Native Name: | German: Grafschaft Wied-Runkel |
Conventional Long Name: | County of Wied-Runkel |
Common Name: | Wied-Runkel |
Status: | Vassal |
Empire: | Holy Roman Empire |
Government Type: | Principality |
Year Start: | 1698 |
Year End: | 1806 |
Event Start: | Partitioned from Wied |
Event1: | Raised to principality |
Date Event1: | 1791 |
Event End: | Mediatised to Nassau-Weilburg |
P1: | County of Wied |
S1: | Nassau-Weilburg |
Flag S1: | Flag of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.png |
Capital: | Runkel |
Wied-Runkel was a small German sovereign state. Wied-Runkel was located around the town and castle of Runkel, located on the Lahn River. It extended from the town of Runkel to further north of Schupbach, but also held an exclave east of Villmar.
Wied-Runkel was a partition of Wied, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1791. Wied-Runkel was mediatised to Nassau.