The distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the northwestern edge of the Palatinate Forest, east of modern-day France. The Kolb von Wartenberg family took its name from Castle Wartenberg built in the present day Kaiserslautern which was destroyed in 1522. Its territories belonged until the late 18th century to the Upper Rhenish Circle and included properties in Wachenheim, Kaiserslautern and Mettenheim. After the left bank of Rhine was taken over by the French revolutionary troops in 1794 and subsequently integrated into the French First Republic, the County of Wartenberg was dissolved. As a compensation for the loss of their estates, the Counts of Wartenberg received in 1802 the Rot an der Rot Abbey in Upper Swabia. The monastery's possessions included thirteen villages and hamlets with a total of 2871 subjects. The new county then became known as County of Wartenberg-Roth. In 1804, the last Count of Wartenberg, Ludwig, adopted his two nephews Counts Franz Carl Friedrich and Franz Georg Friedrich of Erbach-Erbach who upon Ludwig's death inherited not only the title Wartenberg-Roth, but also the Lordship of Roth's estates of Erbach and Reichenbach in Hesse and the Lordships of Wildenstein and Steinbach in Bavaria.[1]
House of Wartenberg [de], an extinct aristocratic family from Bohemia
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^ abcErnst Heinrich Kneschke: Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Band 5, 1864, S. 215 ff (Online)
January 01, 1970
counts, wartenberg, wittelsbach, dynasty, ferdinand, bavaria, soldier, house, wartenberg, german, grafen, wartenberg, name, german, comital, family, grafen, which, held, large, territories, rhenish, hesse, electoral, palatinate, upper, swabia, original, coat, . For Counts of Wartenberg of the Wittelsbach dynasty see Ferdinand of Bavaria soldier the House of Wartenberg German Grafen von Wartenberg was the name of the German comital family Grafen which held large territories in Rhenish Hesse Electoral Palatinate and Upper Swabia Original coat of arms Johann Casimir II Kolb von Wartenberg the 1st Count of Wartenberg Contents 1 Origins 2 County of Wartenberg 3 See also 4 ReferencesOrigins editThe distant origins of this family are speculative yet seem to originate in the northwestern edge of the Palatinate Forest east of modern day France The Kolb von Wartenberg family took its name from Castle Wartenberg built in the present day Kaiserslautern which was destroyed in 1522 Its territories belonged until the late 18th century to the Upper Rhenish Circle and included properties in Wachenheim Kaiserslautern and Mettenheim After the left bank of Rhine was taken over by the French revolutionary troops in 1794 and subsequently integrated into the French First Republic the County of Wartenberg was dissolved As a compensation for the loss of their estates the Counts of Wartenberg received in 1802 the Rot an der Rot Abbey in Upper Swabia The monastery s possessions included thirteen villages and hamlets with a total of 2871 subjects The new county then became known as County of Wartenberg Roth In 1804 the last Count of Wartenberg Ludwig adopted his two nephews Counts Franz Carl Friedrich and Franz Georg Friedrich of Erbach Erbach who upon Ludwig s death inherited not only the title Wartenberg Roth but also the Lordship of Roth s estates of Erbach and Reichenbach in Hesse and the Lordships of Wildenstein and Steinbach in Bavaria 1 After the Congress of Vienna in 1816 the ancestral territory which belonged to this noble family became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria except for Mettenheim which was absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1 County of Wartenberg editCounty of Wartenberg RothGrafschaft Wartenberg Roth8th century 1806StatusCountyCapitalWartenberg RohrbachGovernmentCountyHistorical eraMiddle Ages Foundedbefore 812 8th century Mediatised to Westphalia1806 Annexed to Prussia1814Succeeded by Duchy of Westphalia nbsp The historical County of Wartenberg included the townships Aspach Diemerstein Ellerstadt Fischbach Imbsbach Marienthal Ober und Nieder Mehlingen Mettenheim Oranienhof Rohrbach Sembach Wachenheim und Wartenberg 1 See also editHouse of Wartenberg de an extinct aristocratic family from BohemiaReferences edit a b c Ernst Heinrich Kneschke Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels Lexicon Band 5 1864 S 215 ff Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Counts of Wartenberg amp oldid 1173967748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
