County of Wölpe

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 Erichshagen-Wölpe on the Wölpe stream in the borough of Nienburg in north Germany. The castle itself no longer exists.

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

Important representatives

Bernard II of Wölpe (1176–1221), founder of Neustadt am Rübenberge and Mariensee Abbey
Iso of Wölpe (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)

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