County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Grafschaft Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | |||||||||
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| 1607–1806 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms
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| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Berleburg | ||||||||
| Common languages | Westphalian | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1607 | |||||||||
1631 | |||||||||
• Raised to Principality | 1792 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Hesse | 1806 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Prussia | 1816 | ||||||||
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was one of several imperial counties and later principalities ruled by the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
Most of the former county is located in the present district of Siegen-Wittgenstein (in the modern state of North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany. The residence was the town and palace in Berleburg (now Bad Berleburg).