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Iburg on the Hunte River

Iburg on the Hunte River

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Iburg on the Hunte River

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Location: Wardenburg, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. View of the Hunte River – Between the Hunte and the Küstenkanal loop from Oldenburg-Wechloy

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2. Höven Village – Hunte Cycle Path loop from Huntlosen

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3. Hunte Cycle Path – View of the Hunte River loop from Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf

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Andreas 🇺🇦

May 3, 2023

Beautiful building on the Hunte, which amazes. Praise for Alwin's remarks!

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Alwin R 🚲

July 30, 2024

History

The Iburg dates back to a Saxon refuge from the 8th century. Local legends also claim that it was the site of the Irminsul. New research relates the mention of the castrum Juberg in the Franconian Imperial Annals for the year 753 to the Iburg near Bad Driburg, not to Bad Iburg near Osnabrück.

Archaeological research in 2000/2003 found two limestone walls in the western "Saxon Wall" that are attributed to the Saxon and subsequent Frankish castle period. On the outside, the wall was supported by mighty palisades dug into the rock.

After the conquest, Charlemagne had a church dedicated to St. Peter built in the former Saxon complex, which became the archdeaconry church from 1231. He donated the castle to the Paderborn church in 799. From 1134 onwards it briefly housed a Benedictine monastery before the Paderborn bishop Bernhard II had a 180 by 50 metre stone knight's castle built here in 1189.

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Alwin R 🚲

July 16, 2022

Wardenburg Two towers, surrounded by a kind of moat that can only be crossed with a bridge and then it says "Iburg". But even if the building itself and everything around it are reminiscent of a small fortress and the name suggests a comparison with a castle, the conspicuous house with the two towers has nothing to do with a castle. Local historian Hans J. Ryszewski has taken on the history of the house.

According to the research of the local historian, the Iburg was built in 1925. The builders were not princes, but the coal dealers Ludwig Wellhausen and Heinrich Tapken from Oldenburg. Employees of the two companies are said to have been involved in the construction. They were supported by the Wardenburg masons Gustav Heinemann and Hermann Claus. The house is still family-owned today. The northern part belongs to the Wellhausens and the southern part to the Tapkens.

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Location: Wardenburg, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. View of the Hunte River – Between the Hunte and the Küstenkanal loop from Oldenburg-Wechloy

2. Höven Village – Hunte Cycle Path loop from Huntlosen

3. Hunte Cycle Path – View of the Hunte River loop from Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf

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