the Wolfenbüttel court architect Hermann Korb . The castle has been owned by the Barons von Cramm since 1911, and the castle complex is only accessible during events.
Wohldenberg Castle	Holle 52 ° 3 ′ 31 ″ N, 10 ° 9 ′ 11 ″ E	Castle ruins	The former castle stands at the entrance to the Ambergau . Important hand routes ran in north-south and west-east directions below the castle. The castle was built between 1153 and 1160. Today there is a youth education center here.
Söder Castle	Holle 52 ° 3 ′ 23 ″ N, 10 ° 5 ′ 22 ″ E	lock	The origin of the palace complex is a small castle with an agricultural estate that belonged to the Lords of Bortfeld . In 1690 the Jobst estate was transferred to Edmund von Brabeck , who had the castle built on this site from 1741 to 1742. The castle housed an extensive art collection that Friedrich Moritz von Brabeck had amassed from 1788. The art collection was sold in 1859. The castle is now privately owned and is not open to the public.
Imperial Palace Dahlum	Königsdahlum 51 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ N, 10 ° 7 ′ 13 ″ E	Imperial Palace	The Palatinate was an important base for the Ottonians in the 10th century and was visited five times by King Otto I alone between 936 and 950 . The complex, of which there are no more remains today, was destroyed by Heinrich the Lion in 1192 .
Henneckenrode Castle	Holle 52 ° 3 ′ 32 ″ N, 10 ° 7 ′ 44 ″ E	lock	The castle was built in 1579 by Heinrich von Saldern in the Weser Renaissance style. The following year the palace garden was laid out according to the Italian model. The castle was converted into an orphanage in 1838 and is used today by the child and youth welfare of the Caritas Association of the Diocese of Hildesheim.
Rautenberg Castle	Harsum - Rautenberg 52 ° 13 ′ 18 ″ N, 10 ° 2 ′ 11 ″ E	Tower Hill Castle	Motte of the 13th century of the lower aristocratic family Rautenberg , 1480 part of the local fortification, abandoned in the Thirty Years War at the latest, today Burgstall
Rheden Castle	Rheden 52 ° 3 ′ 26 ″ N, 9 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ E	lock	The castle was built in 1729 as a mansion for the von Rheden family. The family came from an old noble family of the Hildesheim diocese , which was first mentioned in a document in 1251. The castle was rebuilt to its present form in 1899 and is privately owned.
Steinbrück Castle	Steinbrück 52 ° 13 ′ 6 ″ N, 10 ° 13 ′ 5 ″ E	Castle	The moated castle was built in 1383, it is located directly on the Fuhse River . The castle separates the Hildesheim Monastery from the Duchy of Braunschweig . In the 1950s, the Kehrwiederturm battery tower was expanded into a church.
Nettlingen Castle	Nettlingen 52 ° 9 ′ 44 ″ N, 10 ° 9 ′ 21 ″ E	lock	The castle was built by Kurt von Saldern around 1570 on the site of a former wall courtyard. The von Cramm family later bought the castle, but sold it again before the Second World War. Today the building is rented to several parties.
Winzenburg Castle	Winzenburg 51 ° 56 ′ 35 ″ N, 9 ° 56 ′ 42 ″ E	Castle	Essentially only parts of the castle keep are still in existence. The castle was built between 1130 and 1150, although a castle must have stood here before, because the first documentary mention was in 1109.
Wrisbergholzen Castle	Wrisbergholzen 52 ° 1 ′ 45 ″ N, 9 ° 54 ′ 52 ″ E	lock	Erected between 1740 and 1745 by Freiherr Johann Rudolph von Wrisberg in the Baroque style.
Derneburg	Derneburg 52 ° 5 ′ 42 ″ N, 10 ° 7 ′ 13 ″ E	lock	The castle emerged from the Augustinian women's choir foundation of Derneburg, which was founded in 1213 and converted into a Cistercian monastery in 1651 . The monastery was dissolved in 1803 as a result of secularization and in 1815 by King George III. given to his minister Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Munster . His son had the monastery building converted into a Tudor-style castle from 1846–1848 . The zu Münster family sold the castle in 1975 and it is now privately owned.

