County (Principality) of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | ||||||||||||||||||
Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | ||||||||||||||||||
State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||||||
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Capital | Lich | |||||||||||||||||
Government | Principality | |||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||||||||||
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Union of S-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich |
1718 | ||||||||||||||||
• | Raised to principality | 1792 | ||||||||||||||||
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Mediatised to Austria, Hesse, Prussia and Württemberg |
1806 | ||||||||||||||||
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Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was a County with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hessen, Germany.
The county was originally created as a union of the counties of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich, and it was raised to a Principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792. Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was mediatised to Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia and Württemberg in 1806. The House of Solms had its origins at Solms, Hesse. The actual prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich still resides at Lich castle.