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The County of Virneburg was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the region of the Eifel in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate.
County of Virneburg
11th Century–1798
Coat of arms
Virneburg visible in a map from 1696. (A.-H. Jaillot)
Status
State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
Virneburg Castle
Largest city
Virneburg
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Government
Feudal County
Count of Virneburg
• 11th Century
Bernhard
• 1790-1812
John Louis
Historical era
Middle Ages, Early Modern Period
• Established
11th Century
• Disestablished
1798
Succeeded by
Département de Rhin-et-Moselle
Today part of
Rhineland-Palatinate
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