Burg Campen

Lehre, Germany, Germany

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Burg Campen, also known as Schloss Campen, is a former lowland castle in the village of Flechtorf within the municipality of Lehre in the Helmstedt district of Lower Saxony, Germany.

It stands on an elevated plateau in the floodplain of the Schunter river, historically surrounded by water and first mentioned in 1279, likely as a defensive fort in the powerful Welf Duchy of Braunschweig. The castle later passed through several noble families and the town of Braunschweig, was repeatedly pledged and fought over, and was eventually transformed into a five‑winged Renaissance palace between 1585 and 1596 under Duke Wilhelm of Braunschweig‑Lüneburg, with a torhouse, stables, knight’s house, and formal garden. 

Today only a few wall fragments of the actual castle remain, while parts of the later princely Amtshaus, originally from the 16th century with a stone ground floor and half‑timbered upper storeys, have been preserved as a private residence, with the surrounding park‑like grounds continuing to mark the site’s historic character.