Wildeshausen (German pronunciation: [vɪldəsˈhaʊ̯zn̩] ⓘ; Low Saxon: Wilshusen) is a town and the capital of the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

After the Thirty-years war which Sweden stood victorious they would gain large swats of modern day Germany.

Gustav had served in the Swedish armed forces during the war and was ennobled to Vasaborg in 1637 (introduction at Riddarhuset in 1647); he also had several estates in Finland.

Already in 1679, after the Peace of Nijmegen the Swedish crown ceded Wildeshausen to the Prince-Bishop of Münster, formally against a loan of 100,000 Riksdaler.

The local Tourist Center, located in the old Rathaus (Town hall) has maps for tours and walks.

The "Kurpark" has a fountain, concert-shell and a wading pool and is in the Luftkurort (fresh air park) Wildeshausen.

The tattoo (or tabs) occurs on Pfingst Sonntag, (Pentecost Sunday) at night, when the "Schützengilde" from 1403 presents a firework to open the traditional "Gildefest".

In 851, Waltbert, a grandson of Widukind, brought the relics of St. Alexander from Rome to Wildeshausen to further Christianity in the sparsely populated area.

A granite sculpture, called "cylinder", by A. Boldt represents the Schützengilde in the inner city.

In 807 Waltbert, a grandson of Duke Wittekind, brought the relics of the sainted Alexander from Rome by way of the Alpine mountains to Wildeshausen.

Alexander died, as well as his mother and 6 brothers, as executed martyrs during the persecution of Christians in the first century.

Waltbert donated a "Chorherren Stift" (a type of monastery, where the cleric lived to the rules of the Benedictines) named "Alexander Kapitel".

It is situated about 800 meters from the river Hunte.500 tombs, different in form and size, are evidence of the settlement that 600 years B.C.

During the examination of the "kings tombs (Königshügel) traces of the earlier stone age.