County Palatine of Veldenz

The County Palatine of Veldenz was a principality in the contemporary Land Rhineland-Palatinate with full voting rights to the Reichstag. The county was located partially between Kaiserslautern, Sponheim and Zweibrücken, partially on the Mosel in the Archbishopric of Trier. A municipality of the same name, Veldenz, and a castle, Schloss Veldenz, are located in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.

County Palatine of Veldenz
Grafschaft Veldenz (German)
1112–1797
Arms of the counts palatine of Veldenz
Veldenz c.1400
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalVeldenz
Common languagesMoselle Franconian
GovernmentCounty
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Established
1112
 Counts of Veldenz-Geroldseck
1277
1444
 Joined Upper Rhenish Circle
1500
 Counts of Palatinate-Veldenz
1543
 To Palatinate-Two Bridges
1694
 Annexed by the
    First French Republic
1797
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Rhenish Franconia
Sarre (department)
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