Holzminden district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bodenburg Castle	Bodenburg 52 ° 1 ′ 37 ″ N, 10 ° 0 ′ 27 ″ E	lock	Castle building from a 12th century castle
Bevern Castle	Bevern 51 ° 51 ′ 26 ″ N, 9 ° 29 ′ 46 ″ E	lock
Bodenwerder Castle	Bodenwerder 51 ° 58 ′ 34 ″ N, 9 ° 30 ′ 48 ″ E		Castle of Baron Munchausen .
Everstein Castle	Negenborn 51 ° 52 ′ 37 ″ N, 9 ° 32 ′ 40 ″ E	Castle Hill
Hehlen moated castle	Hollow 51 ° 59 ′ 15 ″ N, 9 ° 28 ′ 28 ″ E	Moated castle	preserved, privately owned, Weser Renaissance
Homburg	Stadtoldendorf 51 ° 54 ′ 7 ″ N, 9 ° 38 ′ 33 ″ E	ruin
Lauenburg	Bodenwerder 51 ° 59 ′ 44 ″ N, 9 ° 31 ′ 11 ″ E	Spurburg	Castle stable, castle hill and moat preserved
Neuhaus Hunting Lodge (Solling)	Neuhaus im Solling 51 ° 45 ′ 12 ″ N, 9 ° 31 ′ 24 ″ E
Polle castle ruins	Polle 51 ° 53 ′ 50 ″ N, 9 ° 24 ′ 25 ″ E	ruin
Poppenburg	Holzen 51 ° 56 ′ 22 ″ N, 9 ° 40 ′ 28 ″ E	Burgstall	Wall and moat remains of an abandoned spur castle, only rediscovered in 1984

District of Leer

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Surname	Place / location	Type
Stone house Bunderhee	Bunderhee	Stone house
Stickhausen Castle	Detern
Evenburg	Loga
Haneburg	Empty
Philippsburg	Loga 53 ° 14 ′ 15 ″ N, 7 ° 29 ′ 49 ″ E
Harderwykenburg	Empty 53 ° 13 ′ 46 ″ N, 7 ° 26 ′ 54 ″ E	Castle

Lüchow-Dannenberg district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Dannenberg Castle with Waldemart Tower	Dannenberg 53 ° 5 ′ 58 ″ N, 11 ° 5 ′ 52 ″ E	lock
Göhrde hunting lodge	Goehrde 53 ° 8 ′ 26 ″ N, 10 ° 52 ′ 42 ″ E	Hunting lodge	The hunting lodge was built between 1706 and 1709. The palace complex consisted of a two-winged and a three-story main building. Its use is unclear, but it is planned that a seminar center will be built.
Lüchow Castle	Lüchow 52 ° 57 ′ 57 ″ N, 11 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ E	lock	Gone
Gartow Castle	Gartow 53 ° 1 ′ 21 ″ N, 11 ° 28 ′ 6 ″ E	Mansion

District of Lüneburg

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bleckede Elbe Castle	Bleckede
Ludersburg Castle	Ludersburg
Lueneburg City Palace	Luneburg	lock	Today the district court of Lüneburg is located here.

District of Nienburg / Weser

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Hoya Castle	Hoya
Brokeloh manor	Landesbergen-Brokeloh
Eickhof Castle	Liebenau
Nienburg Castle with stock tower	Nienburg / Weser
Rehburg Castle	Rehburg

