Waldburg is a town in the district of

Ravensburg Ravensburg ( or ; Swabian: ''Raveschburg'') is a city in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is the home of

Waldburg Castle The Waldburg () is the ancestral castle of the stewards, Imperial Counts and later Imperial Princes from the House of Waldburg. It dates from the 12th century and stands on the march of the municipality Waldburg in the district of Ravensburg, ...

, a medieval castle that sits atop the large hill in the town. The castle dates from the twelfth century, when Waldburg was a

County A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

of the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...

House of Waldburg

In 1424, the county was partitioned: *

Waldburg-Sonnenburg Sonnenberg was a county ruled by the Eberhard branch of the comital Waldburg family of Upper Swabia, located around Nüziders-Sonnenberg in Vorarlberg, then part of Tyrol (Austria). Sonnenberg was a partition of Waldburg and was annexed by the ...

, annexed by

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

, 1511 *

Waldburg-Trauchburg Waldburg-Trauchburg was a County within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Trauchburg was a partition of Waldburg and was partitioned several times, before being annexed ...

, partitioned in 1504: **

Waldburg-Capustigall Waldburg-Capustigall was a Steward (office), Stewardship of the House of Waldburg – later a County – located in East Prussia. Waldburg-Capustigall was a partition of Waldburg-Trauchburg and was raised to a County in 1686, before being annexed ...

, annexed by

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

, 1745 ** Waldburg-Trauchburg, partitioned in 1612: *** Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer, restored in 1717 *** Waldburg-Trauchburg, partitioned in 1717: ****

Waldburg-Scheer Waldburg-Scheer was a County ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Scheer was a partition of Waldburg-Trauchburg, to which it was restored in 1764. Counts of Waldburg-Scheer * Joseph Will ...

, restored in 1764 **** Waldburg-Trauchburg, annexed by

Waldburg-Zeil Waldburg-Zeil was a County and later Principality within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around :de:Schloss Zeil, Schloss Zeil, near Leutkirch im Allgäu. History ...

, 1772 *

Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil was a County ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil was a partition of Waldburg and was repartitioned in 1589, to create Waldburg-Waldburg, Waldburg-Wolfegg a ...

, partitioned in 1589: **

Waldburg-Waldburg Waldburg-Waldburg was a County ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Waldburg was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil and was divided between the other two parts of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil — ...

, divided between

Waldburg-Wolfegg Waldburg-Wolfegg was a County ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waldburg-Wolfegg was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil and was repartitioned in 1667, creating Waldburg-Waldsee Waldburg-Wald ...

and

in 1660 **

, partitioned in 1667: ***

Waldburg-Waldsee Waldburg-Waldsee was a County and later Principality within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Bad Waldsee. Waldburg-Waldsee was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg. When ...

, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

in 1806 *** Waldburg-Wolfegg, annexed by Waldburg-Waldsee in 1798 **

, partitioned in 1674: ***

Waldburg-Wurzach Waldburg-Wurzach was a County and later Principality within Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the House of Waldburg, located on the southeastern border of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Wurzach (located about west of Bad Waldsee). Waldbur ...

, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to

in 1806 *** Waldburg-Zeil, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to

in 1806

References

1424 disestablishments Ravensburg (district) States and territories established in the 12th century House of Waldburg {{Ravensburg-geo-stub