Waldeckian Pyrmont

 

This page covers the County/Principality of Pyrmont between the time it was severed from Spiegelberg and the time it formally merged with Waldeck. In addition to the core county/principality it covers a small territory in which administration was shared with the Bishopric of Paderborn.

 

Index of simplified country names referenced on this page

 

• Pyrmont-Eisenberg
• Pyrmont-Waldeck
• Pyrmont-Eisenberg\Paderborn

 

County/Principality of Pyrmont

 

• Simplified country name
  • Pyrmont-Eisenberg (1625-1692)
  • Pyrmont-Waldeck (1692-1849)
• Nation: Waldeckian Germany
• Predecessor: County of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont (in pers. union w/Gleichen-Tonna)
• Chronology
  • 1625: Created upon the partition of the County of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont
  • 1692: Personal union shifted to unified County of Waldeck
  • 1809: Promoted to a principality
  • 1849: Terminated upon the formal merger with the Principality of Waldeck
• Successor: Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Personal unions:
  • Pyrmont as secondary
    • County of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1625-1692)
    • County/Principality of Waldeck (1692-1849)

 

County of Pyrmont (adm. shared with Paderborn)

 

This quasi-country consisted entirely of Gogericht Lügde

 

• Simplified country name: Pyrmont-Eisenberg\Paderborn
• Nation: Waldeckian Germany
• Predecessor: County of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont (in pers. union w/Gleichen-Tonna; adm. shared w/Paderborn)
• Chronology
  • 1625: Created upon the partition of the County of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont with Paderborn contesting sovereignty over Pyrmont
  • 1668: Terminated upon transfer of sovereignty and full administrative responsibilities to the Bishopric of Paderborn
• Successor: Bishopric of Paderborn
• Personal unions:
  • Pyrmont as secondary
    • County of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1625-1668)