Kniphausen until 1855 (Germany)

Last modified: 2001-12-21 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Banner-of-Arms
• Flag 1689-1702
• Flag 1702-1751
• Flag 1770-1813
• Flag 1850-1855

See also:

• Historical Flags (Lower Saxony, Germany)
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Germany)
• Germany

Other sites:

• German Territories in 1789 at the Map Collection of Germany of the Baden-Württemberg Mailing List website

Inn- und Kniphausen was a tiny territory (even by German standards!). One part of it is today part of Wilhelmshaven, the other was in the area of Varel, in the south of Friesland County [Kreis Friesland]. All I know is that it was ruled by the Aldenburg-Bentinck family and annexed to Oldenburg in 1855. It gained some notoriety when it remained unoccupied by Napoleon. Since it was considered neutral, the counts made a fortune by allowing other ship-owners to use their flag. Of course, this practice didn't