Hanau-Münzenberg
The County of Hanau-Münzenberg was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged when the County of Hanau was divided in 1458, the other part being the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Due to common heirs, both counties were merged from 1642 to 1685 and from 1712 to 1736. In 1736 the last member of the House of Hanau died and the Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel inherited the county.
County of Hanau-Münzenberg Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1458 – 1785 | |||||||||||
Coat of arms
| |||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Hanau | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Hessian | ||||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1458 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1785 (1821) | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Roman Catholic; from 16th-century Calvinist, from mid 17th-century mixed Calvinist and Lutheran; ruled by counts; language: German | |||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.