Numerous castles and palaces are found in the German state of Lower Saxony. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day.
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This list encompasses those structures built as fortified sites, usually described in German as a Burg (castle or manor house) or Festung (fort/fortress), as well as those built primarily as aristocratic residences - stately homes and palaces - usually referred to in German as a Schloß or Palais/Palast.
- Agathenburg House, Agathenburg
- Ahlden House, Ahlden
- Alte Burg, Osterode am Harz
- Adelebsen Castle, Adelebsen
- Ampleben Castle, Kneitlingen
- Jagdschloss Baum, Bückeburg
- Bederkesa Castle, Bad Bederkesa
- Beningaburg, Dornum
- Bredebeck House, Lohheide
- Bentheim Castle, Bad Bentheim
- Bevern Castle, Bevern
- Blankenburg Castle, Essel
- Blankenhagen Castle, Grethem
- Bodenwerder Castle, Bodenwerder (Baron von Münchhausen)
- Bramburg, Hann. Münden
- Brunswick Palace, Brunswick
- Bückeburg Castle, Bückeburg
- Bunkenburg, Ahlden
- Calenberg Castle, near Schulenburg
- Campen Castle, Flechtorf
- Celle Castle, Celle
- Coppenbrügge Castle, Coppenbrügge
- Dankern Castle, Haren (Ems)
- Dinklage Castle, Dinklage
- Dannsee Castle, Beckdorf
- Dankwarderode Castle, Brunswick
- Diepholz Castle, Diepholz
- Erichsburg, Dassel
- Essenrode Manor, Essenrode
- Evenburg, Leer
- Everstein Castle, Polle
- Fallersleben Castle, Wolfsburg-Fallersleben
- Frauenstein Castle, Bad Lauterberg
- Freudenthal Ruins, Uslar
- Gifhorn Castle, Gifhorn
- Burg Gleichen, Appenrode
- Gleichen, Göttingen
- Gödens Castle, Neustadtgödens, Sande
- Greene Castle, Greene
- Grubenhagen Castle, near Einbeck
- Hagenburg Castle, Hagenburg
- Haneburg, Leer
- Hardenberg Castle, Nörten-Hardenberg
- Harderwykenburg, Leer
- Harzburg, Bad Harzburg
- Heldenburg, Einbeck
- Ruins of Heisterburg, Bad Nenndorf
- Heisterschlösschen, Beckedorf
- Herrenhausen Castle, Hanover
- Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz
- Hodenhagen Castle, Hodenhagen
- Holter Burg, Bissendorf
- Homburg, Stadtoldendorf
- Hornburg Castle, Hornburg
- Hoya Castle, Hoya
- Hünenburg, Bad Pyrmont
- Hünenburg, Rinteln
- Hünnefeld Castle, Bad Essen
- Hülsede Water Castle, Hülsede
- Iburg Castle and Benedictine Abbey, Bad Iburg
- Ippenburg Castle, Bad Essen
- Jever Castle, Jever
- Kukesburg, Springe
- Landestrost Castle, Neustadt am Rübenberge
- Leine Castle, Hanover
- Lauenstein Castle, on the Ith above Lauenstein, Hameln-Pyrmont
- Burg Lichtenberg, Salzgitter
- Castle ruins of Lichtenstein, Osterode am Harz
- Lutter Castle, Lutter am Barenberge
- Lütetsburg Castle, Lütetsburg
- Manningaburg, Pewsum
- Marienburg Castle, Hildesheim
- Marienburg Castle, Pattensen
- Fort Mariensiel, Wilhelmshaven
- Neuhaus Castle, Wolfsburg-Neuhaus
- Schloss Norderburg, Dornum
- Schloss Oldenburg, Oldenburg
- Oelber Castle, Oelber am weißen Wege
- Osnabrück Castle
- Osterburg, Groothusen, East Frisia
- Petersburg, Osnabrück
- Plesse Castle, Bovenden/Göttingen
- Rastede Castle, Rastede
- Ringelheim Castle and Park, Salzgitter
- Ritzebüttel Castle, Cuxhaven
- Salder Castle, Salzgitter
- Schaumburg, Rinteln
- Scharzfels Castle, Herzberg am Harz
- Schloss Bredebeck, see Bredebeck House
- Schloss Richmond, Brunswick
- Sichelnstein Castle, Sichelnstein
- Siebethsburg, Wilhelmshaven
- Söder Castle, Holle
- Stadthagen Castle, Stadthagen
- Steuerwald Castle, Hildesheim
- Uhlenburg, Essel
- Warberg Castle, Warberg
- Castle ruins of Warburg, Warberg
- Winsen Castle, Winsen (Luhe)
- Stiftsburg Wittlage, Wittlage
- Welf Castle, Hanover
- Wendhausen Castle, Wendhausen
- Wilhelmstein Fortress, Steinhude
- Winzenburg Castle, Winzenburg
- Wohldenberg Castle, Sillium
- Wolfenbüttel Castle, Wolfenbüttel
- Wolfsburg Castle, Wolfsburg