Stadion (state)

Stadion was a statelet of the Holy Roman Empire, located around Thannhausen in the present-day Bavarian administrative region of Swabia, Germany.

Lordship (Barony, County) of Stadion Herrschaft (Freiherrschaft, Grafschaft) Stadion
1200–1741
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Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Oberstadion
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1200
• Division into Swabian     and Alsatian lines	1392–1700
• Raised to barony	1686
• Raised to county	1705
• Partitioned in twain	1741
• Both counties mediatised	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Stadion-Thannhausen Stadion-Warthausen

The Swabian Stadion dynasty was first mentioned in the area of Oberstadion in the 13th century. John Philipp of Stadion (1652–1741), civil servant of the Mainz archbishops, was elevated to the rank of a Freiherr (Baron) in 1686. In 1705, he acquired the immediate lordship of Thannhausen and thereby was raised to a Reichsgraf. Upon his death in 1741, the estates were partitioned between the lines of Stadion-Thannhausen and Stadion-Warthausen.