Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

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Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
State of the Holy Roman Empire
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 1657 – 1806 →
Capital Laasphe
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Partitioned from
    S-W-Wittgenstein		  
1657
 - Raised to principality 1801
 - Mediatised to Hesse 1806
 - Annexed by Prussia 1816

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. It was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and raised from a county to principality in 1801. It belonged from 1806 to 1815 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and after 1816 to Prussia. The capital was Laasphe. The family line belongs to the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

[edit] Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

[edit] Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1657–1801)

[edit] Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1801–1806)


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Coordinates: 50°55′N, 8°24′E