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TheLordship of Wickrath (sometimes spelled "Wykradt") was alordship of theHoly Roman Empire located in westernNorth Rhine-Westphalia around the castle ofWickrath. The lordship was bordered by theDuchy of Jülich to the south, west and north, and theArchbishopric of Cologne to the east. Wickrath became an immediate lordship in 1488 after it passed to the Knights ofHompesch. It was located in theLower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, and from 1752 it was an Imperial Estate with a vote in theBench of Counts of Westphalia.
The first mention of Wickrath occurred in 971 where it was called "Wickenrodero Marca". Wickrath received its first church in 1200. It was ruled by the Lords ofBroichhausen. In 1488 the Lordship of Wickrath was raised to an immediate lordship and was given to the Knights of Hompesch. It came to the Lords (later raised to Counts) ofQuadt [de] which renamed toQuadt-Wykradt in 1502. They were raised to an immediate state with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia in 1752. Wickrath, along with all German territory west of theRhine River, was annexed toFrance in 1794 and the Counts of Quadt (later Princes, 1901) were later remunerated for their loss by gaining the City ofIsny in modernBaden-Württemberg in 1803. TheCongress of Vienna awarded Wickrath to the Kingdom ofPrussia in 1814.
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1 from 1648 2 until 1648 3 without seat inImperial Diet ? status uncertain Circles est. 1500:Bavarian,Swabian,Upper Rhenish,Lower Rhenish–Westphalian,Franconian,(Lower) Saxon
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