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The Lordship of Wickrath (sometimes spelled "Wykradt") was a lordship of the Holy Roman Empire located in western North Rhine-Westphalia around the castle of Wickrath. The lordship was bordered by the Duchy of Jülich to the south, west and north, and the Archbishopric of Cologne or Highbishoprick of Coln to the east. Wickrath became an immediate lordship in 1488 after it passed to the Knights of Hompesch. It was located in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, and from 1752 it was an Imperial Estate with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia.

History

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 of Broichhausen. 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) of Quadt which renamed to Quadt-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 the Rhine River, was annexed to France in 1794 and the Counts of Quadt (later Princes, 1901) were later remunerated for their loss by gaining the City of Isny in modern Baden-Württemberg in 1803. The Congress of Vienna awarded Wickrath to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1814.

References

v t e Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince-bishops	Cambrai (until 1678) Corvey Liège Minden Münster Osnabrück Paderborn Utrecht (until 1548) Verden (until 1648)
Prince-abbots	Corvey Essen Herford Kornelimünster Stavelot–Malmedy Thorn Werden
Secular	Arenberg Cleves with Mark East Frisia Jülich–Berg Guelders (until 1548) Luxemburg (until 1548) Minden Moers Nassau-Dillenburg Verden
Counts / Lords	From 1500 Bentheim Bronkhorst (until 1719) Diepholz Drenthe (until 1548) East Frisia (until 1667) Groningen (until 1548) Guelders (until 1548) Horne (until 1614) Hoya Lingen Lippe Manderscheid (until 1546) Moers (until 1541) Nassau Diez Hadamar Dillenburg (until 1664) Oldenburg Overijssel (until 1548) Pyrmont Ravensberg Reichenstein Rietberg Salm-Reifferscheid Sayn Schaumburg Tecklenburg Virneburg Wied Winneburg and Beilstein Zutphen (until 1548) From 1792 Anholt Blankenheim and Gerolstein Gemen Gimborn Gronsfeld Hallermund Holzappel Kerpen-Lommersum Myllendonk Reckheim Schleiden Wickrath Wittem Utrecht (until 1548) Status uncertain Delmenhorst Fagnolle Schaumburg Hesse Lippe Spiegelberg Steinfurt
Cities	Aachen Cologne Dortmund Duisburg Herford Verden (until 1648) Warburg
from 1648     until 1648     without seat in Imperial Diet     status uncertain Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     Unencircled territories

51°08′02″N 6°24′41″E / 51.13389°N 6.41139°E / 51.13389; 6.41139

• 1480s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
• 1488 establishments in Europe
• Lordships of the Holy Roman Empire
• Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
• History of the Rhineland
• Former states and territories of North Rhine-Westphalia