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16 unusual facts about Nienburg


Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark

With him in his revolt was Albert II of Ballenstedt, who raided the monastery of Nienburg, a foundation of the family of Dedi's first wife.

Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748).

Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

On August 3 of that year Emmanuel Lebrecht assigned his wife the castle, city, and bailiwick of Nienburg as dowage for life and made her "tutrix and regent" in case of the minority of his successor, with the full approval of the agnates.

When Emmanuel Lebrecht was still a young prince, he fell in love with Gisela Agnes of Rath (b. Klein-Wülknitz near Köthen, 9 October 1669 - d. Nienburg, 12 March 1740), of an old noble family of Anhalt.

Nonetheless, Gisela Agnes was created Imperial Countess of Nienburg (German: Reichsgräfin von Nienburg) on 23 July 1694.

After the death of the Dowager Princess and formal assumption of the rule of his principality, Emmanuel Lebrecht sent for Gisela Agnes and they finally married in a secret ceremony in Nienburg on 22 May (30 September according to some sources) of 1692.

Gisela Agnes of Rath

In 1699, Emmanuel Lebrecht gave her the castle, city and district of Nienburg as a personal possession for life.

Gisela Agnes of Rath (9 October 1669 in Kleinwülknitz, now part of Köthen – 12 March 1740 in Nienburg) was Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen by marriage from 1692.

Hanover school of architecture

Hase's students were not only senior engineering officials and well-known architects, but they also taught at trade schools, for example in Eckernförde, Hamburg, and Nienburg.

Heemsen

It is situated approximately 8 km northeast of Nienburg, and 25 km south of Verden.

Jean Pickering

In 1953, Jean Desforges broke a British record and became the first British woman to long jump over 20 feet, when jumping 6.10 m in Nienburg, Germany.

Lutz Meyer-Goßner

Lutz Meyer-Goßner (born 10 July 1936 in Nienburg, Lower Saxony) is a German lawyer, jurist and law professor.

Nienburg

There are two towns named Nienburg in Germany.

Otto VIII, Count of Hoya

He was buried in the church of St. Martin in Nienburg; his tomb is lcoated in the hall below the tower.

Raymond Viskanta

As the front lines of the Soviet-German conflict approached his family's home, his family left Lithuania in 1944 and, after almost six months of intermittent travel across Germany, settled near the city of Nienburg.

Steyerberg

It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Nienburg, and 30 km north of Minden.


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Oflag X-B, a World War II German POW camp for officers located near Nienburg am Weser

Jastorf culture

In its mature phase, the Jastorf area proper in northern Lower Saxony (Lüneburger Heide, lower Elbe) can be contrasted with the so-called Nienburg (also Harpstedt-Nienburg) group to the west, situated along the Aller and the middle Weser, bordering the Nordwestblock separating it from the La Tène culture proper farther south.

Linsburg

The municipality of Linsburg lies on the northern edge of the state forest of Grinderwald, about 10 minutes drive south of the county town of Nienburg/Weser.

Middle Weser Valley

On the Lower Saxon side of the border, in the district of Nienburg/Weser, the Middle Weser Valley is home to the municipalities of Stolzenau, Landesbergen, Steyerberg, Liebenau, Nienburg/Weser, Marklohe, Heemsen, Eystrup and Hoya.

Rahden-Diepenau Geest

In the Lower Saxon district of Nienburg the region contains most of the municipalities of Diepenau and Warmsen and smaller elements of Raddestorf, and in the district of Osnabrück, most of Bohmte lies within the geest region.

Road of Weser Renaissance

Town halls such as those in Bremen, Nienburg, Rinteln, Paderborn or Hannoversch Münden also convey an impression of the splendour of the Weser Renaissance period, as do the imposing town houses of Minden, Lemgo and Hameln.

Weser

Towns along the Weser, from the confluence of Werra and Fulda to the mouth, include: Hann. Münden, Beverungen, Höxter, Holzminden, Bodenwerder, Hameln, Hessisch Oldendorf, Rinteln, Vlotho, Bad Oeynhausen, Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen, Nienburg, Achim, Bremen, Brake, Nordenham, Bremerhaven.