Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim was a short-lived
Imperial Estate
An Imperial State or Imperial Estate ( la, Status Imperii; german: Reichsstand, plural: ') was a part of the Holy Roman Empire with representation and the right to vote in the Imperial Diet ('). Rulers of these Estates were able to exercise si ...
to the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...
, which was created as a succession of in 1803. It was raised to a Principality in 1804, and was
mediatised to the
Kingdom of Wurttemberg and the
Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806.
History
The statelet was created on 25 February 1803 as one of the results of the
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, in which the House of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Bedburg was compensated for the loss of its areas on the
left bank of the Rhine by becoming a principality formed from
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
and
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
Würzburg ...
possessions. The territory of the new principality included the former possessions of
Schöntal Abbey
Schöntal Abbey (german: link=no, Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque arc ...
,
Krautheim
Krautheim (East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Graude'') is a town in the Hohenlohe (district), Hohenlohe district of Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is situated on the river Jagst, 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Kà ...
, the and the of Würzburg. The ruling prince was . The principality was mediatised after only three years on 12 July 1806 in Article 24 of the , and the territory north of the
Jagst
The Jagst () is a right tributary of the Neckar in northern Baden-Württemberg. It is 190 km long. Its source is in the hills east of Ellwangen, close to the Bavarian border. It winds through the towns Ellwangen, Crailsheim, Kirchberg an der ...
given to the Grand Duchy of Baden, and to the south of the Jagst to the Kingdom of Württemberg.
See also
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References
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1803 establishments
1806 disestablishments