Polity Helfenstein County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1114: Foundation of Helfenstein.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1357: The town has had town rights since 1356. At that time it was under the Counts of Helfenstein.
  • January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.
  • January 1397: Between 1396 and 1802 Geislingen belonged to the Free Imperial City of Ulm.

Disestablishment

  • January 1518: The line of Helfenstein died out in 1517 with George I.

Selected Sources

  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31