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Solms-Braunfels
County in Hesse, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solms-Braunfels was a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.
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Quick Facts County (Principality) of Solms-BraunfelsGrafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels, Status ...
County (Principality) of Solms-Braunfels Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels | |||||||||||||||
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1258–1806 | |||||||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||
Capital | Braunfels | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | West Central German | ||||||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned from Solms | 1258 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned to create Ottenstein | 1325 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned to create Lich | 1409 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned to create Greifenstein and Hungen | 1592 | ||||||||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1742 | ||||||||||||||
1806 | |||||||||||||||
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