Pappenheim (state)

Lordship (County) of Pappenheim
Herrschaft (Grafschaft) Pappenheim
1030–1806
Coat of arms of Pappenheim
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalPappenheim
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Lordship founded
ca 1030
• Partitioned in four
1439
• Partitioned in twain
1558
• Raised to county
1628
• Stühlingen inherited
    by Fürstenberg

1629
1806
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Kingdom of Bavaria

Pappenheim was a German county in western Bavaria, Germany, located on the Altmühl river between Treuchtlingen and Solnhofen, and south of Weißenburg. As former sovereign family, mediatized to Bavaria in 1806, the family which ruled the state belongs to High nobility.