Stolberg

Stolberg may refer to:

Towns in Germany

• Stolberg (Harz) in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt, seat of the counts of Stolberg.
• Stolberg (Rhineland) in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, part of the Duchy of Jülich until 1794, awarded to Prussia in 1815.
• Stollberg, in the Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony.

Former states of the Holy Roman Empire

• County of Stolberg, created from the County of Hohnstein in 1210 and partitioned to Harz line (S-Stolberg) and Rhenish line (S-Rochefort and S-Königstein) in 1548
• Stolberg-Gedern, partitioned from S-Wernigerode in 1677 and reunited thereto in 1804
• Stolberg-Königstein, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548
• Stolberg-Rochefort, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548
• Stolberg-Rossla, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1706, mediatised to the Electorate of Saxony in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815
• Stolberg-Schwarza, rejoined S-Wernigerode in 1748
• Stolberg-Stolberg, created from the partition of the County of Stolberg in 1548, partitioned in 1645 and 1706 to create S-Werngerode and S-Rossla, mediatised to the Electorate of Saxony in 1803 and awarded to Prussia in 1815
• Stolberg-Wernigerode, partitioned from S-Stolberg in 1645, partitioned to create S-Gedern in 1677, mediatised to Westphalia in 1807 and awarded to Prussia in 1815

People

Listed in chronological order by date of birth:

• The House of Stolberg, a large German noble family (Hoher Adel) with many branches.
• Count Botho of Stolberg the Elder († 1455)
• Count Henry the Younger of Stolberg (1467–1508), Governor of Frisia
• Anna II of Stolberg (1504–1574), imperial abbess of Quedlinburg
• Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506-1580), mother of William I of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century and co-founder of the current Dutch royal family House of Orange-Nassau.
• Count Henry of Stolberg (1509–1572)
• Count Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691–1771)
• Prince Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern (1693–1767)
• Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern (1699–1750)
• Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–1778)
• Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1746–1824)
• Christian, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748-1821), German poet, translator and lyricist
• Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750-1819), German poet, translator and lawyer
• Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752–1824), wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, pretender to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland
• Countess Augusta Louise of Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835)
• Countess Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1771–1856), Abbess of Drübeck Abbey
• Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1772–1854)
• Count Anthony of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785–1854)
• Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1837–1896), Governor of the Prince of Hanover, German Vice-Chancellor under Bismarck

Fiction

• Stolberg (television series), a German detective television series named for its lead character Martin Stolberg