County of Rieneck

Bailiwick of the Archbishopric of Mainz;
Lordship (County) of Rieneck
Vogtei des Mainzer Erzstift;
Herrschaft (Grafschaft) Rieneck
before 1100–1559
1673–1806
Coat of arms of Rieneck
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalLohr
GovernmentCounty
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• First mention of Rieneck
c. 790
• County established
before 1100
• Court of Louis I, Count of Loon
from 1168
• Granted city rights by Emperor Louis IV
1333
• Comital line extinct
1559
• Purchased by Count of Nostitz
1673
1806
• Granted to Bavaria
1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Electorate of Mainz
Principality of Aschaffenburg

The County of Rieneck was a comital domain within the Holy Roman Empire that lay in what is now northwestern Bavaria (in the west of Lower Franconia). It bore the same name as its original ruling family, the Counts of Rieneck, from whom the county and its main seat, the town of Rieneck, got their names.