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Territorial History .
In the early 12th century, the Count of Calvelage moved his residence to the newly constructed castle of Ravensberg; henceforth
the counts and county were named after Ravensberg. In 1348 the Counties of Ravensberg and of Berg were united in dynastic union;
the counts resided in Berg, which in 1380 was elevated to duchy. In 1437 the dynastic union was expanded by the addition of the
Duchy of Jülich. In 1521 it was further expanded by the addition of the Duchy of Kleve and the
County of Mark. In 1609 the line of the Dukes of Kleve-Jülich-Berg and Counts of Mark and Ravensberg ended. The inheritance was split by the Count of Pfalz-Neuburg and the Margrave-Elector of Brandenburg (1609, 1614, 1666); the latter received Kleve, Mark and Ravensberg. At the Peace of Westphalia 1648, Brandenburg also received the Princebishopric of Minden. Brandenburg forces seized the hitherto immediate city of Herford (1648). By annexing it into Ravensberg territory, Amt Vlotho, hitherto an exclave, was connected with the rest of the county. In 1807 Prussia ceded Ravensberg to the Kingdom of Westphalia. After having been annexed by France in 1810, Ravensberg was returned to Prussia in 1815 and integrated into the Province Westfalen. |
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Church History .
In the Middle Ages, eastern Ravensberg was part of the Diocese of Minden, western Ravensberg was part of the Diocese of Münster. In the city of Minden the Lutheran Reformation was introduced in the 1520s. In Ravensberg the reformation was introduced from 1541 onward; the Diocese of Minden was dissolved in 1648, when Hochstift Minden was annexed by Prussia. Administrative History . Administrative center was first Ravensberg Castle, later the city of Bielefeld. The County was composed of 4 Ämter, Ravensberg, Sparrenberg, Limberg and Vlotho, and the two cities of Bielefeld and Herford. In 1719 the Prussian possessions Minden and Ravensberg were administratively combined. Minden-Ravensberg 1740-1815 Minden-Ravensberg 1666-1740 |
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| Country Profiles | modern |
Article : County of Ravensberg, from Wikipedia Article , Minden-Ravensberg, Grafschaft Ravensberg, from Wikipedia German edition Article : Grafschaft Ravensberg, from GenWiki, in German |
| historical |
P.F. Weddigen, Historisch-geographisch-statistische Beschreibung der Grafschaft Ravensberg in Westphalen
vol.1 1790,
vol.2 1790, in German, GB F. Vormbaum, Die Grafschaft Ravensberg und die Stadt und vormalige Abtei Herford in ihren alten Aemtern, in ihren jetzigen landräthlichen Kreisen und in ihren Geschichten u. Sagen, 1864, in German, GB |
| Links, on History |
Internet-Portal Westfälische Geschichte Kategorie : Grafschaft Ravensberg, from Wikipedia German edition |
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| County of Ravensberg |
Historischer Verein für die Grafschaft Ravensberg |
| Local |
Stiftung Burg Ravensberg |
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| Accounts of History | General, Modern |
Article : County of Ravensberg, from Wikipedia Article , Minden-Ravensberg, Grafschaft Ravensberg, from Wikipedia German edition Article : Grafschaft Ravensberg, from GenWiki, in German Geschichte der Grafschaft Ravensberg, by Thomas Höckmann, in German |
| General, Historical |
A. Lamey, Diplomatische Geschichte der alten Grafen von Ravensberg, 1779,
in German, GB E.A.F. Culemann, Ravensbergische Merckwürdigkeiten: Worinnen alles dasjenige, was sich in der Grafschaft Ravensberg bishero Merckwürdiges zugetragen hat, kürtzlich erzählet wird vol.1 1747, vol.2 1749, vol.3 1752, in German, GB |
| Specific Periods |
Article : Minden-Ravensberg, from Wikipedia E. Schaumburg, Die Begründung der Brandenburg-Preussischen Herrschaft am Niederrhein und in Westfalen oder der Jülich-Clevische Erbfolgestreit, 1859, in German, GB |
| Administration | Institutions |
| Law |
P. Wigand, Die Provinzialrechte des Fürstenthums Minden, der Graffschaften Ravensberg und Rietberg, der Herrschaft Rheda und des Amtes Reckenberg in Westphalen, 1834, in German, GB |
| Military |
Article : Jülich-Klevischer Erbfolgestreit,
Article : Gulik-Kleefse Successieoorlog,
