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title: "History and stories of the Teutoburg Forest"
url: "https://en.teutoburgerwald.de/region/history-stories"
description: "European history as discovered through the Teutoburg Forest: Explore Palatinate castles of Charlemagne and the legends of his adversary Widukind."
language: "en"
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  - "history"
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History & ­stories
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... from the Teutoburg Forest

Stories from 
the teuto
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- This is where your journey through the world of stories in the Teutoburg Forest holiday region begins.
- Immerse yourself in the eventful past from the times of the Romans, Saxons and Hanseatic League.
- To read, to listen to – and to pass on: the ‘Gehört. Erzählt’ (Heard. Told) series reveals the region's exciting history and present day through historical traces and surprising anecdotes.
- And with our Instawalk adventures and many other stories, both big and small, a colourful panorama of this special region unfolds.

 

 

9

after Christ the famous battle took place at the Teutoburg forest

200

cities belonged to the Hanseatic League until the 16th century

772

Charlemagne came to Westphalia for the first time