page_title: Holstein
section_title: The County of Holstein
hierarchical_section_title: Holstein / History / The County of Holstein
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Grafschaften Holstein, Ratzeburg, Schwerin, Dannenberg und Lüchow um 1250.
context_page_description: Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany.
  Holstein once existed as the German County of Holstein, the later Duchy of Holstein, and was the northernmost territory of the Holy Roman Empire. The history of Holstein is closely intertwined with the history of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig. The capital of Holstein is Kiel.
  Holstein's name comes from the Holcetae, a Saxon tribe mentioned by Adam of Bremen as living on the north bank of the Elbe, to the west of Hamburg. The name means "dwellers in the wood".
context_section_description: The new county of Holstein was established in 1111; it was first a fief of the Duchy of Saxony, then of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, and finally of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck. With the establishment of the new territorial unit, expansion to the East began and the Wagrians were finally defeated in 1138.
  The County of Holstein was ruled by the House of Schaumburg; the first count was Adolf I, Count of Holstein. Holstein was temporarily occupied by Denmark after the Battle of Stellau (1201), but was reconquered by the Count of Schauenburg and his allies in the Battle of Bornhöved (1227).
caption: Undivided Holstein by 1250 with neighbouring states[note 1]
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