County of Steinfurt
County of Steinfurt Grafschaft Steinfurt | |||||||
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| c. 1100–1806 | |||||||
Map of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle around 1560, County of Steinfurt highlighted in red | |||||||
| Status | County | ||||||
| Capital | Steinfurt | ||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||
| Religion | (Majority from 1544) | ||||||
| Type | County | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Early modern period | ||||||
• Established | c. 1100 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1806 | ||||||
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| Today part of | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||
The County of Steinfurt (German: Grafschaft Steinfurt), originally the Lordship of Steinfurt (Herrschaft Steinfurt), was a historic territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Münsterland. It existed from roughly 1100 until 1806.