Solms-Braunfels

County (Principality) of Solms-Braunfels
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Braunfels
1258–1806
Coat of arms of Solms-Braunfels
Coat of arms
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalBraunfels
Common languagesWest Central German
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from Solms
1258
• Partitioned to create
    Ottenstein

1325
• Partitioned to create Lich
1409
• Partitioned to create
    Greifenstein and Hungen

1592
• Raised to principality
1742
• Mediatised to Austria,
    Hesse, Prussia and
    Württemberg
1806
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Solms
Archduchy of Austria
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Württemberg
Coat of arms of Princes von Solms-Braunfels
Carl of Solms-Braunfels (1812–1875), Founder of New Braunfels, Texas

Solms-Braunfels was a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.