Bentheim-Steinfurt

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Bentheim-Steinfurt was a historical county located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia in the region surrounding Steinfurt, Germany. Bentheim-Steinfurt was a partition of Bentheim-Bentheim, itself a partition of the County of Bentheim. Bentheim-Steinfurt was partitioned: between itself and Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda in 1606; and between itself and Bentheim-Bentheim in 1643.

County of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1454–1806
Coat of Arms (1454–1589)
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Steinfurt
Religion	Roman Catholicism Lutheranism (Majority from 1544)
Government	County
Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt
• 1454-1466	Aronold I (first)
• 1780-1806	Louis Ernest (last)
History
• Partitioned from the County of Bentheim	1454
• Split off Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda	1606
• Split off Bentheim-Bentheim	1643
• Disestablished	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Bentheim Kingdom of Prussia Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda Bentheim-Bentheim
Today part of	North Rhine-Westphalia