from Wikipedia Dutch edition Article : War of the Jülich succession, from Wikipedia F. Müller, Geschichte des Burgschlosses Ravensberg in Westfalen 1839, in German, GB C. Renouard, Geschichte des krieges in Hannover: Hessen und Westfalen von 1757 bis 1763. Nach bisher unbenutzten handschriftlichen originalien und anderen quellen politisch-militairisch, vol.2 1864, vol.3 1864, in German, GB |
| Economy & Finances |
Significant Textile Sites in Germany, by Detlef Stender,
a number of entries on Bielefeld Leineweberdenkmal, Ravensberger Spinnerei, from Meine Stadt Bielefeld, in German |
| Social History |
Ravensberg, pp.209-220 in vol.1 of J.F.J. Sommer,
Handbuch über die ältern und neuern bäuerlichen Rechtsverhältnisse: in den ehemals Großherzoglich-Bergischen, Königlich-Westphälischen und Französisch-Hanseatischen Preußischen Provinzen in Rheinland-Westphalen, 1830, in German, GB |
| Ethnography |
| Religion | general |
| Catholic |
| Protestant |
Geschichte der Evangelischen Kirche Westfalens (G) Geschichte der Evangelisch-Reformierten Kirchengemeinde Bielefeld (G) J.P. Berg, C.L.P. Tross, Reformationsgeschichte der Länder Jülich, Cleve, Berg, Mark, Ravensberg und Lippe, 1826, in German, GB Grafschaft Ravensberg, pp.224-229 in H. Kampschulte, Geschichte der Einführung des Protestantismus im Bereiche der jetzigen Provinz Westfalen, 1866, in German, GB |
| Judaism |
Juden in Bielefeld, from Historisches Museum Bielefeld (G) Article : Jüdische Gemeinde Bielefeld, from Wikipedia German edition |
| History of Regions | Fragments |
| administrative divisions |
Article : Amt Ravensberg,
Amt Vlotho, from Wikipedia German edition |
| predecessors |
| other |
| Local History | Bielefeld |
History of Bielefeld, from Stadt Bielefeld (E, timeline);
from Deutsche Städte (G),
from Wikipedia (G) |
| Herford |
History of Herford, from Wikipedia (G) |
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List of Counts of Ravensberg, from Regnal Chronologies, scroll down |
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| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
| Online Yearbooks | Staatskalender |
| General, entries on G. |
| Image Databanks |
| Archival Deposits |
outside of R., with reference to R. |
Grafschaft Ravensberg, from
Staatsarchiv Münster, Index of Files, in German Handelskammer Ostwestfalen zu Bielefeld, Ravensberger Spinnerei, Conrad Wilhelm Delius & Co., Elbaco L. Bastert & Co., from Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv, Index of Files, in German Bestände des Landes Lippe im Staats- und Personenstandsarchiv Detmold, posted by Archive in NRW |
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T. von Moerner (ed.), Kurbrandenburgs Staatsverträge von 1601 bis 1700,
1867, GB |
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Bielefeld pp.219-223 in vol.1 : A-D of H.G.P. Gengler, Codex juris municipalis Germaniae medii aevi: Regesten und Urkunden zur Verfassungs- und rechtsgeschichte der deutschen Städte im Mittelalter 1863, in German/Latin, GB Cliviae Ducatus & Comitatuum Marcae & Ravensbergae, pp.1196-1197 in vol.2 of B.G. Struve, Bibliotheca historica selecta in suas classes distributa cujus primas lineas 1740, in Latin, GB Von der Aebtissin zu Hervord, pp.846-848 in vol.5 of J.C. Lünig, Das deutsche Reichs-Archiv, 1710, GB |
| Chronicles |
| Cartularia |
Digitale Westfälische Urkunden-Datenbank, under construction Urkundenbuch der Stadt und des Stiftes Bielefeld, vol.1 1894; another volume 1937 Urkundenburg der Stadt Herford 1873 Reprint 1968 |
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Eigentumsordnungen Minden-Ravensberg 17th-18th century, from IPWG |
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Topographisches Informationsamt NRW, in German |
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| Modern, entire County |
Northrhine-Westphalia 1789,
Minden-Ravensberg 1789, posted by Thomas Höckmann Map : County Ravensberg administrative, 1801, from Wikipedia |
| Contemporary, entire County |
Blaeu 1645 :
Grafschaft Ravensberg, from Wikipedia |
| Modern, Detail |
Westfälischer Städteatlas, from
IStG (G) |
| Contemporary, Detail |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Articles Bielefeld,
