County of Schaumburg
The County of Schaumburg (German: Grafschaft Schaumburg), until ca. 1485 known as Schauenburg, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. Its territory was more or less congruent with the present district Landkreis Schaumburg.
County of Schaumburg Grafschaft Schaumburg | |||||||||||
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County of Schaumburg about 1560 | |||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Rinteln | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Northern Low Saxon | ||||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 1110 | ||||||||||
| 1640 | |||||||||||
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