Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont

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Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont
1180–1918
Top: Flag (before 1830) Bottom: Flag (after 1830) Coat of arms
Anthem: "Mein Waldeck"
Waldeck (red) within the German Empire. The small northern territory is Pyrmont while the southern lands are Waldeck.
Map of Waldeck, showing the border between Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire State of the Confederation of the Rhine State of the German Confederation State of the North German Confederation State of the German Empire
Capital	Waldeck (to 1655) Arolsen (from 1655) 51°22′N 9°1′E / 51.367°N 9.017°E / 51.367; 9.017
Common languages	German
Religion	United Protestant: Evangelical State Church of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prince
• 1712–1728	Friedrich Anton Ulrich (first)
• 1893–1918	Friedrich (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established as a County	1180
• Became Reichsgraf (immediate count)	1349
• Succeeded to Pyrmont	1625
• Raised to Imp. Principality	January 1712
• Administered by Prussia	1868
• German Revolution	1918
• Subsumed into Prussia	1929
Population
• 1848	56,000[1]
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Schwalenberg County of Pyrmont Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
Today part of	Germany

The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1712 was raised to the rank of principality. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 it was a constituent state of its successors: the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, and the German Empire. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1918, the renamed Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont became a component of the Weimar Republic until divided between Hannover and other Prussian provinces in 1929. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony (Germany).