Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Simon VI. zur Lippe

Horn (since 1970 part of Horn-Bad Meinberg) was founded by Bernhard III, Edler Herr zur Lippe, after 1230. It was first mentioned in 1248. Horn was located on the old road, that run from Cologne to Hamlin - and today is known as "Bundesstrasse 1" (B1). Horn got strongly fortified with a surrounding wall and a moat. The castle, was part of this fortification, though it was later used as a kind of retirement home by several widows of the House of Lippe. Armed conflicts over the city took place in particular during the Soest feud (1444–1449) and during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). In 1864, large parts of the city were destroyed in a fire, about 60 houses burnt down including the town hall. This house was erected (1563) next to the former town hall by Johann von Rintelen (* 1510 in Herford). He was secretary, later councilor and vice-chancellor of Count Simon VI. zur Lippe. The Renaissance facade is attributed to Hermann Wulff (* 1535 in Lemgo), one of the important masters builders of the "Weser Renaissance".

A Saxonian settlement had probably existed here since the 6th century, but the town of Blomberg was founded around 1240 by Bernhard III. zur Lippe, the ruling lord of the Principality of Lippe. His grandson Simon I. zur Lippe built a castle as his residency and fortified Blomberg. Blomberg has still a lot of nice half-timbered houses from the 16th and 17th century. The colourful carvings of these houses display the wealthiness of the owners. A grotesque like this one is called "Neidkopf" in German - envy-head.

A saxonian settlement had probably existed here since the 6th century, but the town of Blomberg was founded around 1240 by Bernhard III. zur Lippe, the ruling lord of the Principality of Lippe. His grandson Simon I. zur Lippe built a castle as his residency and fortified Blomberg. In 1460 a woman named Alheyd Pustekoke stole from the near Martini -church 45 consecrated hosts. For fear of discovery, she threw them into a fountain, but the wafers did not sink. As host desecration was a felony at that time, Alheyd was convicted and burned as a punishment at the stake. Soon after, the news spread that the well, where the wafers did not had sunken, had miraculous healing powers and Blomberg became a place of pilgrimage. A chapel was erected over the well and in 1468 Augustinian canons estabslished a monastery. The church was expanded in 1473 to a late-Gothic hall church and is today the Protestant-Reformed parish church. The former abbey church lost the dedication after 1605 when Simon VI. von Lippe ordered his subjects to follow Johannes Calvin, but the the area around the church and the street are still named "Seliger Winkel" - "Blessed Corner". Though it was not really adequate to austere protestant beliefs (remember the iconoclasms), some nice embellishments inside the church did survive.

A saxonian settlement had probably existed here since the 6th century, but the town of Blomberg was founded around 1240 by Bernhard III. zur Lippe, the ruling lord of the Principality of Lippe. His grandson Simon I. zur Lippe built a castle as his residency and fortified Blomberg. In 1460 a woman named Alheyd Pustekoke stole from the near Martini -church 45 consecrated hosts. For fear of discovery, she threw them into a fountain, but the wafers did not sink. As host desecration was a felony at that time, Alheyd was convicted and burned as a punishment at the stake. Soon after, the news spread that the well, where the wafers did not had sunken, had miraculous healing powers and Blomberg became a place of pilgrimage. A chapel was erected over the well and in 1468 Augustinian canons estabslished a monastery. The church was expanded in 1473 to a late-Gothic hall church and is today the Protestant-Reformed parish church. The former abbey church lost the dedication after 1605 when Simon VI. von Lippe ordered his subjects to follow Johannes Calvin, but the the area around the church and the street are still named "Seliger Winkel" - "Blessed Corner". For almost two centuries this church served as the burial ground for the House of Lippe. The table tomb of Bernhard VII. zur Lippe and his spouse Anna von Holstein-Schaumburg is a work of Heinrich Brabender (1467-1537), a famous westphalian sculpteur, who was based in Münster. His late Gothic art can be found mainly in Northern Germany.

A saxonian settlement had probably existed here since the 6th century, but the town of Blomberg was founded around 1240 by Bernhard III. zur Lippe, the ruling lord of the Principality of Lippe. His grandson Simon I. zur Lippe built a castle as his residency and fortified Blomberg. In 1460 a woman named Alheyd Pustekoke stole from the near Martini -church 45 consecrated hosts. For fear of discovery, she threw them into a fountain, but the wafers did not sink. As host desecration was a felony at that time, Alheyd was convicted and burned as a punishment at the stake. Soon after, the news spread that the well, where the wafers did not had sunken, had miraculous healing powers and Blomberg became a place of pilgrimage. A chapel was erected over the well and in 1468 Augustinian canons estabslished a monastery. The church was expanded in 1473 to a late-Gothic hall church and is today the Protestant-Reformed parish church. For almost two centuries this church served as the burial ground for the House of Lippe. Note the large table tomb in the choirs´s center. The former abbey church lost the dedication after 1605 when Simon VI. von Lippe ordered his subjects to follow Johannes Calvin, but the the area around the church and the street are still named "Seliger Winkel" - "Blessed Corner".

A saxonian settlement had probably existed here since the 6th century, but the town of Blomberg was founded around 1240 by Bernhard III. zur Lippe, the ruling lord of the Principality of Lippe. His grandson Simon I. zur Lippe built a castle as his residency and fortified Blomberg. In 1460 a woman named Alheyd Pustekoke stole from the near Martini -church 45 consecrated hosts. For fear of discovery, she threw them into a fountain, but the wafers did not sink. As host desecration was a felony at that time, Alheyd was convicted and burned as a punishment at the stake. Soon after, the news spread that the well, where the wafers did not had sunken, had miraculous healing powers and Blomberg became a place of pilgrimage. A chapel was erected over the well and in 1468 Augustinian canons established the monastery "Zum Heiligen Leichnam". The church was expanded in 1473 to a late-Gothic hall church and is today the Protestant-Reformed parish church. The former abbey church lost the dedication after 1605, when Simon VI. zur Lippe ordered his subjects to follow Johannes Calvin, but the the area around the church and the street are still named "Im Seligen Winkel" - "In the Blessed Corner".