Count of Vechta

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Count of Vechta was a noble title in the Holy Roman Empire associated with the territory around the town of Vechta in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf county
noble title
associatedWith Vechta
category Historical counties in Lower Saxony
Noble titles of the Holy Roman Empire
country Holy Roman Empire
governedTerritory Vechta and surrounding area
governmentForm feudal county
hasJurisdictionOver territory around Vechta
hasTerritorialBase territory around the town of Vechta
historicalRegion Northwest Germany
historicalStatus defunct title
languageOfTitle German
locatedIn Vechta
locatedInHistoricalEntity Duchy of Saxony (broad historical region)
locatedInPresentDay Germany
Lower Saxony
nobleRank count
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalEntityType county of the Holy Roman Empire
presentDayAdministrativeRegion District of Vechta
presentDayCountry Germany
presentDayFederalState Lower Saxony
seatOfPower Vechta
sovereigntyType immediate or mediate territory within the Holy Roman Empire
titleHolderClass nobility
titleInEmpire imperial count (Graf)
titleScope regional
titleUsedIn medieval period
usedWithin feudal system of the Holy Roman Empire

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bernhard von Galen
title

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