Stolberg may refer to:

Towns in Germany

* Stolberg (Harz) in the district of

Mansfeld-Südharz Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007. In the German parliament, the Bun ...

in Saxony-Anhalt, seat of the

counts of Stolberg The County of Stolberg (german: Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was pro ...

. * Stolberg (Rhineland) in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, part of the Duchy of Jülich until 1794, awarded to Prussia in 1815. *

Stollberg Stollberg is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz. It was the site of the Hoheneck women's prison Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: ''Frauengef� ...

, in the Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony.

Former states of the Holy Roman Empire

County of Stolberg The County of Stolberg (german: Grafschaft Stolberg) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was pro ...

, created from the County of Hohnstein in 1210 and partitioned to Harz line (S-Stolberg) and Rhenish line (S-Rochefort and S-Königstein) in 1548 *

Stolberg-Gedern The Lordship of Gedern (German: ''Herrschaft Gedern'') was a lordship or herrschaft centred on Gedern near Büdingen in Hesse, Germany. It is first recorded in a document from Lorsch Abbey dating to 780. History The lords of Ortenburg (descended ...

, partitioned from S-Wernigerode in 1677 and reunited thereto in 1804 * Stolberg-Königstein, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548 * Stolberg-Rochefort, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548 * Stolberg-Rossla, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1706, mediatised to the Electorate of Saxony in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 * Stolberg-Schwarza, rejoined S-Wernigerode in 1748 * Stolberg-Stolberg, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548, partitioned in 1645 and 1706 to create S-Werngerode and S-Rossla, mediatised to the Electorate of Saxony in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 * Stolberg-Wernigerode, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1645, partitioned to create S-Gedern in 1677, mediatised to Westphalia in 1807 and awarded to Prussia in 1815

People

Listed in chronological order by date of birth: * The House of Stolberg, a large German noble family (Hoher Adel) with many branches. * Count Botho of Stolberg the Elder († 1455) * Count

Henry the Younger of Stolberg Count Henry the Younger of Stolberg (4 January 1467 in Stolberg – 16 December 1508 in Cologne), was Lord of Wernigerode and stadtholder of Friesland. Life Henry the Younger of Stolberg was the son of Count Henry IX of Stolberg and his fi ...

(1467–1508), Governor of Frisia *

Anna II of Stolberg Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode (28 January 1504 – 4 March 1574) was a German noblewoman who reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1516 until her death. She was elected princess-abbess under the name Anna II at the age of twelve, ...

(1504–1574), imperial abbess of Quedlinburg * Countess

Juliana of Stolberg Juliana, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt – 18 June 1580) was the mother of William the Silent, the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century. Juliana was born ...

-Wernigerode (1506–1580), mother of

William I of Orange William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Rev ...

, leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century and co-founder of the current Dutch royal family House of Orange-Nassau. * Count Henry of Stolberg (1509–1572) * Count Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691–1771) * Prince

Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (11 October 1693 – 28 September 1767), was a German politician. He founded the Stolberg-Gedern line of the House of Stolberg, which ended in 1804 when it became part of the line of Stolberg-Wernig ...

(1693–1767) * Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern (1699–1750) * Count

Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (german: Heinrich Ernst (later calling himself Henrich Ernst) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode; 7 December 1716, Wernigerode – 24 October 1778, Halberstadt) was a German politician, canon, dean and author of many ...

(1716–1778) * Count

Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (german: Christian Friedrich (Graf) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode; 8 January 1746, Wernigerode Castle – 26 May 1824, Peterwaldau) was the only son of Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode, ...

(1746–1824) * Christian, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821), German poet, translator and lyricist * Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750–1819), German poet, translator and lawyer * Catharine Stolberg (1751–1832), Danish-German countess and writer *

Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern Princess Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern (20 September 1752 – 29 January 1824) was the wife of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish thrones. The unhappy marriage led her to request fro ...

(1752–1824), wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, pretender to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland * Countess Augusta Louise of Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835) * Countess

Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode Countess Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode (24 November 1771 at Wernigerode Castle – 8 June 1856 in Groß Krauschen) was abbess of Drübeck Abbey. Louise was a member of the House of Stolberg, from the Harz area. She was the second eldest ...

(1771–1856), Abbess of Drübeck Abbey * Count

Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (25 September 1772 in Wernigerode Castle – 16 February 1854 in Wernigerode Castle) succeeded his father in 1824 as ruler of the County of Wernigerode. Life Count Henry was the eldest son of Count Chris ...

(1772–1854) * Count

Anthony of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (23 October 1785 − 11 February 1854), was chief minister in Magdeburg, governor in the Prussian Province of Saxony and Prussian Minister of State. Life Count Anton was a fourth son of the reigning Count Chr ...

(1785–1854) * Prince

Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode Otto Graf (From 1890, Fürst) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (30 October 1837 – 19 November 1896) was an Imperial German politician and the vice-chancellor of the German Empire. Life He was born at Gedern Castle, Hesse, the third and last chil ...

(1837–1896), Governor of the Prince of Hanover, German Vice-Chancellor under Bismarck

Fiction

* ''Stolberg'' (television series), a German detective television series named for its lead character Martin Stolberg {{Disambig, geo