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24-634: Rietberg was first mentioned as 'Rietbike' around the year 1100. This name refers to Ried which is an old name for reed and to 'Bach' which means creek. There was a castle that dated back to the 11th century. From 1237, it was seat of the imperial County of Rietberg . The County of Rietberg was an independent German territory until the year 1807. In the Middle Ages the Rietberg county was a very small state. Nevertheless, Rietberg had its own militia, its own currency and its own laws. Even foreign policy, on

48-532: A Consistory ( Royal Westphalian Consistory of the Israelites  [ he ] ) supervising them was established. The former Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel merchant and man of letters, Israel Jacobson , became its consistorial president, assisted by a board of officers. Jacobson did his best to exercise a reforming influence upon the various congregations of the country. He opened a house of prayer in Cassel, with

72-482: A schnapps distillery. General facts, percentage of employees: Rietberg is twinned with: The Landesgartenschau of the year 2008 took place in Rietberg. The Landesgartenschau is a show of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia that shows gardens and parks of an area. It takes part in different cities each three years. A lot of park area has been created for the Landesgartenschau. Now there

96-405: A French-style central administration, and agricultural reform. The kingdom liberated the serfs and gave everyone equal rights and the right to a jury trial. In 1808 the kingdom passed Germany's first laws granting Jews equal rights, thereby providing a model for reform in the other German states. Westphalia seemed to be progressive in immediately enacting and enforcing the new reforms. The country

120-480: A number of petty states. Compared to the departments of France itself, the Westphalian departments were relatively small and sparsely populated. While administrative divisions (departments, districts and cantons) were certainly less unequal than the previous territorial divisions, uniformity does not appear to have been a determining factor in their creation. The desire to break from the past, and not just from

144-721: A ritual similar to that introduced in Seesen . Napoléon's infamous décret infâme , again restricting the rights of many French Jews, did not apply in Westphalia. A significant burden on the kingdom was the requirement to supply troops and financial support for the Napoleonic wars . Large numbers of Westphalian troops fought in the Russian campaign of 1812 ; the Westphalian Guards heroically but unsuccessfully charged

168-456: A small scale, was conducted independently. Until the 17th century Rietberg coined its own money. Until the 18th century the government was located in the castle, built in the 14th century. Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg , the Austrian chancellor, inherited the county from his mother. At the beginning of the 19th century the castle was torn down because it was not needed anymore. Only

192-538: Is also known as the town of beautiful gables . It's still possible to see where the former rampart surrounded the town. In the ward Varensell there is the Varensell Abbey from 1902. In Rietberg carnival is the biggest event throughout the year. Every year around 50,000 people watch the Parade at Carnival Monday. After the parade people party in the streets and the bars for the whole night. Other events are

216-609: Is an area with parks, gardens and playgrounds in Rietberg that can only be entered after paying an entrance fee. County of Rietberg The County of Rietberg ( German : Grafschaft Rietberg ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire , located in the present-day German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . It was situated on the upper Ems in Westphalia , between the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and

240-507: The Battle of Leipzig on 19 October 1813, the Russians dissolved the kingdom and restored the status quo of 1806 except for Rietberg and Stolberg-Wernigerode , which went to Prussia. The arms reflect the incorporated territories. The first quarter shows the silver horse of Westphalia ; the second the lion of Hesse over the counties of Dietz , Nidda , Ziegenhain and Katzenelnbogen ;

264-649: The House of Liechtenstein , which has claimed it since 1848, when the last member of the Moravian branch of the Kaunitz family (Prince Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg ) died. Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein , and all dynastic members of his family (and their dynastic wives) bear the title currently. Circles est. 1500: Bavarian , Swabian , Upper Rhenish , Lower Rhenish–Westphalian , Franconian , (Lower) Saxon Kingdom of Westphalia The Kingdom of Westphalia

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288-577: The Prince-Bishopric of Münster . It existed as an independent territory from 1237 to 1807, when it was mediatised to the Kingdom of Westphalia . Rietberg was first mentioned as Rietbike around the year 1100. This name refers to the German words ried (an old name for " reed ") and bach (" creek "). There was a castle that dated back to the 11th century. From 1237 until 1807, Rietberg was an independent German territory, although very small. Nevertheless,

