Polity Frohburg County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1081: The bishop of Basel enfeoffed the Count of Frohburg in Buchsgau.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1306: In 1305 the Counts of Frohburg sold the town of Liestal to the Bishop of Basel.

Disestablishment

  • January 1464: With the decline of the nobility in the 14th century and the growth of the cities, more and more areas of the Buchsgau came under the influence of Bern and Solothurn. Solothurn became lord of the Gäu in 1463, Bern of the Bipperamt, which still belongs to the canton of Bern today.