Northeim district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Nienover Castle	Nienover 51 ° 40 ′ 50 ″ N, 9 ° 31 ′ 22 ″ E	lock
Erichsburg	Dassel 51 ° 49 ′ 21 ″ N, 9 ° 43 ′ 6 ″ E	Castle
Hunnesrück Castle	Dassel 51 ° 49 ′ 16 ″ N, 9 ° 40 ′ 57 ″ E	Castle
Grubenhagen Castle	Einbeck 51 ° 45 ′ 53 ″ N, 9 ° 49 ′ 2 ″ E	Castle	The castle was probably built in the 13th century by Henry the Lion . It has not been used since the end of the 16th century. The 19 m high keep and an adjacent former horse stable from the 19th and 20th centuries have been preserved. Century. Both buildings were restored in the 1980s and are open to the public.
Heldenburg	Einbeck 51 ° 47 '59 "N, 9 ° 54' 45" E	Castle	There is a salt spring at the foot of the castle; the castle was built in the 13th century to protect this spring. Today services and events take place at the castle.
Hardeg Castle	Hardegsen 51 ° 39 ′ 4 ″ N, 9 ° 49 ′ 34 ″ E	Castle
Katlenburg	Katlenburg-Lindau 51 ° 40 ′ 40 ″ N, 10 ° 6 ′ 1 ″ E	Castle
New Lindau Castle	Lindau	Niederungsburg	Mushaus
Greene Castle	Kreiensen 51 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ N, 9 ° 56 ′ 4 ″ E	Castle
Hardenberg Castle	Norten-Hardenberg	Castle
Hardenberg Castle	Norten-Hardenberg	lock
Freudenthal castle ruins	Uslar	lock

City of Oldenburg

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Surname	Place / location	Type
Oldenburg Castle	Oldenburg 53 ° 8 ′ 16 ″ N, 8 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E	formerly a moated castle, now a castle
Heidenwall	Oldenburg	Ring wall
Donnerschwee Castle	Oldenburg	Niederungsburg
Beverbäke Castle	Oldenburg	moth

District of Osnabrück

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Buddemühlen mansion	Bad food
Hünnefeld Castle	Bad food
Ippenburg Castle	Bad food
Krietenstein mansion	Bad food
Wittlage Castle	Bad food
Castle and Benedictine Abbey of Iburg	Bad Iburg
Jagdschlösschen	Bad Iburg
Scheventorf Castle	Bad Iburg
Schleppenburg	Bad Iburg
Palsterkamp Castle	Bad Rothenfelde
Astrup Castle	Belm
Eggermühlen Castle	Bersenbrück-Eggermühlen
Holter Castle	Bissendorf
Ledenburg Castle	Bissendorf
Schelenburg Castle	Bissendorf-Schledehausen
Stockum manor	Bissendorf
Ahrenshorst manor	Booed
Herringhausen mansion	Booed
Hunteburg Castle	Booed
Langelage manor house	Booed
Knight's seat Streithorst	Booed
Alt Barenaue moated castle	Bramsche
Neu Barenaue Castle	Bramsche
Sögeln Castle	Bramsche
Wittekindsburg (Bramsche)	Bramsche
Manor Lonne	Fürstenau-Bippen
Fürstenau Castle (Fürstenau)	Fürstenau
House Brinke	Georgsmarienhütte
Osthoff manor	Georgsmarienhütte
Altenhagen Castle	Hagen am Teutoburg Forest
Borgloh House	Hilter
Auburg mansion	Melle
Bruche Castle	Melle
Bruchmühlen Castle	Melle - crushed mills
Diedrichsburg	Melle
Engelgarten mansion	Melle
Gesmold Castle	Melle
Gröneburg Castle	Melle
Koenigsbrück Castle	Melle-Neuenkirchen
Ostwalde manor	Melle
Rabingen mansion	Melle
Hünenburg (Riemsloh) Melle	Melle-Riemsloh
Vinkemühlen Castle	Melle-Insingdorf
Good Warmenau	Schiplage-St.Annen (Melle)
Good Wallenbrück	Schiplage-St.Annen (Melle)
Schlichthorst Castle	Neuenkirchen-Merzen
Loxten Castle	Nortrup
Antensburg Castle	Ostercappeln
Borgwedde mansion	Ostercappeln
Caldenhof mansion	Ostercappeln
Krebsburg mansion	Ostercappeln
Manor house Kuhof	Ostercappeln
Schwegerhoff manor	Ostercappeln
Uhlenbrook mansion	Ostercappeln
Vorwalde manor house	Ostercappeln
Wahlburg mansion	Ostercappeln
Wittekindsburg	Wallenhorst

