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County of Steinfurt Grafschaft Steinfurt | |||||||
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c. 1100–1806 | |||||||
![]() Map of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle around 1560, County of Steinfurt highlighted in red | |||||||
Status | County | ||||||
Capital | Steinfurt | ||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||
Religion | (Majority from 1544) | ||||||
Type | County | ||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages, Early modern period | ||||||
• Established | c. 1100 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1806 | ||||||
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Today part of | North Rhine-Westphalia |
The County of Steinfurt (German: Grafschaft Steinfurt), originally the Lordship of Steinfurt (Herrschaft Steinfurt), was a historic territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Münsterland. It existed from roughly 1100 until 1806.