Bückeburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It is located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge. Bückeburg has a population of 21,030.
Long Street with the Lutheran Bückeburg Church
Bückeburg, townhall
Drawing of Bückeburg along the Weser in 1520 during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, Drawing by Johannes Krabbe
Entrance gate to the palace (16th century)
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg and an area of 340 km2 and over 40,000 inhabitants.
German cartoon from 1834 poking fun at the microscopic size of Schaumburg-Lippe
Bückeburg Palace, former residence of the ruling princes, still owned by the princely family