Polity Harbach Lordship

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Was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1221: Based on Gustav Droysen's Holy Roman Empire Map at the time of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1. Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

1.1.1. First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

  • May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
  • June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1376: The "Amte Harbach" was an independent (imperial) dynasty in its own right. After the Counts of Hals had died out (1375), it came to the Landgraviate of Leuchtenberg through inheritance.
  • January 1433: In 1432, Johann III and Georg von Leuchtenberg sold the dominions of Haidenburg with Haarbach to the knight Johann von Fraunberg.

Disestablishment

  • January 1509: The Harbach Lordship is annexed by Bavaria.

Selected Sources

  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 26-27
  • Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67