County of Hoya
The County of Hoya (German: Grafschaft Hoya) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. It was centred on the town of Hoya on the middle Weser river, between Bremen and Nienburg; the area now belongs to the districts of Nienburg and Diepholz. The largest city in the county was Nienburg.
County of Hoya Grafschaft Hoya (de) | |||||||||
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| 1202–1582 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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County of Hoya (in red) about 1400 | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Hoya Nienburg | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Henry I Count of Hoya | 1202 | ||||||||
• Partitioned between Hoya and Nienburg | 1345 | ||||||||
• Reunited under Jobst I of Nienburg | 1497 | ||||||||
• Joined Lower Rhenish–West- phalian Circle | 1500 | ||||||||
• Count Jobst II turned Protestant | 1523 | ||||||||
• Death of Otto VIII | 1582 | ||||||||
• Part of Prussia | 1866 | ||||||||
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