Holstein-Pinneberg

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County of Holstein-Pinneberg
County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg
Grafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg (German)
Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg (German)
1290–1640
Holstein-Pinneberg.PNG
Coat of arms
Herzogtum Sachsen Lauenburg 1400.PNG
Holstein-Pinneberg and neighbouring territories around 1400
Status Imperial county
Capital Pinneberg
Common languages Northern Low Saxon, German
Religion
Rom. Catholic to 1561,
then mainly Lutheran,
Calvinist from 1601 and
Jewish from 1621, esp. in Altona
Government Monarchy
Counts of Schauenburg 
House of Schauenburg
Historical era Middle Ages
 Division of Holstein-Itzehoe following death of Gerhard I
1290
 Usurpation in 1640 after the comital male line died out
1640
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sin escudo.svg Holstein-Itzehoe
Holstein-Glückstadt Holstein Arms.svg
Today part of Germany

The County of Holstein-Pinneberg (German : Grafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg), also known as the County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (German : Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg), was a small territory which existed from 1290 until 1640, centred around Pinneberg in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Rise and fall of the county

Holstein-Pinneberg was one of the territories partitioned from the County of Holstein-Itzehoe (the others being Holstein-Rendsburg and Holstein-Plön) following the death of Gerhard I. This resulted in the Pinneberg line of the Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein, who were called Holstein-Pinneberg or Holstein-Schauenburg. The Schauenburgs (later, on the Weser, called the Schaumburgs) ruled over the County of Schaumburg (which became a principality in 1620) and over Holstein-Pinneberg.

In 1375, Prince-Archbishop Albert II of Bremen mortgaged the Haseldorfer Marsh to Adolphus VII. The prince-archbishop of Bremen later failed to redeem the mortgage, and the Haseldorfer Marsh has been part of Holstein ever since. Whereas in 1537 Christian III of Denmark introduced the Reformation in all his four realms, Denmark, Duchy of Holstein, Norway and Schleswig, Holstein-Pinneberg remained Catholic until 1559. After the Schaumburgs died out in 1640 (the other lines in Holstein had already died out by 1459) the County of Schaumburg was divided and the County of Holstein-Pinneberg was absorbed into what was now the Duchy of Holstein (formerly the County of Holstein-Rendsburg). In 1650, the County of Rantzau was created from the northern third of the territory.

Holstein
Holstein-Kiel
(1261–1390)
Holstein-Itzehoe
(1261–1300)
Holstein-Segeberg
(1273-1308)
Holstein-Plön
(1300–1390)
Holstein-Rendsburg
(1300–1459)
Holstein-Pinneberg
(1300–1640)
Duchy of
Holstein
(from 1474)
Imperial County of Rantzau
(1650–1726)

Counts of Holstein-Pinneberg

The former County of Holstein-Pinneberg (light and dark turquoise) northwest of Hamburg, here around 1650 the County of Rantzau (dark turquoise) has already been separated out. Map SLH-1650 EN.png
The former County of Holstein-Pinneberg (light and dark turquoise) northwest of Hamburg, here around 1650 the County of Rantzau (dark turquoise) has already been separated out.

The following counts ruled over Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg:

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