The Lahrer Herrlichkeit is a landscape region in the collective municipality of

Flammersfeld Flammersfeld is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 35 km north of Koblenz. Flammersfeld was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective m ...

in the county of

Altenkirchen Altenkirchen () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("co ...

in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

General

The region lies on the middle reaches of the River Wied and owes its name to Lahr Castle, which is now a ruins located above the Wied. The present-day region of Lahrer Herrlichkeit includes the villages of

Burglahr Burglahr is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe afte ...

, Peterslahr,

Eulenberg Eulenberg is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe a ...

and Oberlahr. It has a population of around 1,700 and covers an area of about 12 km².

History

The region is first recorded in the 13th century and was initially in the possession of the

House of Isenburg The County of Isenburg was a region of Germany located in southern present-day Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau (located in the Rhineland-Palatinate), which partiti ...

before transferring to the Electorate of Cologne, which created its own principality here (hence the name ''Herrlichkeit'' meaning "sovereignty" or "lordship") and defended it against the Electorate of Trier and the counties of Wied and

Sayn Sayn was a small German county of the Holy Roman Empire which, during the Middle Ages, existed within what is today Rheinland-Pfalz. There have been two Counties of Sayn. The first emerged in 1139 and became closely associated with the County ...

by constructing the castle. The historical (Electoral Cologne) "Lahrer Herrlichkeit" only included the villages of Burglahr and Oberlahr. At that time the parishes of Peterslahr and Eulenberg belonged to Trier. In 1803, following the '' Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'', both the Cologne and Trier-owned territories went to the

Duchy of Nassau The Duchy of Nassau (German: ''Herzogtum Nassau'') was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the G ...

and eventually, in 1815, to

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

. Today the region is a popular tourist destination. The 14th stage of the long-distance path, the Westerwald Trail, runs through Lahrer Herrlichkeit past Peterslahr.

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Lahrer Herrlichkeit
{{Coordinate , NS=50/37//N , EW=07/30//E , type=landmark , region=DE-RP Regions of Rhineland-Palatinate Altenkirchen (district) Regions of the Westerwald Electorate of Cologne