The Limberg is a hill in the Egge, a side ridge of the

Wiehen Hills The Wiehen Hills (german: Wiehengebirge, , also locally, just ''Wiehen'') are a hill range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. The hills run from west to east like a long finger away from the main upland area of the Lower Saxon ...

, south of

Preußisch Oldendorf Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns wit ...

in the German state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

. The ruins of Limberg Castle are located on the hillside.

Limberg Hill

The name ''Limberg'' is probably derived from the term ''liet'' ("gentle hill"), but it may also refer to

lime tree ''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain and Ireland they ...

s. The Limberg is about 190 metres high and rises roughly north of the main crest of the Wiehen Hills, southwest of Bad Holzhausen. Opposite it, on the main ridge, is the Maschberg, also 190 metres high. The Limberg and its western spur, its link to the Maschberg and

Nonnenstein The Nonnenstein is a hill, , in the Wiehen Hills north of Rödinghausen, Germany. The Nonnenstein is also known in older literature as the ''Rödinghauser Berg''. Height There is a curiosity about the height of the mountain: due to a measureme ...

, another hill on the main chain, southwest of the Limberg, form the valley of Eggetal.

Limberg Castle

The twelve-metre-high ''

bergfried ''Bergfried'' (plural: ''bergfriede''; English: ''belfry''; French: ''tour-beffroi''; Spanish: ''torre del homenaje'') is a tall tower that is typically found in castles of the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries and in countries under German ...

'' of the castle was restored around 1989 and may be visited. Otherwise there are still a few wall remains and

banks A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Becaus ...

visible. At the castle is a 600-year-old ''

Gogericht The ''Landgericht'' (plural: ''Landgerichte''), also called the ''Landtag'' in Switzerland, was a regional magistracy or court in the Holy Roman Empire that was responsible for high justice within a territory, such as a county (''Grafschaft''), on b ...

'' lime tree, which used to be the site of a regional court.

Literature

* Bernhard Brönner: ''Die Burg Limberg und ihre Geschichte in kurzem Abriß''. Preußisch Oldendorf, 1950. * Gustav Engel: ''Die Ravensbergischen Landesburgen''. U. Helmichs Buchhandlung, Bielefeld 1934, . * Gustav Engel: ''Landesburg und Landesherrschaft an Osning, Wiehen und Weser''. Pfeffersche Buchhandlung, Bielefeld, 1979, . * Verein zur Erhaltung der Burgruine Limberg e. V. (publ.): ''Die Burg Limberg – Mittelpunkt einer Region. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Gegenwart''. Selbstverlag, Preußisch Oldendorf, 2007, .

External links

{{Wikisource, Topographia Westphaliae: Limburg, Limburg in the ''Topographia Westphaliae'' (Matthäus Merian)
Limberg Castle at Burgenwelt.de
(with photograph)
History of the castle

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Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia Castles in North Rhine-Westphalia Wiehen Hills Preußisch Oldendorf