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County of Sponheim
Grafschaft Sponheim (German)
11th century – 1804
Coat of arms of Upper Sponheim of Sponheim
Coat of arms of Upper Sponheim
Location of the County of Sponheim
Location of the County of Sponheim
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
  • Sponheim
  • Traben-Trarbach
  • Kreuznach
GovernmentFeudal County
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
11th century
• Partitioned to Starkenburg and Kreuznach
c. 1225
• Divided between Baden, Palatinate-Simmern-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and the Electoral Palatinate
1437
• Joined Upper Rhenish Imperial Circle
1500
• Annexed by the First French Empire
1804
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Argent, a chief indented gules (the Franconian Rake) Rhenish Franconia
Or a bend gules, three alerions argent Duchy of Lorraine
Kingdom of Prussia County of Sponheim
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg County of Sponheim
Kingdom of Bavaria County of Sponheim
Historic map of the left bank of the Rhine in 1692 - including the County of Sponheim

The County of Sponheim (German: Grafschaft Sponheim, former spelling: Spanheim, Spanheym) was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire that lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century. The name comes from the municipality of Sponheim, where the counts had their original residence.

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