Germany(Lower Saxony) - Räbke

Räbke is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) of Nord-Elm. The village is situated north of the wooded Elm hill range at the Schunterriver.

The settlement was first mentioned as Ridepe in a 1205 deed. Since the 16th century Räbke was known for its paper mills meeting the needs of the University of Helmstedt.

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Oldenburg

Oldenburg is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. During the French annexation (1811–1813) in the wake of the Napoleonic war against Britain, it was also known as Le Vieux-Bourg in French. The city is situated at the Rivers Hunte and Haaren, in the northwestern region between the cities of Bremen in the east and Groningen (Netherlands) in the west.

Schloss Oldenburg (Oldenburg palace) is a schloss in the city of Oldenburg in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.It is the former residence of the counts (1667–1785), dukes (1785–1815) and grand dukes (1815–1918) of Oldenburg.

The building houses part of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History, especially concerning decorative arts and local history, as well as some old master paintings. Immediately outside the castle to the west and north is the Schlossplatz. Opposite to the north is the Schlosshöfe shopping mall, opened in 2011. To the south are the Prinzenpalais and Augusteum, also part of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History. To the southwest is theElisabeth-Anna-Palais, adjacent to the Schlossgarten Oldenburg, the main public park in Oldenburg.

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.  
View from Wilhelmshaven.

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Salzgitter

Salzgitter  is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Salzgitter is located in a bride dell coated with loess, between the Oderwald Forest and the Salzgitter-Höhenzug ("Salzgitter Hills"). The city stretches up to 24 km (15 mi) from north to south and up to 19 km (12 mi) from east to west. The highest point is the hill Hamberg (275 m or 902 ft), located northwest of Salzgitter-Bad.
View from Salzgitter

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Osnabrück

Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) NNE of Dortmund, 50 km (31 miles) NE of Münster, and some 130 km (81 miles) due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest.

Views from Osnabrück

The Osnabrück University is a public research university located in the city of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Higher education began in 1632 in Osnabrück when the Gymnasium Carolinum was upgraded into a Jesuit university. However, the Academia Carolina Osnabrugensis was closed just one year later when Swedish troops recaptured Osnabrück for the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' War.

The government of the state of Lower Saxony decided to set up a university in Osnabrück in 1970, and by 1973 had laid down the legal basis for such an institution. The university opened for the summer semester in 1974 as a successor institution to the Adolf Reichwein Teachers' College, which had occupied the former palace of the Prince-Bishopric since 1953.

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Cuxhaven

Cuxhaven (German pronunciation: [kʊksˈhaːfən]) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the shore of theNorth Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River.
View from Cuxhaven

Grafiti in Bremen.

Greetings from Cuxhaven

Germany(Lower Saxony) - Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser. The town of Celle lies in the glacial valley of the Aller river, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Hanover, 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Brunswick and 120 kilometres (75 mi) south of Hamburg. With 71,000 inhabitants it is, next to Lüneburg, the largest Lower Saxon town between Hanover and Hamburg.
View from Celle.

Celle Castle (German: Schloss Celle) or, less commonly, Celle Palace, in the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony was one of the residences of the House ofBrunswick-Lüneburg. Celle Castle is based on a fortified wall tower (Wehrturm) with the character of a water castle, that guarded a ford over the River Aller. This first fortification, called Kellu, was built by a Brunonen count around 980 AD. Another forerunner of the castle, which may have been an extension of the wall tower, was founded in 1292 by Otto the Strict.
 

Map of Lüneburger Heide.