page_title: Lordship of Wickrath
hierarchical_section_title: Lordship of Wickrath
caption_attribution_description: Old coats of arms of the Counts of Berg (until 1288). (Note: The file in the English Wikipedia shows the arms of Quadt-Wickrath. This is however the same than those of the house of Berg. See for instance: [1])
context_page_description: The Lordship of Wickrath was a Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire located in western North Rhine-Westphalia around the castle of Wickrath. The Lordship was bordered by Jülich to the south, west and north, and the Archbishopric of Cologne or Highbishoprick of Coln to the east. Wickrath became an immediate Lordship in 1488 after it passed to the Knights of Hompesch. It was located in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, and from 1752 it was an Imperial Estate with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia.
context_section_description: The Lordship of Wickrath (sometimes spelled "Wykradt") was a Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire located in western North Rhine-Westphalia around the castle of Wickrath. The Lordship was bordered by Jülich to the south, west and north, and the Archbishopric of Cologne or Highbishoprick of Coln to the east. Wickrath became an immediate Lordship in 1488 after it passed to the Knights of Hompesch. It was located in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle, and from 1752 it was an Imperial Estate with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia.
caption: The arms of the Quadt-Wickrath, who ruled Wickrath in 1502-1794.
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