A Mark county is an area, which was been because of the realm border directly and had been established for the defense of this border. Leaning carrier and a regent of the Mark county was the Mark count. Area-referred the Mark county as border Marks one designated.

The first mention of a Mark county is in the swabia mirror from the year 1275 (kind 121b).

Mark counties had been already furnished since the regency of Karl of the large one. since that 18. Century was only led the designation after the title.

The ruler of the Mark county possessed special rights in relation to other counties: So the Mark count Befestigungen was allowed to arrange. It exercised the jurisdiction, without this became to transfer it by the king ("“without king spell"”). Finally it was entitled to order an army quantity (so-called "“army spell"”).

Markgraftum

Frankish master country of the Hohenzollern, the two Principalities of Brandenburg to brook and Brandenburg Kulmbach/Bayreuth took a special role. They were called (and/or also isolates).

After king Sigismund 1415 had transferred the Mark Brandenburg to the hohenzollernschen castle count Friedrich VI., the Hohenzollern led also the title Mark count of Brandenburg in their name. Later they did not use the title Mark count also in their two Frankish Principalities of, however - differently than the Mark Brandenburg - under any circumstances the Mark counties were (it concerned also no border areas, but they lay almost in the middle in the center of the old realm). In order to be able to transfer the prestigious title Mark count nevertheless to its Frankish areas, the Hohenzollern used therefore (legally quite doubtful) the Wortkonstrukt Markgraftum.

Mark counties in the holy Roman realm of German nation

• Mark of
• Mark county Brandenburg
• Mark county Meissen
• Mark county Landsberg
• Mark county
• Mark Austria (as Marc ), "“Steiermark"”

Famous Mark counts

• Ekkewart (both literary Mark counts in the Nibelungenlied)
• Wenzeslaus of duke of Luxembourg, Lorraine, Brabant and Limburg, cure prince and Mark count of the holy Roman realm
• Mark count Ludwig von Baden, also Turk Louis mentioned
• Mark count Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg Kulmbach
• Mark count Friedrich of Brandenburg Bayreuth

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• Mark (county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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• Mark (county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Coat of Arms of the County of Mark. The coat of arms of the county is a red and white checked fess of three rows on a gold field. These arms are used today ...


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• Mark: Information From Answers.com
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