Bückeburg — A principality capital, and Herder’s pulpit

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Bückeburg — A principality capital, and Herder's pulpit

Bückeburg is in this archive for its events: 3 published here, with their dates.

What this page is

This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Bückeburg, Germany: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.

Why visit

Until the Revolution of 1918–1919 Bückeburg was the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, and from 1771 to 1776 the poet J. G. von Herder was court preacher here.

Origins and history

Houses began to gather around the castle around 1365, and the town was protected by a wall in the 17th century. Until the German Revolution of 1918–1919 Bückeburg was the capital of the principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, which remained an independent German state until 1946. In the 19th century it was connected to the Minden and Hanover Railway.

Key facts

  • Country: Germany
  • Region: Lower Saxony
  • Places in this archive: 0

What is on in Bückeburg

Sources

The dates and the titles above are our own record. The history on this page rests on the two sources listed.

Editorial text © Cultural Heritage Online, 2026. No hero image in this first build: an image of the city is added only with an author and a verified licence.

Events here — now on & upcoming

  • Death Anniversary: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach — January 26, 1795
    26 Jan 2027
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  • Birth Anniversary: Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach — May 24, 1759
    24 May 2027
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  • Death Anniversary: Franz Christoph Neubauer — October 11, 1795
    11 Oct 2027
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