City of Osnabrück

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Eversburg Castle	Osnabrück-Eversburg
House garden location	Osnabrück-Dodesheide
Honeburg Castle	Osnabrück-Haste
Ledenhof	Osnabrück
Good Leye	Osnabrück-Atter
Petersburg	Osnabrück
Osnabrück Castle	Osnabrück
Sandfort Castle	Osnabrück-Voxtrup
Sutthausen Castle	Osnabrück-Sutthausen
Wulften Castle	Osnabrück-Sutthausen
Defense tower Wulfter Turm	Osnabrück-Sutthausen

District of Peine

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Fürstenau Castle	Fürstenau , municipality of Vechelde	Pleasure palace	demolished, a section of the castle moat was preserved
Oberg Castle	Oberg , Ilsede municipality
Ölsburg	Ölsburg , Ilsede municipality	Burgstall	Protective castle from the 9th to 10th centuries, built over by a canon monastery after 1000, the archaeological evidence of the Ölsburg was only provided in 2019
Peine Castle	Torment	Niederungsburg	from 1659 expanded like a fortress, between 1803 and 1816 demolition of all castle buildings, a section of the moat, remains of a casemate and an escarp wall remained
Sophiental Castle	Sophiental , Wendeburg municipality	Hunting and pleasure palace	worn away
Vechelde Castle	Vechelde	Hunting and pleasure palace	Demolished in 1880 and replaced by a neoclassical building
Vöhrum moated castle	Vöhrum	moth	underground remains
Moth from Wipshausen	Wipshausen , municipality of Edemissen	moth	departed

Rotenburg (Wümme) district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Bremervörde Castle	Bremervörde 53 ° 28 ′ 59 ″ N, 9 ° 9 ′ 5 ″ E	Castle	The first castle complex was built in the 12th century. In 1682 the castle was razed, only the office building remained. Today the Bachmann Museum is located here with the bog body from Bremervörde Gnattenbergswiesen .

City of Salzgitter

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Gebhardshagen Castle	Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen 52 ° 6 ′ 15 ″ N, 10 ° 21 ′ 31 ″ E	Moated castle	First mentioned in 1186, the fortifications were the headquarters of the von Hagen family. After the Thirty Years War, the castle was rebuilt and was run as an agricultural domain. Today the facility is owned by the city of Salzgitter and is mainly used for events.
Ringwall Gebhardshagen	Salzgitter - Gebhardshagen 52 ° 6 ′ 16 ″ N, 10 ° 20 ′ 34 ″ E	Fliehburg (ring wall)	Early medieval Fliehburg, dry stone ring wall documented in 1933
Lichtenberg Castle	Salzgitter-Lichtenberg 52 ° 7 ′ 17 ″ N, 10 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ E	Castle	The castle was built by Heinrich the Lion and served to secure his empire against the Duchy of Hildesheim and the city of Goslar . The castle was destroyed in 1552 by the troops of Count Vollrad von Mansfeld . At the end of the 19th century, the foundations were exposed and the keep was rebuilt as a lookout tower.
Ringelheim Palace and Park	Salzgitter-Ringelheim 52 ° 2 ′ 4 ″ N, 10 ° 18 ′ 39 ″ E	lock	The castle emerged from the Ringelheim monastery founded in 941 . This was secularized in 1803 and, after 1817, expanded by Adolf von der Betten into today's manor house. The Reichswerke Hermann Göring took over the castle in 1938 as the administrative seat, later it belonged to the state of Lower Saxony. The castle has been privately owned since 2002.
Salder Castle	Salzgitter-Salder 52 ° 8 ′ 9 ″ N, 10 ° 20 ′ 15 ″ E	lock	The renaissance castle was built in 1608 by David Sachse, a royal Brunswick colonel and privy councilor. Duke August Wilhelm von Braunschweig bought the palace in 1695 and had it rebuilt according to plans by the state master builder Hermann Korb . In 1939 the palace and the domain were taken over by the Reichswerke. Since 1954 the castle has belonged to the city of Salzgitter, which opened its municipal museum here in 1962.
Stederburg	Salzgitter-Thiede 52 ° 11 ′ 36 ″ N, 10 ° 28 ′ 19 ″ E	Burgstall	Protective castle from the 10th century, probably built at the instigation of Heinrich I (around 876–936) to ward off the Hungarian invasions . Overbuilt after 1000 by the Steterburg monastery .