Herford, from EB 1911 Articles Ravensberg, Bielefeld, Herford, Vlotho, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German |
| Religious |
| Economic |
| Political |
Hervord, pp.1127-1129 in J.J. Moser,
Von denen Teutschen Reichs-Ständen, der Reichs-Ritterschaft, auch denen übrigen unmittelbaren Reichs-Glidern, 1767, in German, GB |
| Geographical |
Ravensberga, p.112 in vol.2 of
F. Ferrari, Novum lexicon geographicum, 1670, in Latin, GB Ravensberga, p.161 in vol.2 of M.A. Baudrand, Geographia, 1682, in Latin, GB Ravensberg, in E. Bohun, A geographical dictionary, representing the present and ancient names of all the countries, provinces, remarkable cities, 1688, GB Ravensberga, p.98 in F. Ferrari, Novum lexicon geographicum, 1697, in Latin, GB Ravensberg, p.799 in C. Maty, Dictionnaire geographique universel, 1701, in French, GB Van de Hertogdommen Cleef en Gulik (& Berg, Mark, Ravensberg, Dortmund), pp.399-404 in vol.1 of A.P. de la Croix, Algemeene weereld-beschryving, 1705, in Dutch, GB Les Comtez de la Marck et de Ravensberg, in A. du Bois, La Geographie moderne, naturelle historique & politique, 1736, in French, GB Ravensberg, p.457 in Vosgien, Dictionnaire g?graphique portatif, 1749, in French, GB Comte de Ravensberg, p.20 in vol.2 of J.J. Vaissete, Geographie historique ecclesiastique et civile, 1756, in French, GB Ravensberg, p.588 in Vosgien, Dictionnaire geographique portatif, 1770, in French, GB Ravensberg p.229 in vol.2 of Vosgien, Dictionnaire geographique portatif, 1778, in French, GB Die Grafschaft Ravensberg, pp.97-111 in vol.6 of A.F. Büsching, Erdbeschreibung, 1790, in German, GB |
| Historical |
Das Herzogtum Kleve mit Mark und Ravensberg, pp.559-560 in pt.2 vol.3
A. von Daniels, Handbuch der deutschen Reichs- und Staatenrechtsgeschichte, 1863, in German, GB Ravensberg County, p.131 in vol.2 of T. Salmon, Modern History or the Present State of all Nations, 1745, GB Die Grafschaft Ravensberg, pp.374-376 in H.K.W. Berghaus, Deutschland seit hundert Jahren, part 1, vol.1, Geschichte der Gebiets-Eintheilung und der politischen Verfassung des Vaterlandes, 1859, in German, GB |
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| Postal Routes | Europe |
Livre des Postes d'Europe 1788, in French, GB H.A.O. Reichard, Guide des voyageurs en Europe vol.1 1793, in French, GB E.A. Domeier, A descriptive road-book of Germany, 1830, GB |
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Archive in NRW, by A. Hanacek, in German |
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from Wikipedia (G) |
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Historisches Museum Bielefeld Bauernhaus Museum Bielefeld |
| Monuments | General |
Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmaeler von Westfalen
vol.19 : Bielefeld Stadt, 1906,
vol.20 : Bielefeld Land, 1906,
in German, IA |
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Liste von Burgen, Schlössern und Festungen in
NRW,
from Wikipedia German edition; Burgen und Schlösser in NRW, from Burgen und Schlösser, in German |
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from Wikipedia German edition Kategorie : Wassermühle in Nordrhein-Westfalen, from Wikipedia German edition |
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Coat of Arms, Comte de Ravensberg,
from Heraldique Europeenne, French-language site |
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Coin Ravensberg, 14th C, from Fitzwilliam Museum Kupfergroschen Herford 1670, posted by Realedition.de Search Coin Archives for Ravensberg Die Münzen des frei-weltlichen Frauenstifts Hervord, pp.121-135 in H.P. Cappe, Die Mittelalter-Münzen von Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Corvei und Hervord , 1850, in German, GB |
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| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies | general |
Westfalen, from BibScout Nordrhein-Westfälische Bibliografie (G) |
| on R. |
Bibliographie zum Ravensbergischen, from
Niederdeutsch / Plattdeutsch in Westfalen (G) Juden in Bielefeld (und Westfalen), from Stadtbibliothek Bielefeld Chronicon, keyword Ravensberg |
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Digitale Landesbibliothek NRW : Kulturerbe Digital |
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