Schwarzburg suzerainty
Several parts of the area in central and southern Thuringia were referred to as Schwarzburger Oberherrschaft . They belonged to the possessions of the Counts of Schwarzburg since the 12th century and thus initially to the Grafschaft Schwarzburg . In 1571 this was divided according to the Treaty of Speyer . The counties of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen in Northern Thuringia, which together form the Schwarzburg Unterherrschaft and the Grafschaft Schwarzburg Oberherrschaft, were newly created at that time . As a separate state with the capital Rudolstadt , it existed for only three years (from 1571 to 1574), but the designation of suzerainty for all Schwarzburger areas south of Erfurt has remained. In 1574 the county of Schwarzburg-Oberherrschaft was divided into the counties of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt in the west and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in the east.
Associated areas
- West part (later Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, from 1716 part of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , today mostly Ilm district )
- Amt Arnstadt (with Arnstadt, Plaue , Siegelbach , Reinsfeld , Dosdorf , Espenfeld , Rudisleben , Roda , Görbitzhausen , the Geschwenda enclave , the Rockhausen enclave and two other parcels near Cottendorf and Graefenroda )
- Amt Ehrenstein (with Ehrenstein , Nahhaben , Döllstedt , Kleinhettstedt , Kleinliehaben , Großliehaben , Oesteröda )
- Office Gehren (with Gehren, Langewiesen , Großbreitenbach , Masserberg and Angstedt , Wümbach , Oehrenstock , Jesuborn , Pennewitz , Garsitz , Möhrenbach , Gillersdorf , Willmersdorf , Neustadt am Rennsteig , Altenfeld , Oelze )
- Käfernburg office (with Marlishausen , Dornheim , Dannheim , Branchewinda , Oberwillingen , Niederwillingen , Hausen , Bösleben , Witzleben , Wülfershausen , Elleben , Rockhausen , Alkersleben , Ettischleben ), later integrated into the Arnstadt office
- Eastern part (later Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , today mostly district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt )
- Office Rudolstadt (with Rudolstadt, Bad Blankenburg , Teichel and Kirchhasel )
- Stadtilm Office (with Stadtilm, Paulinzella , Gräfinau and the enclaves Angelroda , Oesteröda and Elxleben )
- Amt Königsee (with Königsee, Schwarzburg , Oberweißbach , Katzhütte , Neuhaus am Rennweg and Scheibe-Alsbach )
- Amt Leutenberg (with Leutenberg, Könitz , Eichicht and the enclaves Weitisberga and Weisbach )