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{{short description, Noble family The Counts of Woldenberg, of Wohldenberg, formerly lords of Wöltingerode, were a prosperous noble family of the High Middle Ages situated northwest of the
Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
. They take their name from
Wohldenberg Castle The Wohldenberg Castle is a ruin, located about one kilometer southwest of the small town Sillium. Sillium belongs to the municipality Holle in the district of Hildesheim (eastern Lower Saxony, Germany). Sillium’s emblem shows also the castle co ...
, which was constructed between 1153 and 1160. In 1174 they converted their previous ancestral seat, Wöltingerode Castle, into a
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monastery, thereby founding
Wöltingerode Abbey Vienenburg is a borough of Goslar, capital of the Goslar district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former independent municipality was incorporated in Goslar on 1 January 2014. Geography It is situated in the north of the Harz mountain range and eas ...
. In 1383, their property fell to the
Bishopric of Hildesheim The Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim (german: Hochstift Hildesheim, Fürstbistum Hildesheim, Bistum Hildesheim) was an Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the Middle Ages until its dissolution in 1803. The Prince-Bis ...
on the extinction of the family.


Prominent members

* Adelheid von Woldenberg (died 1208/09), first Abbess of the St. Aegidii Monastery in Münster * Burkhard I von Woldenberg (died 8 February 1235 in
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) * Heinrich II von Woldenberg (died 1318 in
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), Bishop of Hildesheim * Otto II von Woldenberg (died 1331 in
Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
), Bishop of Hildesheim *
Mechthild II von Wohldenberg Mechthild is a female Germanic given name. It is an old form of the first name Mathilde and means "powerful in combat, powerful fighter". Bearers of this name include: People * Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565), German noblewoman * Mechthild of ...
(died 1316), Abbess of
Gandersheim Abbey Gandersheim Abbey (german: Stift Gandersheim) is a former house of secular canonesses ( Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 852 by Duke Liudolf of Saxony, progenitor of the Liudolfing or ...
* Ludiger von Woldenberg (died ca. 1203), Count of Woldenberg


Literature

* Jan Habermann:'' Verbündete Vasallen. Die Netzwerke von Grafen und Herren am Nordwestharz im Spannungsgefüge zwischen rivalisierenden Fürstgewalten (ca. 1250-1400)''. Norderstedt 2011. * Wolfgang Petke: ''Die Grafen von Wöltingerode Wohldenberg. Adelsherrschaft, Königtum und Landesherrschaft am Nordwestharz im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert''. Hildesheim 1971. (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Historische Landesforschung der Universität Göttingen, 4) German noble families