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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
of County of Virneburg
Coat of arms
Virneburg visible in a map from 1696. (A.-H. Jaillot)
Virneburg visible in a map from 1696. (A.-H. Jaillot)
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalVirneburg Castle
Largest cityVirneburg
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentFeudal County
Count of Virneburg 
• 11th Century
Bernhard
• 1790-1812
John Louis
Historical eraMiddle Ages, Early Modern Period
• Established
11th Century
• Disestablished
1798
Succeeded by
Département de Rhin-et-Moselle County of Virneburg
Today part ofRhineland-Palatinate

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County of Virneburg

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County of Virneburg was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the region of the Eifel in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate. The Counts of Virneburg first...

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Virneburg

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Virneburg is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Virneburg Castle is located in the village. Virneburg...

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Retterath

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Archbishop of Trier Ruotbert (died 956). From the Middle Ages until the late 18th century, Retterath belonged to the County of Virneburg. Up above Retterath...

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County of Isenburg

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passed to the Lords of Schöneck. In 1434, it passed to the Archbishop of Trier, who sold the territory to the Counts of Virneburg. Isenburg-Limburg-Covern...

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Virneburg Castle

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village of Virneburg in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle was probably built in the second half of the 12th...

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Bench of Counts of Westphalia

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Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg Lordship of Bretzenheim County of Rheineck County of Virneburg Lordship of Winneburg and Beilstein County of Moers...

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Lirstal

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Lirstal belonged from the beginning until 1794 to the County of Virneburg. The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by proportional...

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Mediatised houses

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mediatised during the establishment of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806–07, by France in 1810, or by the Congress of Vienna in 1814–15. The mediatised...

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Bereborn

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belonged to the County of Virneburg. Under Napoleonic occupation, the village was in the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Virneburg. In the course of administrative...

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Welcherath

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was held by the County of Virneburg. Under Prussian administration, Welcherath was a municipality in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kelberg in the...

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Oberelz

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headwaters of the river Elzbach, which empties into the Moselle near Moselkern. In feudal times, Oberelz belonged to the County of Virneburg. Under Prussian...

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Mosbruch

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Saint Blaise, the patron saint of the chapel in Mosbruch. In feudal times, the village belonged to the County of Virneburg, whose Counts bore as an armorial...

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Adolf III of the Marck

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Archbishop of Cologne against the favourite John of Virneburg, but by the end of the year had resigned from the position to focus on the County of Cleves...

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County of Nassau

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Imperial County of Reuss

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Arnold II of Horne

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1371 to 1378. Arnold was the son of Willem IV of Horne and Elisabeth of Cleves. After the death of bishop Jan van Virneburg in 1371, the cathedral chapter...

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Engelbert II of the Mark

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over the County of Mark. This necessitated conflict with Bishop Ludwig II of Münster, as well as the Archbishop of Cologne, Henry II of Virneburg, who also...

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Eltville Castle

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the cathedral chapter of Mainz, and the simultaneous appointment of Henry of Virneburg to the same office by the Pope, Eltville became a bishop's residence...

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County of Raseborg

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married a German woman, Magdalena von Manderscheid-Virneburg in 1605 and beginning with the County of Manderscheid in 1615, acquired estates in Germany...

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The County of Leiningen consists on a group of counties (some of them with that were ruled with Imperial immediacy), which were ruled by the Leiningen...

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Wertheim am Main

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Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg and the Catholic line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. The county existed until 1806 when it was divided as a consequence of the German...

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Pope John XXII

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the death of archbishop Matthias von Buchegg to gain an ecclesiastical and political edge, appointed Heinrich von Virneburg as Archbishop of Mainz to assist...

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Linz am Rhein

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Linz was officially awarded city status by the Archbishop of Cologne, Heinrich II of Virneburg. Shortly after having been declared a "city", the castle...

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