Schaumburg district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Hunting lodge tree	Buckeburg-Rusbend
Buckeburg Castle	Buckeburg
Hagenburg Castle	Hagenburg
Hülsede moated castle	Hülsede
Gut Gallhof manor house	Niedernwöhren-Meerbeck
Ahrensburg	Rinteln-Steinbergen
Arensburg Castle	Rinteln-Steinbergen
Manor Exten	Rinteln-Exten
Hühnenburg	Rinteln-Hohenrode
Hünenburg	Rinteln-Todenmann
Schaumburg	Rinteln
Rodenberg Castle	Rodenberg
Sachsenhagen moated castle	Sachsenhagen
Landsberg manor house	Stadthagen
Remeringhausen manor	Stadthagen
Stadthagen Castle	Stadthagen

District of Stade

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Agathenburg Castle	Agathenburg
Castle in the Dannsee	Beckdorf
Harsefeld Castle	Harsefeld
Horneburg Castle	Horneburg
Wehrscher Hof	Borstel
Esteburg Castle	Moor end

District of Uelzen

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Bodenteich Castle	Bad Bodenteich 52 ° 50 ′ 4 ″ N, 10 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ E	Castle	The former moated castle was built in 1250. During the Hildesheim collegiate feud , the castle was destroyed and rebuilt in its present form. Today the castle is used for cultural events.
Holdenstedt Castle	Uelzen - Holdenstedt 52 ° 55 ′ 2 ″ N, 10 ° 30 ′ 58 ″ E	Castle, later a castle	Moated castle from the end of the 12th century replaced by a moated castle at the end of the 16th century. 1708 new baroque palace. Today museum of local history
Wichmannsburg	Bienenbüttel - Wichmannsburg 53 ° 7 ′ 57 ″ N, 10 ° 30 ′ 41 ″ E	Moated castle	The Wichmannsburg was probably built by Wichmann I in the first half of the 10th century . The remains of the castle are not preserved.

District of Vechta

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Dinklage Castle	Dinklage 52 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ N, 8 ° 8 ′ 12 ″ E	Monastery and castle	A castle was mentioned in a document as early as 980. The current castle was built in 1394. A Benedictine monastery has been located here since 1941.
Hopen Castle	Lohne 52 ° 39 ′ 26 ″ N, 8 ° 13 ′ 42 ″ E	Moated castle	The moated castle was built in 1517.

Verden district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks	image
Etelsen Castle	Etelsen

Wesermarsch district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Elsfleth Hunting Lodge	Elsfleth
Friedeburg	Nordenham	Niederungsburg	Bremen fortress against the Frisians in Stadland and Butjadingen.
Ovelgönne Castle	Ovelgönne
Langwarden stone house	Boredom	Frisian stone house
Vri jade	jade
Hoskenwurt Castle	Remove
Eiswürden Castle	Eckwarden	Frisian stone house
Hasenburg (Butjadingen)	Coarse warden
Sievertsborch	Langwarden
Oldeborch	Ruhwarden
Dornebbe Castle	Dornebbe
Lienenburg	Elsfleth
Lichtenberg	Elsfleth
Lauenburg	Berne	moth
Weyhausen Castle	Altenesch	Moated castle
Altena Castle	Bardfleth
Santborch	Elsfleth
Johanniter coming Roddens	Roddens	Frisian stone house
Johanniterkommende Inte	Inte	Frisian stone house
Finkenburg	Golzwarden
Harrierburg	Brake
Ellwürden Castle	Ellwild
Gutzwarden Castle	Butjadingen
Versfleth Castle	Lemwerder

City of Wilhelmshaven

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Surname	Place / location	Type
Pinching	Wilhelmshaven
Stone house in Dauens	Wilhelmshaven	Stone house
Dauens log cabin	Wilhelmshaven
Sengwarden	Wilhelmshaven
Inhausen	Wilhelmshaven
Heddoburg	Wilhelmshaven
Cleaning two	Wilhelmshaven
Siebetsburg	Wilhelmshaven	Niederungsburg
Kniphausen Castle	Wilhelmshaven	Niederungsburg

