The County of Wölpe () was the territorial lordship of a noble family in the
Middle Ages
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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.
Important representatives
* Bernard II of Wölpe (1176–1221), founder of
Neustadt am Rübenberge
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and
Mariensee Abbey
*
Iso of Wölpe (1167–1231),
Prince-Bishop of Verden
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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
Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
Former states and territories of Lower Saxony
Nienburg (district)
Castles in Lower Saxony
Medieval history of Germany
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