Wildeshausen - Definition and Overview

Wildeshausen is the capital of the Oldenburg district in north western Germany, located by the river Hunte.

In 1648 Wildeshausen and the surrounding district was ceded to Sweden, in the Peace of Westphalia, where it given as a fief to Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, an illigitimate son of King Gustavus Adolphus, as a part of the Swedish Dominion of Bremen-Verden. In 1679, following the Treaty of Nijmegen, it was pawned, to the Prince-Bishop of Münster, in exchange for a loan of 100,000 Riksdaler.