Lordship of Salm (Eifel)

 

This page covers the geographic Lordship of Salm, which was located in the Eifel region south of Gerolstein. It ceased to be a country in 1742, when it was absorbed into the County of Gerolstein as a subdivision.

 

This country should not be confused with the countries in Salmian Germany (of which it was never a part) nor with the countries in Steinian and Reifferscheidian Germany that used the Salm name. Events outside the temporal scope of the database are rendered in italics.

 

  • Simplified country name: Salm (Eifel)-Kail
  • Nation: Manderscheidian Germany
  • Chronology
    • 1077: Created as a lordship with imperial immediacy
    • 1527: Acquired by Manderscheid-Kail/beginning of database
    • 1742: Absorbed into the the County of Gerolstein upon the extinction of the Kail line.
  • Successor: County of Gerolstein
  • Personal unions