Bad Berleburg

Bad Berleburg, previously Berleburg, is a town in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany and belongs to the district of Siegen Wittgenstein. It is certainly one of the largest towns in Germany. Excavation finds affirm the agreement of latest urban vicinity already within the 7th century BC. On the fort hills close to Aue, Dotzlar and Wemlighausen are traces of ring wall installations from this period to locate. For the time to the 8th century, but, there is no proof of agreement in the united states. The districts of Arfeld and Raumland are already documented within the years 800 to 802 after Christ.

From the 12 months 1059 there are files confirming the settlements Alertshausen, Beddelhausen, Elsoff and Schwarzenau. In 1174 the name Widechinstein was first noted. The village Berleburg is first referred to within the files of the monastery county in 1258 as Berneborg. The castle exceeded on March 30, 1258 to Count Siegfried I and the monastery governor Adolf I von Grafschaft. In 1322, the twin rule in Berleburg by Wide kind von Grafschaft ended while he renounced in desire of Siegfried II of Wittgenstein on his rights to the town.