County of Hoya
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"Grafschaft Hoya" redirects here. For the present-day administrative unit, see Grafschaft Hoya (Samtgemeinde).
The County of Hoya (German: Grafschaft Hoya) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Lower Saxony. It was centred on the town of Hoya on the middle Weser river, between Bremen and Nienburg; the area now belongs to the districts of Nienburg and Diepholz. The largest city in the county was Nienburg.
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County of Hoya | |||||||||
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1202–1582 | |||||||||
Status | County | ||||||||
Capital | Hoya Nienburg | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Henry I Count of Hoya | 1202 | ||||||||
• Partitioned between Hoya and Nienburg | 1345 | ||||||||
• Reunited under Jobst I of Nienburg | 1497 | ||||||||
• Joined Lower Rhenish–West- phalian Circle | 1500 | ||||||||
1523 | |||||||||
• Death of Otto VIII | 1582 | ||||||||
• Part of Prussia | 1866 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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