Sickingen was a county belonging to the Swabian Kreit within the Holy Roman Empire.
The genus Sickingen was an old generation, of which the Sickingen stambatch is located at Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. The family belonged to the national treason. The most famous count of this genre is Franz von Sickingen. The family also acquired possessions in Alsace and Rhineland-Palatinate.
After the death of Knight Frans Koenraad in 1558, the possessions were divided into five sons, resulting in five branches:
In the second half of the eighteenth century there were two branches:
Sickingen-Sickingen was further divided into an older branch and a younger branch, which was in possession of the glory of Eltschowitz in Bohemia.
On March 3, 1773, Karel Anton (1708-1787), Sickingen's freighter in Sickingen, was raised from the younger branch to a national dig. The new county only consisted of Burg Sickingen. By acts of 7 June 1791, 17 June 1791, 21 June 1793 and 3 August 1793, the Count was taken in the College of Swabian National Graves of the Reichstag. By acts of June 10, 1791 and May 12, 1792, the count was admitted to meetings of the Swabian Kreits. Although formal, only Burg Sickingen belonged to the county, the name was also used for other belongings of Sickingen, which formally belonged to the National Knightship. The older branch, Sickingen-Sickingen, was allowed to enter the grave title and began to mention his delights as a county. During this time, a trade with the Principality of Leiningen acquired the Hoheneinöden office with Hansenheim.
Due to the incorporation of the areas on the left Rhine in 1797, France lost many assets of Sickingen: Landstuhl, Köngernheim, Ellerstadt, Hemkirchen, Schallodenbach, Schneckenhausen and a share in Wartenberg.
In paragraph 24 of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 25 February 1803, Sickingen was only indemnified for the loss of property that did not belong to the National Revenue Court: the Hoheneinöden office. An annual interest rate was paid for this purpose. In addition, there was another ongoing issue with the county of Wartenberg. In 1788, Sickingen bought the village of Ellerstadt and the pachthoven Asbach and Oranienhof van Wartenberg. However, the transfer had not yet taken place when the area was incorporated in France. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss appointed Pleß Pleß to compensate for this loss. Pleß was already transferred to Fugger in 1805.
The annexation of the actual county by the Grand Duchy of Baden is not entirely clear. The county is not mentioned in the 1806 Rhine Bond Act at the mediations. It may have been incorporated in 1803 on the basis of paragraph 5 of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss: all the property belonging to the south of the Neckar of foundations and corporations, which have their headquarters on the left Rhine transfer, will come to Baden.
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