Rieneck

Rieneck was a county in the Spessart hills of Lower Franconia, with a seat at Lohr. In 1333 its comital male line failed and the Bishopric of Würzburg claimed the lordship.

After Count Johann died in 1366, Mainz claimed feudal sovereignty over the county. The Reformation arrived in 1544; when the last count, Philip III, died in 1559, Mainz took over and administered the lordship from Lohr. Rieneck was mediatized in 1806 and assigned to Bavaria in 1815.