Wewelsburg

Wewelsburg is a castle like Renaissance citadel inside the district Wewelsburg the metropolis of Buren in Paderborn, North Rhine Westphalia. The Hohenburg lies above the Alme valley and is one of the few castles with a triangular floor plan in Germany. In 1123 Count Friedrich von Arnsberg constructed a castle at this region. After his demise, the fortress became destroyed by using farmers. Later, the Counts of Waldeck and the Prince Bishops of Paderborn possessed castles in this website online.

The present building changed into constructed from 1603 to 1609. From 1934 to 1945, the citadel become utilized by the SS and partially revamped. Today inside the Wewelsburg the Historical Museum of the Hochstift Paderborn and a teens hostel are housed. A predecessor constructing was Wifilisburg stated through the medieval chronicler Annalista Saxo, which was used for the duration of the 9th and tenth centuries towards the Hungarians, who had been considered Huns in folk subculture. This emerges from the records of Saxony by means of the chronicler of the primary Liudolfinger, Widukind of Corvey, who wrote approximately Henry I 919 to 936 clashes with the Slavs.