The County of Wölpe (german: Grafschaft Wölpe) was the territorial lordship of a noble family in the

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in the

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near

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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.

Important representatives

* Bernard II of Wölpe (1176–1221), founder of

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and Mariensee Abbey * Iso of Wölpe (1167–1231),

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Sources

* Marcus René Duensing: ''Die Chronik der County of Wölpe'', Diepenau 1999, * Ernst Andreas Friedrich: ''Wenn Steine reden könnten.'' Band IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, * Dieter Riemer: ''counts und Herren im Erzstift Bremen im Spiegel der Geschichte Lehes'', Bremerhaven/Hamburg 1995 (Diss. phil. Oldenburg) S. 141 ff

External links

History of the County of Wölpe
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