Regal peri­ods & castle fort­resses

Celle Castle

Celle Castle, which includes the Residenz Museum, is one of the most beautiful German castles of the Royal House of Hanover.

Gifhorn Castle

Residential palace in Brunswick

Right in the middle of the city lies the Guelph Palace, known as the Residenzschloss.

Bentheim Castle

Bentheim Castle is widely considered one of the oldest and most impressive castles in north-western Germany

Wolfenbüttel Palace

Wolfenbüttel Palace contains the only state and private apartments of the High and Late Baroque in Niedersachsen

Evenburg Castle

Situated in southern East Frisia, Evenburg Castle is an old water castle; after falling into disrepair, it was rebuilt in the 19th century in the Dutch style by the Duke of Wedel.

Clemenswerth Castle

The Baroque hunting lodge of Clemenswerth Castle in Sögel, with its central pavilion surrounded by eight smaller lodges for guests, is the only remaining star-shaped hunting complex in the world

Hardenberg Castle Ruins

The castle ruin has a history going back 1000 years and now forms the venue for stories with a fairy-tale touch

Imperial Palace Goslar

The Imperial Palace (Kaiserpfalz Goslar) was built in the period from 1040 to 1050 and is a unique monument in the tradition of secular architecture – a must-see for every visitor to Goslar.

Oldenburg Palace

The pale yellow palace in Oldenburg, Germany looks magnificent to its visitors. Part of the Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (State Museum for Art and Cultural History) has been housed in the palace since 1921.

Wolfsburg Castle

In addition to lending the city its name, the impressive Weser Renaissance building is a cultural hub. It houses the Städtische Galerie art gallery, the Kunstverein art association and the Stadtmuseum city museum.