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Imperial State (Reichsstand, plural Reichsstände): an entity in the Holy Roman Empire with a vote in the Imperial Diet. Kleinstaaterei is a German word mostly used to describe the territorial fragmentation in Germany and neighboring regions during the Holy Roman Empire (especially after the end of the Thirty Years' War ).
1676: HRE Count 1793: To France 1802: Compensated with Baindt 1806: To Württemberg: Auersperg: Lordship 1550: Barony 1653: County 1664: Princely County: Aust PR 1162: First mentioned, in Carniola 1550: HRE Baron 1630: HRE Count 1653: HRE Prince 1654: Bench of Secular Princes 1654: Acquired Silesia-Munsterberg and Frankestein 1663: Acquired Tengen
The "Imperial Circle" column shows to which circle (Reichskreis) the state belonged; the " Imperial Diet " column shows where the state was represented in the Imperial Diet or "Bench" ( Reichstag ). An explanation of these columns is shown in the main article for this topic, linked here .
This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter S: Name Type Imperial circle Imperial diet History Saarbrücken: County n/a n/a
The Holy Roman Empire, [f] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [16] It developed in the Early Middle Ages , and lasted for a millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
1702: HRE County Low Rhen WE 1698: Renamed from Nesselrode-Reichenstein after purchase of Reichenstein 1702: HRE County; Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle and Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1776: Extinct; to Nesselrode-Landskron: Nesselrode-Rhade (Nesselrode-Rath, Nesselrode-Rheydt) Lordship 1652: Barony n/a n/a 1569: Partitioned from Nesselrode ...
1234: HRE Princess 1406: Secular nunnery 1524: Secularised by Zürich: Fraunberg: HRE Lordship n/a n/a 12th Century 1145: First mentioned 1245: Inherited immediate Barony of Haag 1276: Partitioned into Fraunberg-Haag and Fraunberg-Fraunberg: Fraunberg-Haag: HRE County Bav SC 1276: Partitioned from Fraunberg 1465: HRE Baron 1509: HRE Count 1566 ...
HRE Count of Bentinck and Aldenburg, Lord of the free Lordship of Knyphausen, Noble Lord of Varel: Lordship 1732: County n/a n/a 1343: First mentioned 1732: HRE Count 1738: Acquired Knyphausen and Varel 1810: To France 1814: To Oldenburg: Berchtesgaden Prince, Provost and Lord of Berchtesgaden: Abbey 1491: Provostry Bav EC 1108: Abbey established