Olpe (district)

Amt Bilstein was an administrative district in what is now the region of Westphalia, Germany. Its territory corresponded more or less with the current municipality of Lennestadt. It was first mentioned in 1434 ("Johan van dem Broike, Amtmann zu Bylstein" = "John of the Broike, Bailiff of Bylstein") and, until 1803, was part of the Duchy of Westphalia and thus the Electorate of Cologne, before it was transferred to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, from which, in 1806 the Grand Duchy of Hesse emerged. Following a ruling by the Congress of Vienna this association came to an end and, on 1 August 1816, the territory of the Amt became part of the newly formed Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg in the Prussian Province of Westphalia. It became a subdivision of the Kreis Olpe. The Amt was disbanded in 1969.

Bilstein Castle (German: Burg Bilstein) is a hill castle in the Sauerland in Germany. It is located in the eponymous quarter of Bilstein in the town of Lennestadt. Since 1927 the building has been a youth hostel.

Veischede is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Lenne near Grevenbrück.

The Elspe (also: Elspebach) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Lenne in Grevenbrück.

Repe is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Lenne near Finnentrop.

Hundem is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Lenne near Altenhundem.

Lennestadt (occasionally also die Lennestadt) lies in the Sauerland in southeast North Rhine-Westphalia and is a community in Olpe district. It is the district's most populous municipality. Lennestadt itself is not an actual town but a community which comprises several towns and villages.

Olpe is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Hundem.

Elspe Festival is a theatre festival in Elspe (Lennestadt), Germany. Since 1952/1964, Karl May's adventure novels about Winnetou are put on stage. The festival became hugely popular after 1976 when Pierre Brice, a French actor known for Apache Gold and further movies adapting Karl May's novels, played Winnetou (1976–1980, 1982–1986) at Elspe. In 1980, the festival attracted 404,758 visitors. In 2019, the festival has been attracting 219,000 visitors.The festival is one of the largest and most visited festival parks in Europe. Its site in the Sauerland Elspe is 120,000 square metres.Elspe Festival is not to be confused with Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg or Karl-May-Festtage in Radebeul.

Haus Bamenohl is a castle in the village of Bamenohl, municipality of Finnentrop, Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Kirchhundem is a German community in North Rhine-Westphalia. It belongs to the Olpe district.

The Feldberg is a hill, 556.2 m above sea level (NN), in the Ebbe Hills Nature Park in the Sauerland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.