County of Rietberg

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County of Rietberg Grafschaft Rietberg
1237–1807
Coat of arms
County of Rietberg in 1560
Status	County
Capital	Rietberg 51°48′N 8°26′E / 51.800°N 8.433°E / 51.800; 8.433
Official languages	German
Religion	Catholicism Protestantism (after 1560) Judaism
Government	Comital
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Became Reichsfrei     county	1237
• Raised to     Imperial county	1353
• Subordinated to     Landgraviate of Hesse	1807
• Mediatised to     Westphalia	1807
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Westphalia Kingdom of Westphalia

The County of Rietberg (German: Grafschaft Rietberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present-day German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was situated on the upper Ems in Westphalia, between the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. It existed as an independent territory from 1237 to 1807, when it was mediatised to the Kingdom of Westphalia.