County of Schaunberg

Not to be confused with County of Schaumburg.

The County of Schaunberg in 1378, shown in white between Austria (yellow), Bavaria (green) and church-held Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg and Prince-Bishopric of Passau (purple).

The County of Schaunberg (German: Grafschaft Schaunberg; also Schaumberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in present-day Upper Austria. It roughly corresponded to the modern Hausruckviertel and its seat was the castle of Schaunberg, Hartkirchen.

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