Holstein-Pinneberg

County of Holstein-Pinneberg
County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg
Grafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg (German)
Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg (German)
1290–1640
Coat of arms of Holstein-Pinneberg
Coat of arms
Holstein-Pinneberg and neighbouring territories around 1400
Holstein-Pinneberg and neighbouring territories around 1400
StatusImperial county
CapitalPinneberg
Common languagesNorthern Low Saxon, German
Religion
Rom. Catholic to 1561,
then mainly Lutheran,
Calvinist from 1601 and
Jewish from 1621, esp. in Altona
GovernmentMonarchy
Counts of Schauenburg 
House of Schauenburg
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Division of Holstein-Itzehoe following death of Gerhard I
1290
• Usurpation in 1640 after the comital male line died out
1640
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Image missing Holstein-Itzehoe
Holstein-Glückstadt
Today part ofGermany

The County of Holstein-Pinneberg (German: Grafschaft Holstein-Pinneberg), also known as the County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (German: Grafschaft Schauenburg und Holstein-Pinneberg), was a small territory which existed from 1290 until 1640, centred around Pinneberg in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[1]

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