County of Stolberg-Wernigerode Grafschaft Stolberg-Wernigerode | |||||||||
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1645–1807 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) | ||||||||
Capital | Wernigerode | ||||||||
Government | County | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
1429 | |||||||||
1645 | |||||||||
1677 | |||||||||
1714 | |||||||||
1748 | |||||||||
• Reacquired Stolberg-Gedern | 1804 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Westphalia | 1807 | ||||||||
• Awarded to Prussia | 1815 | ||||||||
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The County of Stolberg-Wernigerode (German: Grafschaft Stolberg-Wernigerode) was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz region around Wernigerode, now part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was ruled by a branch of the House of Stolberg.