Electorate of Cologne:
Quasi-countries under Hessian administration or administered by subjects of Limburg or Trier
This page covers several quasi-countries holding administrative rights over Stadt Rhens that are not captured elsewhere. The countries to which the various administrators listed on this page were subject held no other interests in the Electorate of Cologne.
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Hesse(-Rheinfels/Darmstadt))
- Simplified country names
- Cologne-Hesse (1559-1567)
- Cologne-Rheinfels (1567-1583)
- Cologne-Darmstadt (1583-1629)
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Chronology
- 1445: Original quasi-country created when the County of Katzenelnbogen acquires administrative rights over Rhens
- 1479: Administrative rights pass to Hesse upon the extinction of the Katzenelnbogen line
- 1559: beginning of database
- 1567: Administrative rights pass to Hesse-Rheinfels upon the partition of Hesse
- 1583: Administrative rights pass to Hesse-Darmstadt upon the extinction of the Rheinfels line
- 1629: Quasi-country terminated when Darmstadt surrenders administrative rights
- Successor: Electorate of Cologne
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Limburg subjects)
- Simplified country name: Cologne-Limburg~
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: Electorate of Cologne
- Chronology
- 1649: Quasi-country created when administrative rights over Rhens pass to the Bonkhorst family, subjects of the Duchy of Limburg
- 1661: Quasi-country terminated when administrative rights pass to Gladbach Abbey, subject to the Duchy of Jülich
- Successor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Jülich subjects)
Electorate of Cologne (adm. Trier subjects)
- Simplified country names: Cologne-Trier~
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: Electorate of Cologne (adm. Jülich subjects)
- Chronology
- 1694: Quasi-country created when administrative rights over Rhens pass to Rommersdorf Abbey, subject to the Electorate of Trier
- 1729: Quasi-country terminated when administrative rights revert to the city itself
- Successor: Electorate of Cologne