Wolfenbüttel district

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Oelber Castle	Oelber am white path 52 ° 6 ′ 6 ″ N, 10 ° 14 ′ 16 ″ E	lock	The circular palace complex was built around 1580 on the foundations of an earlier moated castle from the 12th century in the style of a Renaissance palace. From the beginning the castle belonged to the noble von Cramm family , who shared the property with other noble families until 1766. The facility was extensively renovated in 1974 and is open to the public at events such as trade fairs and exhibitions.
Destedt Castle	Destedt 52 ° 14 ′ 23 "N, 10 ° 42 ′ 37" E	Moated castle	Origin of the castle is in the middle ages resulting Wasserburg . It is the headquarters of the Brunswick ministerial family von Veltheim . The current building was built in 1693 by Joachim Ludolf von Veltheim in the baroque style. From 1750 a park was laid out in the north of the castle, which has been under landscape protection since 1953 and is open to the public.
Ampleben Castle	Kneitlingen 52 ° 10 ′ 37 ″ N, 10 ° 44 ′ 43 ″ E	Burgstall	The castle, surrounded by a moat, was built in the 12th century. At the beginning of the 15th century, the castle, which was considered the seat of muggers, was destroyed. According to tradition, Till Eulenspiegel was baptized here around 1300 .
Hornburg Castle	Hornburg 52 ° 1 ′ 44 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ E	Castle	The castle, located on a rock above the town, was first mentioned in a document in 994. It served the Halberstadt diocese to secure the trade routes from Halberstadt to Braunschweig and Hildesheim . The castle was attacked several times during the Thirty Years War and destroyed in 1645. From 1922 the castle was partially rebuilt using old engravings. The facility is now privately owned.
Veltheim Castle	Veltheim (Ohe) 52 ° 13 ′ 8 ″ N, 10 ° 41 ′ 8 ″ E	Moated castle	The origin was a moated castle built by the von Veltheim family in the 12th century , which was destroyed by the citizens of Brunswick in 1430. The von Veltheim family sold the complex in 1494 to the von Honrodt family, who built the Renaissance- style castle here in 1555, which is surrounded by a moat. After the von Honrodt family died out, the von Veltheim family bought the castle again in 1832 and have lived there to this day.
Royal Palace Werla	Werlaburgdorf 52 ° 2 ′ 16 ″ N, 10 ° 33 ′ 17 ″ E	Königspfalz	The Palatinate emerged from a residential complex built in the 9th century, which was later surrounded by a wall and expanded into a fortified Palatinate. In the 10th century it was an important base for the Ottonians and was visited by all emperors between 924 and 1013. After the establishment of the Kaiserpfalz Goslar , Werla lost its importance and fell into disrepair from the 14th century. The complex was rediscovered in the 19th century and has been extensively researched ever since. The facility has been partially reconstructed since 2010 and is open to the public.
Asseburg	Wittmar 52 ° 8 '22 "N, 10 ° 38' 7" E	Hilltop castle	The Asseburg is a hilltop castle , it was built between 1218 and 1223 under Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel . The facility was around 180 m long and 50 m wide, making it one of the largest hilltop castles in northern Germany . It was secured by five consecutive gates and transverse walls and was considered impregnable. In 1492 the castle was abandoned by the occupation and set on fire in the feud between Duke Heinrich the Elder of Brunswick and the city of Brunswick. The ruins from this period are still preserved today.
Asselburg	Burgdorf 52 ° 8 ′ 39 ″ N, 10 ° 12 ′ 47 ″ E	Castle	The castle was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Assel and is considered the birthplace of the later Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim , who was born in 933 or around 950/960. After the death of the last male heir from Assel in 1171/75, Heinrich the Lion took over the castle. Under him, the protective function of the castle was transferred to Lichtenberg Castle and the Asselburg fell into disrepair.
Kukeriulenburg	Gielde 52 ° 2 ′ 51 ″ N, 10 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ E	Wallburg	The 65 × 105 meter ramparts are located on a hilltop of the castle hill north of Gielde. The complex was probably built in the early Middle Ages. It is believed that it served as a refuge for the royal palace Werla, about 4 km away .
Schalksburg	Groß Flöthe 52 ° 5 ′ 44 ″ N, 10 ° 30 ′ 7 ″ E	Wallburg	The rampart was probably built in the 8th century. The complex, surrounded by a ditch and a 1 to 2 meter high wall, has a diameter of 100 to 120 meters and is considered to be very well preserved. The complex was probably used as a refuge and served as a place of retreat when there was a risk of war.
Wolfenbüttel Castle	Wolfenbüttel 52 ° 9 ′ 46 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ E	lock	The building, originally built as a moated castle, served the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg as the Wolfenbüttel residence until 1754. Today's Renaissance construction of the castle, first mentioned in 1074, was started in 1553 by Duke Heinrich the Younger , the Hausmannsturm was built in 1613. The half-timbered facade was given to the palace in 1714–1716 under the master builder Hermann Korb . After 1754 the castle stood empty for a long time until a girls' school was founded here in 1866, from which today's high school in the castle emerged . The former representative rooms now house the castle museum.
Little lock	Wolfenbüttel 52 ° 9 ′ 43 ″ N, 10 ° 31 ′ 49 ″ E	lock	The Small Castle , located next to Wolfenbüttel Castle , was built in 1643 as the residence of the Hereditary Princes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . From 1687 to 1712 it housed the Rudolph-Antoniana , a knight academy for the sons of noble families. The castle was sold in 1791. In 1830 the castle was reduced in size, only the west wing was preserved and received its current appearance.
Salzdahlum Castle	Salzdahlum 52 ° 11 ′ 32 "N, 10 ° 34 ′ 58" E	lock	Former pleasure palace in Salzdahlum, built between 1688 and 1694 by Duke Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . For reasons of cost, the buildings were almost exclusively made of wood , with the cladding giving the impression of a structure made of sandstone . In 1813 the castle was demolished because it was in disrepair.

