Dringenberg Castle, Bad Driburg, Germany

Castle Dringenberg was built before 1323 and it was enlarged in 1463-1498 by prince-bishop of Paderborn. During the Thirty Years' War it was burned down by Swedish army. The restoration was started in 1651 and Dringenberg was a summer residence of bishops since 19th century.

7 brothers with the Auge name went from France to Germany as Knights right after the 100 years war in France. One went back to France. They ended up as Knights protecting Dringenburg Castle. I am hunting for more information on them.

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Matthias H. (Hiasi) (2 years ago)
Very well preserved castle. When we're there again, we'll definitely come back during opening hours to take a look.

Dissi Mück (2 years ago)
Very nice ? and interesting. It was nice that you didn't have to pay an entrance fee. We put something in the fundraiser.

Pawel Mo (4 years ago)
Tool...

Lasse Müller (5 years ago)
Cool

Clinton Jurke (6 years ago)
Beautiful

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