The County was named after its capital, Kriechingen, today Créhange.
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In 1697, Kriechingen was inherited by the Principality of East Frisia, and later by the County of Wied-Runkel.
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When his father died on 18 February 1724, he became Count of Somls-Braunfeld, Greifenstein and Hungen, Tecklenburg, Kriechingen and Lingen, Lord of Münzenberg, Wildenfels, Sonnewalde, Püttlingen, Dortweiler and Beaucourt.