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Wikipedia: List of states in the Holy Roman Empire
OHM:
Holy Roman Empire chronology
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AachenImperial CityLow RhenRH1166: Free Imperial City
1794: To France
1815: to Prussia		CharliePlett2852002
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AalenFree Imperial CitySwabSW1241: Founded by Hohenstaufen
by 1340: To Oettingen
1359: Sold to Württemberg
1360: Free Imperial City
1500: To Swabian Circle
1802: To Duchy of Württemberg		CharliePlett2852010
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AugsburgFree Imperial CitySwabSW1276: Free Imperial City
1806: To Bavaria		2830583
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BaselImperial Cityn/an/a1392: Acquired semi-independence; Free Imperial City
1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland		CharliePlett2852255
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Bern (Berne)Imperial Cityn/an/a1218: Free Imperial City
1353: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1415: Acquired Aargau
1536: Acquired Vaud
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland		CharliePlett2852037
114
BesançonImperial CityBurgn/a1290: Free Imperial City; semi-independent from the Archbishopric of Besançon
1493: Acquired complete independence
1648: To the Free County of Burgundy
1678: To France		Alpathon
115
Biberach an der RißImperial CitySwabSW1281/2: Free Imperial City
1803: To Baden
1806: To Württemberg
120
Blankenburg
County (1123)
1707: Principality of Imperial immediacy
Low SaxWE1123: First mentioned; fief of Saxony
c. 1162: Partitioned into itself and Regenstein
1180: Fief of Halberstadt
1202: Fief of Brunswick and Lüneburg
1344: Fief of Halberstadt
1368: Extinct; to Regenstein-Blankenburg
1599: To Halberstadt
1624: To Max von Waldstein
1629: To John II of Merode
1631: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1642: To Tattenbach as fief of Halberstadt
1671: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as fief of Halberstadt
1690: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Blankenburg as fief of Halberstadt
1707: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1731: In personal union with Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1805: Annexed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1807: To Westphalia
1814: To Brunswick
128
BopfingenImperial CitySwabSW1241: Free Imperial City
1802: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
132
BrakelImperial CityLow RhenRHOriginally to the Lords of Brakel
1290: Part to the Bishopric of Paderborn
1350: Acquired semi-independence
1803: To Prussia
154
BremenImperial CityLow SaxRH1186: Obtained autonomy within the Bremen
1358: Joined Hanseatic League
1366: De facto independent
1381: Acquired Bederkesa
1653: Bederkesa to Sweden, attached Bremen-Verden
1654: Free Imperial City
1810: To France
1813: Free City
182
BuchauImperial CitySwabSWc. 1250: Free Imperial City
1803: To Thurn und Taxis
1806: To Württemberg
183
Buchhorn (Friedrichshafen)Imperial CitySwabSW1275: Free Imperial City
1803: To Württemberg
196
CambraiImperial CityLow Rhenn/a1227: Gained some autonomy from the Bishops
1543: To Spain
1677: To France
219
ColmarImperial CityUpp RhenRH1226: Free Imperial City
1679: To France
221
Cologne (Köln)Imperial CityLow RhenRH1288: Free Imperial City
1794: To France
1815: to Prussia
231
Danzig (Gdańsk)Imperial Cityn/an/a1263: Acquired autonomy
1301: To Denmark
1308: To the Teutonic Order
1457: To Poland with high autonomy
1793: To Prussia
1807: Free City of Danzig
1813: To Prussia
244
DiessenhofenImperial Cityn/an/a1178: Made town of Kyburg
1264: To Habsburg
1415: Free Imperial City
1442: To Austria
1460: To the Old Swiss Confederacy as part of Thurgau
249
DinkelsbühlImperial CitySwabSW1351: Free Imperial City
1802: To Bavaria
251
Donauwörth
See: Schwäbisch Wörth		Imperial City
253
DortmundImperial CityLow RhenRH1220: Free Imperial City
1803: To Nassau-Orange-Fulda
1806: To Berg
1813: To Prussia
256
DuisburgImperial Cityn/an/a10th century?: Free Imperial City
1290: Annexed to Cleves
1314: To Berg
1392: To Cleves
257
DürenImperial Cityn/an/a1000: Free Imperial City
1241: To Jülich
271
Eglofs (Egloff)Imperial Valleyn/an/a1283: Free Imperial Village
1662: Sold to Abensberg-Traun by the Emperor; see Lordship below
278
Elbing (Elbląg)Imperial Cityn/an/a1358: Imperial Free City
1454: To Poland
301
Esslingen am NeckarImperial CitySwabSWc. 1250: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
323
FrankfurtImperial CityUpp RhenRH1372: Free Imperial City
1806: To the Archbishopric of Regensburg
1810: To the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
1815: Free City
1866: To Prussia
327
Fraumünster
853: Imperial Abbacy
Imperial Duchess-Abbey
n/an/a853
1218: Imperial immediacy
1234: HRE Princess
1406: Secular nunnery
1524: Secularised by Zürich
333
Freudenberg962: Imperial Abbacy1801: Annexed to France
;1815: Annexed to Prussia
335
Fribourg
Freiburg im Üechtland		Imperial Free City1157: Freiburg town founded
1157: To Zähringen
1218: To Kyburg
1277: To Austria
1452: To Savoy
1478: Free Imperial City
1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire
337
FriedbergImperial CityUpp RhenRH1216
1252: Free Imperial City
1802: To Hesse-Darmstadt
383
Gdańsk
See: Danzig		Imperial City
384
GelnhausenImperial Free CityUpp RhenRH1170: Formed
1803: Annexed to Hesse-Cassel
1807: To Westphalia
1813: To Hesse-Cassel
390
GengenbachImperial CitySwabSWc1250: Formed
1360: Free Imperial City
1803: To Baden
401
GiengenImperial CitySwabSW11th Century: Formed
1391: Free Imperial City
1803: To Württemberg
402
Gimborn
Gimborn and Neustadt		Lordship
1631: Imperial Lordship
1783: County		Low RhenWE?
