Principality of Salm

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Principality of Salm Fürstentum Salm (German)
1803–1811
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Mediatised to Prussia		1815
Preceded by Succeeded by Bishopric of Münster County of Anholt Lippe (department)

The second Principality of Salm was a short-lived client state of Napoleonic France located in Westphalia.

History

The

The Principality of Salm was ruled jointly by the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm,

Geography

The capital of Salm was Bocholt. Salm had an area of about 1,760 km² and a population of 59,086. It covered approximately the same area as the present-day District of Borken.

External links

• Principality of Salm, at flaggenlexikon.de (in German and in English)