Culture of Westphalia

Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, 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 Christianity. In later times, Widukind became a symbol of Saxon independence and a figure of legend. He is also venerated as a Blessed in the Catholic Church.

right|thumb|Hills of the Sauerland thumb|Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The Sauerland () is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the southeastern part of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited.

province of Prussia

Type of pale lager beer brewed since 1873

Northumbrian saint

cave in Germany

German theatre director (1910–1998)