Principality of Lichtenberg Fürstentum Lichtenberg |
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Capital | Sankt Wendel | ||||
Language(s) | German | ||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||
Prince | |||||
- 1815-1834 | Ernst | ||||
History | |||||
- Congress of Vienna | 1815 | ||||
- sold to Prussia | 1834 | ||||
Area | |||||
- 1815-1834 | 537 km2 (207 sq mi) | ||||
Population | |||||
- 1815-1834 est. | 25,000 | ||||
Density | 46.6 /km2 (120.6 /sq mi) |
The Principality of Lichtenberg was a small state of the German Confederation owned by a branch of the Saxe-Coburgs which was sold to Prussia and incorporated into the Rhine Province in 1834[1]