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Bilstein Castle (Eschwege)
Bilstein may refer to: People * Counts of Bilstein, Frankish noble family * Barons of Bilstein, Westphalian noble family Inhabited places * Bilstein (Kürten), village near Kürten, county of Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Kreuzau), village near Kreuzau, county of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Lennestadt), town quarter of Lennestadt, county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Limbourg) or Bilstain, town quarter of Limbourg, Province of Liege, Region of Wallonia, Belgium * Amt Bilstein, former administrative district in Westphalia * Barony of Bilstein, medieval comital lordship in the area of Eschwege, North Hesse * Villa Bilstein, Ennepetal, county of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia Castles * Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt), castle in Lennestadt, Landkreis county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein Castle (Eschwege), ruined castle near Eschwege, county of Werra-Meißner-Kreis, North Hesse * Bilstein Castle (Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Bilstein
The Barony of Bilstein (german: Herrschaft Bilstein) was a dynastic lordship with extensive estates in the region of the present German states of Hesse and Thuringia. History Wigger counts The barony probably began with Count Wigger I. He is recorded to have had extensive comital rights and estates in the Germarmark march on the middle Werra (the area of Frieda and Eschwege), at Hainich (Bad Langensalza, Schlotheim, Mühlhausen and Oberdorla) and in the Obereichsfeld from 967 to 981 AD. The fragmented estates of Count Wigger extended via Dornburg an der Saale as far as the area of Zeitz, where he is mentioned from 965–981 as the Margrave of Zeitz. Along with the Ekkehardiners, the counts of Kevernburg, the counts of Schwarzburg and counts of Weimar, the Wiggers were a powerful comital family in Thuringia in the 10th through 12th centuries. Counts of Bilstein Starting in about 1130 AD, the Wiggers' descendants named themselves after their family seat, Bilstein Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschwege
Eschwege (), the district seat of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany. In 1971, the town hosted the eleventh ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location The town lies on a broad plain tract of the river Werra at the foot of the Leuchtberg (mountain) northwest of the Schlierbachswald (range) and east of the Hoher Meißner. The valley basin where the town is located includes a series of small lakes along the northern side of the river. The nearest city in Hesse is Kassel (roughly 52 km to the northwest), and the nearest in Lower Saxony is Göttingen (roughly 55 km to the north). It lies more or less in the geographical centre of Germany. Neighbouring communities Eschwege borders in the north on the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf and the community of Meinhard, in the east on the town of Wanfried (all three in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in the southeast on the town of Treffurt (in Thuringia’s Wartburgkreis), in the south on the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein & Siekermann
Bilstein may refer to: People * Counts of Bilstein, Frankish noble family * Barons of Bilstein, Westphalian noble family Inhabited places * Bilstein (Kürten), village near Kürten, county of Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Kreuzau), village near Kreuzau, county of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Lennestadt), town quarter of Lennestadt, county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Limbourg) or Bilstain, town quarter of Limbourg, Province of Liege, Region of Wallonia, Belgium * Amt Bilstein, former administrative district in Westphalia * Barony of Bilstein, medieval comital lordship in the area of Eschwege, North Hesse * Villa Bilstein, Ennepetal, county of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia Castles * Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt), castle in Lennestadt, Landkreis county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein Castle (Eschwege), ruined castle near Eschwege, county of Werra-Meißner-Kreis, North Hesse * Bilstein Castle (Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isthaberg
Isthaberg is a hill of Hesse, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Hills of Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein (Wolfhagen)
Bilstein may refer to: People * Counts of Bilstein, Frankish noble family * Barons of Bilstein, Westphalian noble family Inhabited places * Bilstein (Kürten), village near Kürten, county of Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Kreuzau), village near Kreuzau, county of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Lennestadt), town quarter of Lennestadt, county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Limbourg) or Bilstain, town quarter of Limbourg, Province of Liege, Region of Wallonia, Belgium * Amt Bilstein, former administrative district in Westphalia * Barony of Bilstein, medieval comital lordship in the area of Eschwege, North Hesse * Villa Bilstein, Ennepetal, county of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia Castles * Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt), castle in Lennestadt, Landkreis county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein Castle (Eschwege), ruined castle near Eschwege, county of Werra-Meißner-Kreis, North Hesse * Bilstein Castle (Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warstein
