The County of Stolberg-Rossla was a county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

. Its capital was Roßla

Roßla

Roßla or Rossla is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Südharz. From 1706–1803, Roßla was the seat of Stolberg-Rossla....

, now in Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

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, Germany

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.

Stolberg-Rossla emerged as a partition of Stolberg-Stolberg

Stolberg-Stolberg

Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

 in 1706. It was forced to recognize the suzerainty of the Electorate of Saxony

Electorate of Saxony

The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...

 in 1738. Stolberg-Rossla was mediatised

German Mediatisation

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 to Saxony in 1803, but passed to the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

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 in 1815. Although the territory was subsequently administered within the Province of Saxony

Province of Saxony

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, the counts retained their possessions until 1945. In 1893 they became Princes of Stolberg-Rossla.