Batenburg

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Batenburg received city rights in 1349, but it is believed that the town had already received them around the year 1000. It was ruled by the powerful Lords of Batenburg, who were not subordinate to either the Duke of Guelders or that of Brabant, but only to the German Emperor. Their castle, built around 1250 on a motte, has been a ruin since French times. The Lords of Batenburg (the last were the princes of Bentheim-Steinfurt) controlled their Gelderland possessions remotely ever …Read more

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