Electorate of Cologne:

Quasi-Countries under the administration of Gymnich-Vischel, Bourscheid-Büllerheim, or Quadt-Wickrath

 

Electorate of Cologne (adm. Gymnich-Vischel)

 

• Simplified country name: Cologne-Wald (1)
• Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
• Chronology
  • 1364: Prospective quasi-country created when the Lords of Gymnich were awarded administrative rights over Herrschaft Vischel (2)
  • 1467: Prospective quasi-country partitioned with one branch seated in Vischel
  • 1559: beginning of database (3)
  • 1794: Quasi-country terminated upon occupation by France/end of database

 

(1) Wald was a lordship under Gymnich-Vischel sovereignty. I use it in the simplified name because its independence made Gymnich-Vischel foreign to the Electorate of Cologne, thus qualifying it for quasi-country status

(2) Before the independence of Wald, Vischel did not qualify for quasi-country status because that Gymnich line was still subject to the Electorate of Cologne. I nevertheless track it as a “prospective quasi-country”.

(3) The date of Wald’s independence is not known, but by 1559 (the default beginning date for the database throughout the Electorate of Cologne) I assume that it had achieved that status.