County of Wölpe
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| The County of Wölpe (green area inside red circle) c. 1250 |
Painting of Schloss Wölpe in 1823. Left: its original site as a motte and bailey castle
The County of Wölpe (German: Grafschaft Wölpe) was the territorial lordship of a noble family in the Middle Ages in the Middle Weser Region near Nienburg/Weser which folded in 1302. The seat of the counts of Wölpe was the castle site at on the Wölpe stream in the borough of Nienburg in north Germany. The castle itself no longer exists.
Important representatives[]
- Bernard II of Wölpe (1176–1221), founder of Neustadt am Rübenberge and
- (1167–1231), Prince-Bishop of Verden
Sources[]
- Marcus René Duensing: Die Chronik der County of Wölpe, Diepenau 1999, ISBN 3-929793-69-5
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
- Dieter Riemer: counts und Herren im Erzstift Bremen im Spiegel der Geschichte Lehes, Bremerhaven/Hamburg 1995 (Diss. phil. Oldenburg) S. 141 ff ISBN 3-923725-89-2
External links[]
- History of the County of Wölpe (in German)
Coordinates: 52°39′44″N 9°15′11″E / 52.66218°N 9.25314°E
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Categories:
- Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
- Former states and territories of Lower Saxony
- Nienburg (district)
- Castles in Lower Saxony
- Medieval Germany
- German history stubs