Search results
House of Stolberg. Coat of arms of the counts of Stolberg before 1429. Overall coat of arms of the House of Stolberg from 1742. The House of Stolberg is the name of an old and large German dynasty of the former Holy Roman Empire 's high aristocracy ( Hoher Adel ). Members of the family held the title of Fürst and Graf.
- Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Stolberg. Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the...
- Category:House of Stolberg
The counts of Stolberg are a German noble family, whose...
- Stolberg-Rossla
Stolberg-Rossla. The County of Stolberg-Rossla ( German:...
- Stolberg (Harz)
Stolberg was established as a settlement for miners in...
- Stolberg-Stolberg
Stolberg-Stolberg. Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg . In 1429, the County of Wernigerode passed to the Counts of Stolberg, who ruled Wernigerode through a personal union.
- Principality
- Middle Ages
People also ask
Who ruled Stolberg?
What does Stolberg stand for?
Who ruled Stolberg-Rossla?
Where is Stolberg located?
The coat of arms of the municipalities of Stolberg and Wernigerode uses black and gold, with a deer symbolizing House Stolberg and the two red trout symbolizing House Wernigerode. The heraldic motto of the counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode is Sors salusque mea in minibus domini (My destiny and my salvation lie in the hands of the Lord), alluding ...
Stolberg-Rossla. The County of Stolberg-Rossla ( German: Grafschaft Stolberg-Roßla) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Rossla, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was owned and ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg from 1341 until 1803. Stolberg-Rossla emerged as a partition of Stolberg-Stolberg in 1706.
- Principality
- Early Modern era
The counts of Stolberg are a German noble family, whose roots are from the present-day town of Stolberg in the Harz mountains. Representatives of the Gedern line were elevated in 1742 to imperial princes by Emperor Charles VII; the lines of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Stolberg-Stolberg and Stolberg-Roßla followed in 1890 and 1892 respectively.
Count of Stolberg 1210-1538. Acquired County of Wernigerode in 1429. Stolberg divided 1538: Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg 1538-1571 ex. Counts of 1538-1581 ex. Counts of Stolberg-Rochefort 1538-1574 ex. Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1538-1572. Counts of Stolberg-Schwarza 1538-1638 ex.
Stolberg was established as a settlement for miners in around AD 1000, although there is evidence of mining in the area as far back as 794. The name is derived from the German words Stollen = " [mining] gallery" and Berg = "hill". Iron, copper, silver, tin and gold were extracted there. Town status was awarded to Stolberg (Harz) before 1300.