The state consisted only of the City of Anholt, which had become a city in the 14th century, and was incorporated into the City of Isselburg in 1975.
The state consisted only of the City of Anholt in the present-day District of Borken in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It had received town privileges in 1347 and finally was incorporated into the City of Isselburg in 1975.