Polity Vehringen County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1101: A descendant of the counts of Altshausen moved his residence to the central Laucherttal, where he built a residence (Burg Veringen) near the village of Veringen. From then on he called himself Count von Veringen.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1292: Because the people of Veringen were obviously in dire financial straits, Heinrich (the younger) sold the territory, now called the county, to Rudolf von Habsburg in 1291.
  • January 1301: The Habsburg pledged the county of Behringen back to the Veringers.

Disestablishment

  • January 1345: Count Heinrich von Veringen was forced to sell his county to his distant Württemberg relatives.