Territory of the County of Regenstein-Blankenburg (1566-1671)
This page covers the territory of the County of Regenstein-Blankenburg through 1671. Between 1599 and 1651, when the territory was partitioned between the Principality of Halberstadt (Regenstein) and the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Blankenburg), the territory was under the sovereignty of the Bishopric/Principality of Halberstadt, but its administration was outsourced to other countries or foreign noblemen. The last of those foreign noblemen was the Count of Tattenbach, who continued to administer the both Regenstein and Blankenburg until 1671, at which time administration reverted to the respective sovereigns.
Index of simplified names referenced on this page
- Regenstein-Blankenburg
- Halberstadt-Wolfenbüttel
- Halberstadt-Harburg
- Halberstadt-Tattenbach
- Wolfenbüttel-Tattenbach
County of Regenstein-Blankenburg
- Simplified country name: Regenstein-Blankenburg
- Nation: Minor-Dynastic Germany
- Chronology
- 1162: Founded
- 1566: Beginning of database (1)
- 1599: Terminated
- Successor: Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
(1) 1566 selected to correspond to neighboring Halberstadt
Regenstein subdivisions of Regenstein-Blankenburg
- Herrschaft Derenburg1566 - 1599
- Amt Regenstein1566 - 1599
- Amt Stecklenberg1566 - 1599
- Amt Westerburg1566 - 1599
- Amt Westerhausen1566 - 1599
- Amt Winningen1566 - 1599
Blankenburg subdivisions of Regenstein-Blankenburg
Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
- Simplified name: Halberstadt-Wolfenbüttel (2)
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: County of Regenstein-Blankenburg
- Chronology
- 1599: Created
- 1616: Amt Winningen transferred to Halberstadt (to Halberstadt-Köthen in 1623)
- 1635: Terminated
- Successor: Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Lüneburg-Harburg)
(2) In 1599, the Bishop of Halberstadt and the Prince of Wolfenbüttel were the same person. Although the territory was legally under Halberstadt sovereignty, the Bishop chose to use the governing apparatus of Wolfenbüttel in the former Regenstein-Blankenburg.
Regenstein subdivisions of Halberstadt-Wolfenbüttel
- Amt Regenstein1599 - 1635
- Amt Stecklenberg1599 - 1635
- Amt Westerburg1599 - 1635
- Amt Westerhausen1599 - 1635
- Amt Winningen1599 - 1616
Blankenburg subdivisions of Halberstadt-Wolfenbüttel
Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Lüneburg-Harburg)
- Simplified country name: Halberstadt-Harburg
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Predecessor: Principality of Halberstadt (adm. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
- Chronology
- 1635: Created
- 1642: Terminated
- Successor: Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Count of Tattenbach)
Regenstein subdivisions of Halberstadt-Harburg
- Amt Regenstein1635 - 1643
- Amt Stecklenberg1635 - 1643
- Amt Westerburg1635 - 1643
- Amt Westerhausen1635 - 1643
Blankenburg subdivisions of Halberstadt-Harburg
Bishopric/Principality of Halberstadt (adm. Count of Tattenbach)
- Simplified country name: Halberstadt-Tattenbach
- Nation
- Ecclesiastical Germany (1642-1648)
- Hohenzollern Germany (1648-1671)
- Predecessor: Bishopric of Halberstadt (adm. Lüneburg-Harburg)
- Chronology
- 1642: Created
- 1648: Secularized to a principality
- 1650: Amt Westerburg transferred to Halberstadt
- 1651: Blankenburg subdivisions transferred to Wolfenbüttel-Tattenbach
- 1671: Terminated
- Successor: Principality of Halberstadt
Regenstein subdivisions of Halberstadt-Tattenbach
- Amt Regenstein1643 - 1670
- Amt Stecklenberg1643 - 1670
- Amt Westerburg1643 - 1650
- Amt Westerhausen1643 - 1670
Blankenburg subdivisions of Halberstadt-Tattenbach
Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (adm. Count of Tattenbach)
- Simplified country name: Wolfenbüttel-Tattenbach
- Nation: Welfian Germany
- Predecessor: Principality of Halberstadt (adm. Count of Tattenbach)
- Chronology
- 1651: Created
- 1671: Terminated
- Successor: absorbed into Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Subdivisions of Wolfenbüttel-Tattenbach
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