County of Sponheim

County of Sponheim
Grafschaft Sponheim (German)
11th century – 1804
Coat of arms of Upper Sponheim of Sponheim
Coat of arms of Upper Sponheim
Location of the County of Sponheim
Location of the County of Sponheim
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
GovernmentFeudal County
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
11th century
• Partitioned to Starkenburg and Kreuznach
c. 1225
1437
1500
• Annexed by the First French Empire
1804
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Argent, a chief indented gules (the Franconian Rake) Rhenish Franconia
Or a bend gules, three alerions argent Duchy of Lorraine
Kingdom of Prussia
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Kingdom of Bavaria
Historic map of the left bank of the Rhine in 1692 - including the County of Sponheim

The County of Sponheim (German: Grafschaft Sponheim, former spelling: Spanheim, Spanheym) was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire that lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century. The name comes from the municipality of Sponheim, where the counts had their original residence.