Schaumburg County

This article is about the specific polity Schaumburg County and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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A county of the Holy Roman Empire in northern Germany that emerged from the division of the county of Holstein-Itzehoe.

Establishment

December 1290: Schauenburg is elevated ot County.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Events

January 1291: Territorial change based on available maps.

January 1642: Territorial change based on available maps.

January 1642: In 1640, the County of Schaumburg was divided between the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and the Counts of Lippe.

July 1647: Schaumburg-Lippe came into being in 1647 through the division of the County of Schaumburg between the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and the Counts of Lippe.