The County of Wölpe (German: Grafschaft Wölpe) was the territorial lordship of a noble family in the Middle Ages 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.
German-language detail[]
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Painting of Wölpe Castle in 1823. Left: the original castle built as a motte and bailey

Location of Wölpe Castle, later designated as a district office or Amt, in Erichshagen in 1778
Important representatives[]
- Bernard II of Wölpe (1176–1221), founder of Neustadt am Rübenberge and Mariensee Abbey
- Iso of Wölpe (1167–1231), Prince-Bishop of Verden
Sources[]
- Marcus René Duensing: Die Chronik der County of Wölpe, Diepenau 1999, ISBN 3-929793-69-5
- Ernst Andreas Friedrich: Wenn Steine reden könnten. Band IV, Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1998, ISBN 3-7842-0558-5
- Dieter Riemer: counts und Herren im Erzstift Bremen im Spiegel der Geschichte Lehes, Bremerhaven/Hamburg 1995 (Diss. phil. Oldenburg) S. 141 ff ISBN 3-923725-89-2
External links[]
- History of the County of Wölpe (German)
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