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Towns in Germany

Stolberg (Harz) Stolberg (pronounced Stoul-berg ) is a town (sometimes itself called 'Harz' in historical references) and a former municipality in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in the southern par ...

in the district of

Mansfeld-Südharz Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007. In the German parliament, the Bu ...

in Saxony-Anhalt, seat of the

counts of Stolberg The County of Stolberg () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was probably founded in the 12th c ...

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Stolberg (Rhineland) Stolberg (, Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has a long history as an industrial town and belongs to the district Aachen (district), Aachen and the lower district court of Eschweiler. Geography ...

in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, part of the Duchy of Jülich until 1794, awarded to Prussia in 1815. *

Stollberg Stollberg is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz. It was the site of the Hoheneck women's prison until 2001. References

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, in the Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony.

Former states of the Holy Roman Empire

County of Stolberg The County of Stolberg () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz mountain range in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. The town of Stolberg was probably founded in the 12th c ...

, created from the County of Hohnstein in 1210 and partitioned to Harz line (S-Stolberg) and Rhenish line (S-Rochefort and S-Königstein) in 1548 *

Stolberg-Gedern The Lordship of Gedern (German: ''Herrschaft Gedern'') was a lordship or herrschaft centred on Gedern near Büdingen in Hesse, Germany. It is first recorded in a document from Lorsch Abbey dating to 780. History The lords of Ortenburg (descended fr ...

, partitioned from S-Wernigerode in 1677 and reunited thereto in 1804 * Stolberg-Königstein, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548 * Stolberg-Rochefort, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548 *

Stolberg-Rossla The County of Stolberg-Rossla () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Rossla, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The territory was owned and ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg from 1341 until 1803, when the county became m ...

, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1706, mediatised to the

Electorate of Saxony The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356 to 1806 initially centred on Wittenberg that came to include areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. It was a ...

in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 * Stolberg-Schwarza, rejoined S-Wernigerode in 1748 *

Stolberg-Stolberg Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. In 1429 ...

, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548, partitioned in 1645 and 1706 to create S-Werngerode and S-Rossla, mediatised to the

in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 *

Stolberg-Wernigerode The County of Stolberg-Wernigerode () was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz region around Wernigerode, now part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg. History The Counts of Wernigerode h ...

, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1645, partitioned to create S-Gedern in 1677, mediatised to Westphalia in 1807 and awarded to Prussia in 1815

People

Listed in chronological order by date of birth: * The

House of Stolberg The House of Stolberg is an old and large German dynasty of the former Holy Roman Empire's Uradel, high aristocracy (''German nobility#Hochadel, Hoher Adel''). Members of the family held the title of ''Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Fürst'' an ...

, a large German noble family (Hoher Adel) with many branches. * Count Botho of Stolberg the Elder († 1455) * Count Henry the Younger of Stolberg (1467–1508), Governor of

Frisia Frisia () is a Cross-border region, cross-border Cultural area, cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of "Frisia" ...

Anna II of Stolberg Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode (28 January 1504 – 4 March 1574) was a German noblewoman who reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1516 until her death. She was elected princess-abbess under the name Anna II at the age of twelve, s ...

(1504–1574), imperial abbess of Quedlinburg * Countess

Juliana of Stolberg Juliana, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt – 18 June 1580) was the mother of William the Silent, the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century. Early life and ...

-Wernigerode (1506–1580), mother of

William I of Orange William the Silent or William the Taciturn (; 24 April 153310 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (156 ...

, leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century and co-founder of the current Dutch royal family

House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (, ), also known as the House of Orange because of the prestige of the princely title of Orange, also referred to as the Fourth House of Orange in comparison with the other noble houses that held the Principality of Or ...

. * Count

Henry of Stolberg Count Henry of Stolberg (2 January 1509 – 12 November 1572 at Stolberg Castle) was a German nobleman. Life Henry was born at Stolberg Castle in Stolberg, the fourth son of the ruling Count Bodo VIII and his wife Countess Anna of Eppste ...

(1509–1572) * Count

Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Christian Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, (2 April 1691, Gedern – 25 October 1771, Wernigerode) was a German politician and a member of the House of Stolberg. From 1710 to 1771 he governed County of Wernigerode in the Harz mountain ...

(1691–1771) * Prince

Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (11 October 1693 – 28 September 1767), was a German politician. He founded the Stolberg-Gedern line of the House of Stolberg, which ended in 1804 when it became part of the line of Stolberg-Wernige ...

(1693–1767) * Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern (1699–1750) * Count

Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (; 7 December 1716, Wernigerode – 24 October 1778, Halberstadt) was a German politician, canon, dean and author of many hymns. He also published some poetry and collections of songs. He was Count of ...

(1716–1778) * Count

Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (; 8 January 1746, Wernigerode Castle – 26 May 1824, Pieszyce, Peterwaldau) was the only son of Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode, whom he succeeded as ruler of the Stolberg-Wernige ...

(1746–1824) * Christian, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821), German poet, translator and lyricist * Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750–1819), German poet, translator and lawyer *

Catharine Stolberg Catharine Stolberg (5 December 1751, Bad Bramstedt – 22 February 1832, Pieszyce), was a Danish-German Count, countess and writer. She published novels and plays, and was also known for her biography and her preserved correspondence. Stolberg w ...

(1751–1832), Danish-German countess and writer *

Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern Princess Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern (20 September 1752 – 29 January 1824) was the wife of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobitism, Jacobite claimant to the English throne, English and Scottish thrones. The unhappy mar ...

(1752–1824), wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, pretender to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland * Countess Augusta Louise of Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835) * Countess

Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode Countess Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode (24 November 1771 at Wernigerode Castle – 8 June 1856 in Groß Krauschen) was abbess of Drübeck Abbey. Louise was a member of the House of Stolberg, from the Harz area. She was the second eldest d ...

(1771–1856), Abbess of Drübeck Abbey * Count

Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (25 September 1772 in Wernigerode Castle – 16 February 1854 in Wernigerode Castle) succeeded his father in 1824 as ruler of the County of Wernigerode. Life By birth, member of an ancient House of Stolberg, ...

(1772–1854) * Count Anthony of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785–1854) * Prince

Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode Otto Graf (From 1890, Fürst) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (30 October 1837 – 19 November 1896) was an German Empire, Imperial German officer, diplomat and politician who served as the first vice-chancellor of the German Empire under Otto Von Bi ...

(1837–1896), Governor of the Prince of Hanover, German Vice-Chancellor under Bismarck

Fiction

* ''Stolberg'' (television series), a German detective television series named for its lead character Martin Stolberg {{Disambig, geo