Holstein-Pinneberg

European polity County of Holstein-PinnebergCounty of Schauenburg and Holstein-PinnebergGrafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg (German)Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg (German)1290–1640 Coat of arms Holstein-Pinneberg and neighbouring territories around 1400StatusImperial countyCapitalPinnebergCommon languagesNorthern Low Saxon, GermanReligion Roman Catholic to 1561, then mainly Lutheran, Calvinist from 1601 andJewish from 1621, esp. in AltonaGovernmentMonarchyCounts of Schauenburg • Upper houseHouse of SchauenburgHistorical eraMiddle Ages• Division of Holstein-Itzehoe following death of Gerhard I 1290• Usurpation in 1640 after the comital male line died out 1640 Preceded by Succeeded by Holstein-Itzehoe Holstein-Glückstadt Today part ofGermany The County of Holstein-Pinneberg (German: Grafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg), also known as the County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (German: Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg), was a small territory which existed from 1290 until 1640, centred around Pinneberg in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Rise and fall of the county Holstein-Pinneberg was one of the territories partitioned from the County of Holstei