CastleOberense

Oberense Castle (Ruin)

The remains of the Castle can be visited

On the southern edge of the village of Oberense in Hesse lies the Oberense Ruin, once a moated castle. Of the original complex, remains of two corner towers and the eastern wall are still preserved today.

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The Oberense Castle was first documented in 1350 as a fief of Corvey Abbey to the Lords of Engern. Later, it came into the possession of the Lords of Padberg, who pledged it to Archbishop Friedrich of Cologne in 1410. After disputes with the Counts of Waldeck, the Padbergs finally had to cede the castle in 1454. Count Heinrich IX of Waldeck transferred it to Philipp von Grafschaft in 1457, after which the complex was renovated and reinforced with two corner towers. After the extinction of the Grafschaft family in 1572, the fief reverted to the County of Waldeck.

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