Büchen

Büchen station is a railway junction in Büchen in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. About 4,000 passengers embark or disembark each day (as of 2013).In front of the station building there is a bus stop with connections to the surrounding villages. Büchen station is served by trains on the Berlin–Hamburg and Lübeck–Lüneburg lines. During the division of Germany, Büchen was a border station on the line between Berlin and Hamburg in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Witzeeze is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Siebeneichen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town's name is identical in meaning with Sevenoaks in England.

Fitzen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Tramm (German pronunciation: [tʁam] ) is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Klein Pampau is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The Franzhagen Castle, also known as Franzgarten or Franzhof, was a castle near the present-day Schulendorf in southern Schleswig-Holstein. Before its destruction in 1716 it was owned by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. The castle was based on an older structure that may have originated in the Middle Ages. Under Mary of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel a grange was added in 1608, and her husband Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg expanded it into a large castle with extensive gardens. The duke ran out of funds during the construction, so that, according to a local legend, the workers were left behind unpaid. Francis II lived in the castle until his death in 1619. After his death, it was inherited by his son-in-law Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After Philip's death, the castle passed his nephew, John Christian, whose son Christian Adolph founded the short-lived family branch named after the castle, the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen line. Early in the 18th century, the castle had to be demolished because it was too dilapidated. Nothing remains of the building itself; the only reminder of its existence is a street named Hofgraben ("court moat"), at the edge of the former castle district. Some of the furnishings of the chapel (which was also demolished), found their way into the St. Mary's Church in neighbouring Büchen.

Büchen is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Büchen. The Amt Büchen consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):

Roseburg is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Dalldorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.

Bröthen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schulendorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.