Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
| County (Principality) of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | ||||||||||
| Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | ||||||||||
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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 |
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.svg) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen within the German Empire
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 Schwarzburg-Sondershausen within Thuringia
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| Capital | Sondershausen | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Partitioned from Schwarzburg |
1599 | ||||||||
| • | Raised to Principality | 1697 | ||||||||
| • | German Revolution | 1920 | ||||||||
| • | Merged into Thuringia | 1920 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1905 | 862 km² (333 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1905 est. | 85,000 | ||||||||
| Density | 98.6 /km² (255.4 /sq mi) | |||||||||
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with its capital at Sondershausen.
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county until 1697. In that year, it became a principality, which lasted until the fall of the German monarchies in 1918, during the German Revolution of 1918–1919. After the German Revolution, 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.
Raised to Principality in 1697
United under Prince Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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.
Upon the death of Prince Friedrich Günther, the last in the male line, under Semi-Salic primogeniture his elder sister, Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg, who married Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, may have had a claim to the headship.
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