page_title: Burgraviate of Nuremberg
hierarchical_section_title: Burgraviate of Nuremberg
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of arms of the Hohenzollern family at Burg Hohenzollern in southern Germany.
context_page_description: The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries passed before the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219. Eventually, the burgraviate was partitioned to form Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
context_section_description: The Burgraviate of Nuremberg (German: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries passed before the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219. Eventually, the burgraviate was partitioned to form Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
caption: Coat of arms of the Hohenzollern as burgraves, in a stained glass window at Hohenzollern Castle
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