City of Wolfsburg

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Surname	Place / location	Type	Remarks
Fallersleben Castle	Wolfsburg 52 ° 25 ′ 2 ″ N, 10 ° 42 ′ 59 ″ E	Moated castle	The castle was completed in 1551. In the middle of the 17th century the palace became the official seat, from 1855 public administrations were in the building. Today the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Museum is located here .
Neuhaus Castle	Wolfsburg 52 ° 24 '56 "N, 10 ° 51' 23" E	Castle	The castle was first mentioned in 1371. The castle protected important trade routes between Lüneburg and Leipzig and Bremen and Magdeburg
Wolfsburg Castle	Wolfsburg 52 ° 26 ′ 21 ″ N, 10 ° 47 ′ 58 ″ E	lock	The castle, or Wolfsburg, was first mentioned in 1302. The castle has been a solid four-sided structure since the 17th century. The castle gave its name to the city of the KdF car .

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Lower Saxony counts its castles in the district newspaper of August 22, 2018
↑ Castle surveying - archaeologically a very modern thing in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony, 4/2004
↑ Simon Benne: Lower Saxony counts its castles in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from August 21, 2018
^ Eckard Steigerwald: Pattensen. On the history and development of the villages (until the end of the 16th century). Publication and distribution: Stadt Pattensen 1986, ISBN 3-7729-3104-9 , pages 17-19
↑ Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung - Archaeological sensation: Thomas Budde discovers the Ölsburg (February 5, 2019)

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[1] Lower Saxony counts its castles in the district newspaper of August 22, 2018

[2] Castle surveying - archaeologically a very modern thing in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony, 4/2004

[3] Simon Benne: Lower Saxony counts its castles in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from August 21, 2018

[4] Eckard Steigerwald: Pattensen. On the history and development of the villages (until the end of the 16th century). Publication and distribution: Stadt Pattensen 1986, ISBN 3-7729-3104-9 , pages 17-19

[5] Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung - Archaeological sensation: Thomas Budde discovers the Ölsburg (February 5, 2019)