HANAU-Munzenberg, a county of Germany. The greatest part of it is surrounded by the electorate of Mentz, the bishopric of Fulda, the lordships of Reineck, Isenburg, and Solms; as also by the territories of Hesse-Homburg, Burg-Friedburg, and Frankfurt. Its length is near 40 miles, but its greatest breadth not above 12. It is exceeding fertile in corn, wine, and fruits; yielding also salt springs, with some copper, silver, and cobalt. The chief rivers are, the Mayne, the Kenzig, and the Nidda. The prevailing religion is Calvinism, but Lutherans and Catholics are tolerated. The country is populous, and trade and manufactures flourish in it. In 1736, the whole male line of the counts of Hanau failing in John Reinard, William VIII. landgrave of Hesse Cassel, by virtue of a treaty of mutual succession between the families of Hanau and Hesse Cassel, took possession of the county, satisfaction having been first made to the house of Saxony for their claims; and in the year 1754, transferred it to Prince William, eldest son to the then hereditary prince Frederic, afterwards landgrave. The
revenues of the last count, arising from this and other territories, are said to have amounted to 300,000 florins. The principal places are Hanau, Bergen, Steinfurt, and Glenhausen.