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County of Ravensberg
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The County of Ravensberg (German: Grafschaft Ravensberg) was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory was in present-day eastern Westphalia, Germany at the foot of the Osning or Teutoburg Forest.
County of Ravensberg Grafschaft Ravensberg | |||||||||
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| 1140s – 1807 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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Map of part of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle in 1560, County of Ravensberg highlighted in red | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Bielefeld | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Otto I, Count of Ravensberg | 1140s | ||||||||
• Gerhard I, Count of Berg and Ravensberg | 1338 | ||||||||
| 1500 | |||||||||
| 1521 | |||||||||
| 1614 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 1807 | ||||||||
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