County of Bentheim

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former state historic county territorial principality

The County of Bentheim is a historic territorial county in northwestern Germany, centered around the town of Bad Bentheim near the Dutch border.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former state → historic county → territorial principality →
associatedWith	Bad Bentheim spa town → Bentheim sandstone →
borderedBy	Bishopric of Münster → Bishopric of Osnabrück → Duchy of Cleves → United Provinces of the Netherlands →
centeredOn	Bad Bentheim →
coatOfArmsFeatures	bent lion →
coatOfArmsUsedBy	House of Bentheim →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	agriculture → stone quarrying → trade →
governmentType	county →
hasCapital	Bad Bentheim →
hasCenter	Bentheim Castle →
hasDynasty	House of Bentheim → House of Bentheim-Steinfurt → House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg →
hasFortification	Bentheim Castle →
hasHeritage	cross-border cultural region with the Netherlands →
hasHistoricStatus	immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire → imperial county →
hasLanguage	German → Low German →
hasReligion	Calvinism → Lutheranism → Roman Catholicism →
hasSubdivision	County of Bentheim-Lingen → County of Bentheim-Steinfurt → County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg →
historicalRegion	Emsland → Westphalia →
locatedIn	Lower Saxony → northwestern Germany →
locatedNear	Dutch border →
namedAfter	Bentheim →
partOf	Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle →
presentIn	modern district name Grafschaft Bentheim →
rulerTitle	Count of Bentheim →
todayPartOf	District of Grafschaft Bentheim → Federal Republic of Germany → State of Lower Saxony →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Bentheim ("County of Bentheim-Steinfurt") → County of Bentheim ("County of Bentheim-Tecklenburg") → County of Bentheim ("County of Bentheim-Lingen") →	hasSubdivision
Prince-Bishopric of Münster →	borderedBy
Emsland →	borderingRegion
County of Bentheim ("Count of Bentheim") →	rulerTitle
Middle Dutch →	spokenIn
County of Bentheim ("District of Grafschaft Bentheim") →	todayPartOf