County Castell

Territory in the Holy Roman Empire
County Castell
coat of arms
Form of rule	county
Ruler / government	Count
Today's region / s	DE-BY
Reichskreis	Franconian Empire
Capitals / residences	Castell , Rüdenhausen , Remlingen
Dynasties	Castell
Residents	10,000 (end of 18th century)
Incorporated into	Kingdom of Bavaria

The county Castell was 1202-1806 a reichsständische County in Franconian Circle , which last about 10,000 inhabitants with 30 built-up areas, 8 Kondominatsorten involved and numerous possessions in foreign domination districts.

history

In 1057 Rupert, the first representative of the noble Castell family , was mentioned in a document in the village of Castell . In 1202 the family was raised to the status of imperial count , the then county essentially comprised areas between the western slope of the Steigerwald and the Main . In 1398 King Wenzel also granted the Counts of Castell the right to mint . In 1457, under Count Wilhelm II, financial ruin threatened, the county became a fiefdom of the Würzburg monastery , but was able to maintain its imperial estate in the following decades . In the years 1546 to 1559, the Castell introduced the Reformation in the county. After the division of the county in 1546, Count Georg II temporarily moved into the old castle in Rüdenhausen and in 1556 chose the moated castle as the permanent residence and seat of government. This established the line of Count Castell-Rüdenhausen. Count Konrad stayed in Castell, Count Heinrich took over maternal inheritance (parts of the county of Wertheim ) and built a new castle in Remlingen . Since neither Count Konrad nor Count Heinrich had male descendants, the county was divided again in 1597 between the sons of Georg II - Wolfgang II (Castell-Remlingen) and Gottfried (Castell-Rüdenhausen). In 1803 the Castell-Rüdenhausen line died out. Two brothers of the Castell-Remlingen line founded the new Castell-Castell ( Albrecht-Friedrich Carl ) and Castell-Rüdenhausen ( Christian Friedrich ) lines.

During the Napoleonic Wars , the Grafschaft Castell was mediatized in 1806 and incorporated into the Kingdom of Bavaria . The previous sovereigns were appointed hereditary " Imperial Councilors of the Bavarian Crown ".

For the administrative and judicial organization of the Grafschaft Castell see the list of the offices of the Grafschaft Castell .

See also

• List of the counties of Germany

Web links

Wikisource: Description of the area in which the Count's residence Castell is located, the types of earth and stone in it, and other products  - sources and full texts

• Historical Atlas of Bavaria: The Grafschaft Castell at the end of the Old Kingdom, Volume Franconia, Series II, Issue 3