- Salm-Salm
Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Salm-Salm"
conventional_long_name = County (Principality) of Salm-Salm
common_name = Salm-Salm
continent = Europe
region =
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages, Modern Age
status = Vassal
status_text = State of theHoly Roman Empire
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality
year_start = 1574
year_end = 1811
life_span = 1574 – 1793
1802 – 1811
event_pre = Partitioned from
spaces|4Salm-Dhaun
date_pre =
1574
event_start = Partitioned to create
spaces|4Salm-Neuweiler
date_start =
1608
event1 = Raised to principality
date_event1 = 1739
event2 = by France
date_event2 = 1793
event3 = Granted territories from
spaces|4Münster, with S-Kyrburg,
spaces|4to create unified Salm
date_event3 =←
1802–03
event4 = Joined the Confederation
spaces|4of the Rhine
date_event4 =
1806
event_end = Annexed by France
date_end = 1811
event_post = Mediatised to Prussia
date_post = 1813
p1 = Salm-Dhaun
image_p1 =
s1 = First French Empire
flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg
image_map_caption =
capital =Badonviller ; Senones
footnotes = The Principality of Salm-Salm was a state of theHoly Roman Empire . It was located in the present-day French départements of theBas-Rhin and theVosges and was one of a number of partitions of Salm.History
Salm-Salm was created as a partition of
Salm-Dhaun in 1574, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1739 after being inherited and renamed by Count Nicholas Leopold ofSalm-Hoogstraten . Salm-Salm was partitioned between itself andSalm-Neuweiler in 1608.The last territorial partition occurred in 1751, when Salm-Salm reorganized its borders with the
Duchy of Lorraine .In 1790, after the
French Revolution , the princes of Salm fled the territory and moved to their castle in Anholt, Westphalia. Salm-Salm then was besieged by the revolutionary army, which blocked food supplies from reaching the state. As a consequence, the population was forced to surrender to France. On March 2, 1793, the FrenchNational Convention declared Salm-Salm to be a part of the French Republic and attached it to the Départment of theVosges . This was recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in thePeace of Lunéville of 1801.Some years later, in 1802/1803, together with
Salm-Kyrburg , the prince of Salm-Salm was granted new territories formerly belonging to the Bishops of Münster (Westphalia ). The new territory was governed in union withSalm-Kyrburg and was known as thePrincipality of Salm .Geography
The capital of Salm-Salm was first
Badonviller , and from 1751 on,Senones . The second part of the name of Salm-Salm derives from Salm Castle near Salm (todayLa Broque ).At the end of its existence, Salm-Salm had an area of about 200 km² and 10,000 inhabitants. It was separated from the main part of the Holy Roman Empire when most of
Alsace was ceded to France in the 17th century. Until 1735, it was bordered by theDuchy of Lorraine to the west and by France to the east. After Lorraine became a part of France in 1735, Salm-Salm formed an exclave of the Holy Roman Empire surrounded by French territory.The economy of Salm-Salm was mainly based on an
iron mine near Grandfontaine.Rulers
Counts of Salm-Salm (1574–1738)
* Frederick I (Count of
Salm-Dhaun ) (1574–1608)
* Philip Otto (1608–1634)
* Leopold Philip (1634–1663)
* Charles Theodore Otto (1663–1710)
* Louis Otto (1710–1738)Sovereign princes of Salm-Salm (1739–1813)
* Nicholas Leopold (Count of
Salm-Hoogstraten ) (1739–1770)
* Louis Otto Charles (1770–1771)
* Maximilian (1771–1773)
* Louis Otto Charles (1773–1778)
* Constantine Alexander (1778–1813)Mediatised princes of Salm-Salm (1813–"present")
* Constantine Alexander (1813–1828)
* Florentin (1828–1846)
* Alfred (1846–1886)
* Nikolaus (1886–1908)
* Alfred (1908–1923)
* Nikolaus Leopold (1923–1988)
* Carl-Philipp (1988–"present")
** Heir: Hereditary Prince Emanuel (born 1961)References and external links
* [http://www.paysdesabbayes.com/histoire/salm/hsalm51.html History of the Principality of Salm, at the Office de Tourisme Pays des Abbayes]
* [http://www.chateau-de-salm.org/Photos/plan1grand.gifMap of Salm-Salm as of 1751]
* [http://www.chateau-de-salm.org/ Salm Castle]
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