Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Infobox Former Country
native_name = "Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen"
conventional_long_name = County (Principality) of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
common_name = Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
continent = Europe
region = Central Europe
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
status_text= 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,
State of the Weimar Republic
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality
year_start = 1599
year_end = 1920
event_start = Partitioned from
spaces|4Schwarzburg
date_start =
1599
event1 = Raised to Principality
date_event1 = 1697
event_end = German Revolution
date_end =
event_post = Merged into Thuringia
date_post = 1920
p1 = County of Schwarzburg
flag_p1 = Flagge Fürstentümer Schwarzburg.svg
s1 = Thuringia
flag_s1 = Flag of Thuringia (state).svg

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image_map_caption = Schwarzburg-Sondershausen within Thuringia
capital = Sondershausen
stat_year1 = 1905
stat_area1 = 862
stat_pop1 = 85000

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with capital at Sondershausen. A county until 1697, in that year it became a principality, and lasted until the fall of the German monarchies in 1918, during the German Revolution. After which it became a republic.

In 1920 it joined with other small states in the area to form the new state of Thuringia. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen had an area of 862 km² and a population of 85,000 (1905). Towns placed in the state were: Arnstadt, Sondershausen, Gehren, Langewiesen, Großbreitenbach, Ebeleben, Großenehrich, Greußen and Plaue.

Rulers of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, 1552–1918

Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

* 1552–86 John Günther I
* 1586–1643 Günther XLII, "with"
* 1586–1638 Anthony Henry, "with"
* 1586–1631 John Günther II, "with"
* 1586–1642 Christian Günther I
* 1642–66 Anthony Günther I
* 1666–97 Christian William, "with"
* 1666–97 Anthony Günther II"Raised to Prince in 1697"

Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

* 1697–1716 Anthony Günther II
* 1697 – 10 May 1721: Christian Wilhelm
* 10 May 1721 – 28 November 1740: Günther XLIII
* 28 November 1740 – 6 November 1758: Heinrich XXXV
* 6 November 1758 – 14 October 1794: Christian Günther III
* 14 October 1794 – 19 August 1835: Günther Friedrich Karl I
* 19 August 1835 – 15 September 1889: Günther Friedrich Karl II
* 15 September 1889 – 28 March 1909: Karl Günther"United under Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt"
* 28 March 1909 – November 1918 Prince Günther

Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg

On the death of the childless Prince Günther Victor in 1925 he was succeeded by Prince Sizzo (1860-1926) who was the son of Prince Friedrich Günther (1793–1867) from his second, morganatic marriage. Prince Sizzo was recognised as a full member of the House of Schwarzburg in 1896.

* 1918–25: Prince Günther (1852–1925)
* 1925–26: Prince Sizzo (1860–1926)
* 1926–71: Prince Friedrich Günther (1901–71)

Villages with more than 2000 people

External links

* [http://starnarcosis.net/obsidian/gerS.html Regnal chronology]