Sparrenberg Castle

Sparrenberg Castle, also known as the Sparrenburg is a restored fortress in the Bielefeld-Mitte district of Bielefeld, Germany. It is arranged on the Sparrenberg slope 180 meters 590 ft elevation in the Teutoburg Forest and towers 60 meters 200 ft over the downtown area. Its present appearance for the most part started in the sixteenth and nineteenth century. The Sparrenburg is thought to be Bielefeld's point of interest. The Sparrenburg was raised as a chateau at some point before 1250 by the tallies of Ravensberg. It watched the Bielefeld Pass over the Teutoburg Forest, and additionally going about as the decision seat of the tallies of Ravensberg, and as assurance for the city of Bielefeld, likely established around 1200.

Since the development of a defensive chateau for the most part originates before the establishment of a town, it is accepted that there was a more seasoned manor. In 1256, the stronghold was first said in records. In 1346, Bernard, Count of Ravensberg kicked the bucket without issue and, with his demise, the line of Calvelage-Ravensberg was doused. The palace was exchanged through marriage to Count Gerhard I of Julich-Berg, who had been hitched to Bernard's niece Margaret since 1338, and its capacity as the decision situate was lost.