Warstein () is a municipality with town status in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of Sauerland. Geography Warstein is located north of the Arnsberger Wald (forest) at a brook called Wäster. The area south of the city is mostly forested; the lightly forested Haarstrang mountain is to the north. The river Möhne flows between these two areas. The highest elevation is in the south of the city near a hill called Stimm Stamm; the lowest elevation is in the village Waldhausen in the north. Neighbouring municipalities The following municipalities, some with town status, border Warstein (clockwise, beginning in the north): Anröchte, Rüthen (town), Bestwig, Meschede (town), Arnsberg (town), Möhnesee, Bad Sassendorf. Of these, Bestwig and Meschede are in the district of Hochsauerlandkreis, on Warstein's (and, thus, Soest district's) southern border. Subdivisions While named for the main settled portion within its total are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein (Vogelsberg)
Bilstein is a mountain of Hesse in the Vogelsberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Mountains of Hesse Mountains and hills of the Vogelsberg {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein (Langenberge)
The Bilstein is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... It lies within the Langenberge range. Hills of Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein (Kaufungen Forest)
Bilstein is a mountain of Hesse, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Mountains of Hesse {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilon Plateau
The Brilon Plateau (german: Briloner Hochfläche) is a highland area in the county of Hochsauerlandkreis in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is surrounded by the Brilon Heights (''Briloner Höhen''), whose mountains reach a height of . Geography Location The countryside of the Brilon Plateau and Brilon Heights includes the town of Brilon itself and several of its municipalities. Administratively it belongs largely to Hochsauerlandkreis, in the northeast, near Bleiwäsche, it is part of the county of Paderborn. It is roughly elliptical in shape; its longitudinal axis running from east-northeast to west-southwest. To the north and northeast it transitions via the Alme Uplands into the Sintfeld. In the east and southeast it descends into the very deeply incised valley of the Hoppecke. In the south it is adjoined by the Sauerland and Upland (landscapes in the Rothaar Mountains); in the west by the Warstein Forest (the eastern part of the Arnsberg Forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilstein (Brilon Plateau)
Bilstein may refer to: People * Counts of Bilstein, Frankish noble family * Barons of Bilstein, Westphalian noble family Inhabited places * Bilstein (Kürten), village near Kürten, county of Rheinisch-Bergischer-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Kreuzau), village near Kreuzau, county of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Lennestadt), town quarter of Lennestadt, county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein (Limbourg) or Bilstain, town quarter of Limbourg, Province of Liege, Region of Wallonia, Belgium * Amt Bilstein, former administrative district in Westphalia * Barony of Bilstein, medieval comital lordship in the area of Eschwege, North Hesse * Villa Bilstein, Ennepetal, county of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia Castles * Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt), castle in Lennestadt, Landkreis county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia * Bilstein Castle (Eschwege), ruined castle near Eschwege, county of Werra-Meißner-Kreis, North Hesse * Bilstein Castle (Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am Bilstein (Hückeswagen)
Am Bilstein is the name of an area of open land and prominent viewing point in the borough of Hückeswagen, county of Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Location The place lies today immediately next to the Wupper Reservoir. Its neighbouring villages are Dürhagen, Hammerstein and Voßhagen. The place may be reached today on the A 7 path, from which a small side path branches off (signed). There is a viewing point protected by railings with a panoramic view of the reservoir. Before the construction of the dam there were also views of the village of Dörpe Dörpe is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Wupper near Hückeswagen. See also *List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: A * Aa, left tributary of the Mà .... {{DEFAULTSORT:Am Bilstein (Huckeswagen) Oberbergischer Kreis Wupper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
