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Widukind Museum

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Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Widukind Museum
Phone:
+49 4952 24910995

Address:
Kirchplatz 10, 32130 Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Widukind, also known as Widuking or Wittekind, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Roman Catholicism. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend; the Codex Wittekindeus is said to have been owned by him.
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