Warberg Castle

The foundation of Warberg Castle took place in the early decades of the 13th century by the Lords of Warberg. It was built as a successor to an older Warburg, which had been destroyed in 1199. The keep is among the oldest parts of the complex. In the 14th century, the Barons of Warberg expanded the castle with a manor house, which, however, suffered severe damage during the Thirty Years' War. In 1650, Warberg fell to Duke August of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel as an expired fief. After 1918, the castle became a state domain before being acquired in 1938 by the Schulverein Reichs-Landhandelsschule and converted into a commercial school by 1942.