312-449: The St. John 's chapel from 1748 can still be visited today. In the year 1807 Rietberg became a part of Kingdom of Westphalia , while the title Count Rietberg remains extant in the House of Liechtenstein , with Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein and each born member of his dynasty and their dynastic wives bearing the title currently. The village itself was not independent anymore, in

336-606: The Maikirmes Fair and the Stoppelkirmes Fair. And there are some traditional Schützenfeste , which are fairs featuring shooting matches in Rietberg. Since 2004, there has been a summer Guitar Festival every year, with Tommy Emmanuel . Schools in Rietberg: An important industry for Rietberg and the surrounding area is the furniture industry. In Rietberg itself there is a big galvanizing plant and

360-531: The Raevski Redoubt during the Battle of Borodino . In September 1813, Russian troops surrounded Cassel, defeated the French completely, and took the city. By October 1 they had conquered the whole kingdom, but three days later Jérôme returned with French soldiers and managed to recapture Cassel. The Elector of Hesse-Kassel arrived soon after and the Russians besieged the city again. After France lost

384-717: The county had its own militia, its own currency and its own laws; even foreign policy, on a small scale, was conducted independently. Until the 17th century, Rietberg coined its own money. In 1699, the County of Rietberg came into the possession of the Moravian noble family of the Counts of Kaunitz ( Czech : Kounic ) through the marriage of heiress Maria Ernestine Franziska of Ostfriesland , Countess von Rietberg (1687-1758) with Count Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz , and that family subsequently renamed itself as Kaunitz-Rietberg . Under

408-745: The king kept the court at the palace of Wilhelmshöhe , renamed Napoleonshöhe. The state was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine . Since it was intended as a Napoleonic " model state ", a constitution was promulgated on 15 November and enacted by King Jérôme on 7 December 1807, the day after he had arrived in Cassel, making Westphalia the first monarchy in Germany with a modern-style constitution. The constitution made all male residents citizens with equal rights. Thus serfs were liberated, Jews emancipated , and socage abolished. The Napoleonic code

432-510: The random territorial divisions of the former manorial justices, especially influenced the cantonal distribution. Just as before the conquest, freedom of expression remained curtailed and censorship was instituted. In December 1810 the coastal and northern départements North (capital: Stade ) and Lower Elbe (capital: Lunenburg ) were ceded to the French Empire. Following the French example, Jewish congregations were reorganised and

456-511: The rule of this comital (later princely ) family, the territory remained independent until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1807, Rietberg became mediatised to the Kingdom of Westphalia . After the dissolution of that kingdom in 1813, the territory of Rietberg became part of the Kingdom of Prussia , which integrated it into its Province of Westphalia . The title of Count of Rietberg ( Graf zu Rietberg ) remains extant in

480-545: The year 1843 the municipality Rietberg was established. Since 1970 Rietberg has been organised politically as it is today. The best known building in Rietberg is the town hall from around 1800 in the centre of the town. There are several other interesting historical buildings in the town like the Altes Progymnasium, the chapel of St John or the old Court House. In the historical Town centre there are around 60 old renovated half-timbered houses. That's why Rietberg

504-433: Was a client state of France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon 's brother Jérôme Bonaparte . It was named after Westphalia , but this was a misnomer since the kingdom had little territory in common with that area. The region mostly covered territory formerly known as Eastphalia . Napoleon imposed the first written modern constitution in Germany ,

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528-684: Was created by Napoleon in 1807 by merging territories ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia in the Peace of Tilsit , among them the region of the Duchy of Magdeburg west of the Elbe river, the Brunswick-Lüneburg territories of Hanover and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , and the Electorate of Hesse . Hesse's capital Cassel (modern spelling Kassel ) then fulfilled the same function for Westphalia, and

552-452: Was enacted, doing away with guilds and providing for the right of capitalism . A metric system of weights and measures was introduced. The organisers used French terms to designate the regional territories within the kingdom: departments received names based on watercourses (Elbe, Saale, Weser, Fulda, Leine, Oker) and mountains (Harz), regardless of their traditional names. These departments were generally composed of territories taken from

576-497: Was relatively poor but Napoleon demanded heavy taxes and payments and conscripted soldiers. Few of the men who marched into Russia with Napoleon in 1812 returned. The kingdom was bankrupt by 1812. When Napoleon was retreating in the face of Allied advances in 1813, the kingdom was overrun by the Allies and (in 1815) most of its territories became Prussian . Most of the reforms, however, remained in place. The Kingdom of Westphalia

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