 The main part of it was positioned to the north of the river Main stretching from the East of Frankfurt am Main eastwards through the valley of the river Kinzig to Schlüchtern and into the Spessart mountains to Partenstein.Legally not correct the title "County of Hanau" is used in later literature sometimes also for its territorial predecessor, the "Lordship of Hanau".This elevation in rank was a signal of the political and economical success of .