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7 unusual facts about Diepholz


Barnstorf

It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Diepholz.

Bassum

It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.

Jobst II, Count of Hoya

After the early death of his father in 1507, a regency council was formed, consisting of the Count of Spiegelberg, the Lord of Diepholz and his mother.

Marina Valdemarsdotter of Sweden

Marina of Sweden (died after 1285), was a Swedish Princess and a countess consort of Diepholz by marriage to Rudolf, Count of Diepholz.

Reineberg

Their intent was to hold their own against the Bishop of Osnabrück, the counts of Tecklenburg and the lords (Edelherren) of Diepholz.

Rudolf van Diepholt

Rudolf was the son of Johann III, Lord of Diepholz (died 1422), and Countess Kunigunde von Oldenburg; he was brother of Konrad IX, Lord of Diepholz (died 1426), and uncle of Otto IV, Lord of Diepholz (died 1481).

Schöma

Schöma is a company based in Diepholz, Germany, specialising in the construction of small diesel railway engines.


Battle of Detern

In the course of the battle an East Frisian peasant army under Focko Ukena and Sibet of Rüstringen defeated the Oldenburg troops called by Chieftain Ocko II tom Brok to assist him, the Archbishop of Bremen and the counts of Hoya, Diepholz and Tecklenburg, who had besieged Detern.

Ehrenburg

Ehrenburg, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Jobst II, Count of Hoya

Margaret, (1527-1596), abbess of Bassum Abbey 1541-1549, married Rudolph of Diepholz in 1549 Rudolf

Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach

Philip's first wife was Anna Margaretha of Diepholz; she died childless in 1629 and was buried in the town church at Butzbach.


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