Polity Luechow County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1172: Henry the Lion founded the five counties of Holstein, Ratzeburg, Schwerin, Dannenberg and Lüchow to protect his country's new territories and borders. Ulrich III. and Hermann I. (1144-1171) moved the count seat to Lüchow and referred to themselves from then on as the Counts of Lüchow.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1319: After the death of Count Kaland von Lüchow, who remained childless, in 1318, the Ascanians were entitled to the county. In 1320 the county came into the possession of the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg through a sale.