County of Mark
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The County of Mark was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay south of Lippe river on both sides of the Ruhr river along the Volme and Lenne rivers
View of Altena Castle and Lenne in Altena
House of La Marck
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The House of La Marck was an ancient German noble family, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark.
County of Mark
…was crossed by the Lenne. In the region of the Lower Lenne was the County of Limburg (1243–1808), a fiefdom of Berg. The seat of the Counts of the Mark von de Marck or de la Marck was originally the Burg Altena in the Sauerland region, but moved to Burg Mark near Hamm in the 1220s. The county was bordered by Vest…
Cleves-La Mark coat of arms, 15th century
Arenberg coat of arms, Siebmacher, about 1605