Wolderich Lappe

Wolderich Lappe was a knight of the Lappe family, landed lords in Hadeln on the Lower Elbe and followers of the dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg. In 1324 Duke Eric I pledged him jurisdictional rights in the parishes of Wolde and Groden for 200 marks, securing him steady revenues around Ritzebüttel.

In 1325 he appears in the first surviving charter to name Ritzebüttel, promising in a treaty not to move against two lords. Later charters attest his leading position in Hadeln.