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County of Schaumburg

1110 CE – 1640 CE (approx.) · capital Stadthagen; later Bückeburg

A Weser county whose counts also ruled Holstein for three centuries, later divided between Hesse and Lippe as the root of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Origins

The lords of Schauenburg appear around 1110 with a castle on the Nesselberg above the Weser near Rinteln. In 1111 Duke Lothair of Saxony granted Adolf I of Schauenburg the County of Holstein, beginning a long double rule over Holstein and the Weser lands.

Rule and society

The Schaumburg counts ruled a small, fertile territory on the Weser while their Holstein branches became great Baltic lords. Count Ernst, who ruled from 1601, founded the university at Rinteln in 1621, built the residence at Bückeburg and introduced Lutheran church order. Stadthagen held the counts' mausoleum.

Decline and legacy

The Schaumburg line died out with Otto V in 1640. The county was divided in 1647: the southern part went to Hesse-Kassel, and the north to the counts of Lippe, forming Schaumburg-Lippe, which survived as a German state until 1946.

Lineage

County of SchaumburgPrincipality of Schaumburg-Lippe 1647 CE – 1918 CE

Connections (1)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Schaumburg. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-schaumburg
MLA
“County of Schaumburg.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-schaumburg. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “County of Schaumburg.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-schaumburg.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘County of Schaumburg’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-schaumburg (Accessed: ).

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