Stolberg-Stolberg
Sign in to savethumb|Coat of arms thumb|Stolberg Castle Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg.
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- Country
- Germany
- Capital
- Stolberg (Harz)
- Image
- 2007-04 Stolberg (Harz) 22.jpg
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- inception
- 1548-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1803-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Rulers of Stolberg-Stolberg
- Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg
- Princes of Stolberg-Stolberg
- References
thumb|Coat of arms thumb|Stolberg Castle Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg.
In 1429, the County of Wernigerode passed to the Counts of Stolberg, who ruled Wernigerode through a personal union. In 1548, the line was split between a Harz line (Stolberg-Stolberg) and a Rhenish line which had possessions in Rochefort (Stolberg-Rochefort) and Königstein im Taunus (Stolberg-Königstein).
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