To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Berg
1273: To Lords of Sankt Gereon as fief of Mark
1550: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Mark
1610: To Barons of Schwarzenberg (Franconian line) as fief of Brandenburg
1631: Imperial immediacy
1682: Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
1702: Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1782: To Wallmoden-Gimborn
1783: HRE Count
1806: To Berg
1815: To Prussia
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GlarusImperial valleyn/an/a1395: Formed
Until 1395: To Säckingen Abbey
1352: Joined Swiss Confederation, though subject to Säckingen Abbey
1395: Free Imperial Valley; member of Swiss Confederation
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
1798: To Linth Canton within Helvetic Confederation
1803: Canton of Glarus within Switzerland
417
GoslarImperial CityLow SaxRH922
1290: Free Imperial City
1803: To Prussia
1806: To Westphalia
1813: To Prussia
445
Haguenau (Hagenau)Imperial Free CityUpp RhenRH12th Century: Formed
1257: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
453
HamburgImperial CityLow SaxRH1189: Formed
1241: Founding member of the Hansa
1510: Imperial city
1810: Annexed to France
1815: Free City
461
HarmersbachImperial Valley——1718: Formed: Free Imperial Valley
Harmersbach was attached to the Free City of Zell. However the legal basis for doing so was shaky, and a bailiwick was established in the valley
1689: Legally attached to Zell
1718: Free Imperial Valley
1803: To Baden
469
HeilbronnImperial Free CitySwabSW1371: Formed: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
612
Isny im AllgäuImperial CitySwabSW1365: Free Imperial City
1803: To Quadt
1806: To Württemberg
626
KaufbeurenImperial CitySwabSW1286: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
630
Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1353: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
632
Kempten1289: Imperial Free CitySwabSW1289: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
633
Kerpen and LommersumLordship
1713: Imperial County		Low RhenWE1288: Territory of Brabant
1430: To Burgundy
1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands
1516: To the Spanish Netherlands
1710: To Palatinate-Neuburg (within Jülich)
1712: To Schaesberg as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg
1713: Imperial County
1786: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia
1794: To France
660
Konstanz (Constance)1192: Imperial Free CitySwabSW1192: Free Imperial City
1548: To Austria
1805: To Baden
675
LandauImperial CityUpp RhenRH1260: Built by Leiningen-Landeck
1291: Free Imperial City
1324: To the Bishopric of Speyer
1511: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
1815: To Austria
1816: To Bavaria
682
LausanneImperial CitySwabSW1434: Formed
1536: To Bern
705
LemgoImperial CityLow RhenRHAnnexed to Lippe
710
Leutkirch im AllgäuImperial CitySwabSW1293: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
747
Lindau1275: Imperial CitySwabSW1275: Imperial Free City
1803: To Bretzenheim
1804: To Austria
1805: To Bavaria
786
LübeckImperial CityLow SaxRH1226: Free Imperial City
1810: To France
1815: Sovereign Free City
788
LucerneImperial CitySwabSW1415: Free Imperial City
1178: To Murbach Abbey
1291: To Austria
1332: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1415: Free Imperial City
1648: Left the Empire
790
LustenauImperial Farmn/an/a1395: Ceded to Hohenems from Werdenberg
1759: To Austria
1790: To Harrach-Hohenems / Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems
1806: To Bavaria
1811: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems
1814: To Austria
1817: To Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems
1830: To Austria
798
MainzImperial Cityn/an/a1244: Free Imperial City
1462: To the Archbishopric of Mainz
850
MemmingenImperial CitySwabSW1286: Free Imperial City
1802: To Bavaria
857
MetzImperial CityUpp RhenRH1189: Free Imperial City
1552: To France
1648: Annexation to France formally recognised
889
MosbachImperial Cityn/an/a1241: Free Imperial City
1297: To Breuberg
1367: To the Palatinate
1410: To Palatinate-Mosbach
1448: To Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
1499: To the Palatinate
1803: To Leiningen
1806: To Baden
890
MühlhausenImperial CityLow SaxRH1251: Free Imperial City
1802: To Prussia
1807: To Westphalia
1815: To Prussia
891
Mulhouse (Mülhausen)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1275: Free Imperial City
1437: Acquired Illzach and Modenheim
1515: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as a Swiss ally
1798: To France
894
Munster (Münster im Gregoriental)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1354?: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
928
NeckargemündImperial Cityn/an/a1286: Imperial Free City
1395: To the Palatinate
962
Neuenburg am RheinImperial Cityn/an/a1219: Imperial Free City
Formerly a territory of Zähringen
1311: To Austria; attached to Further Austria
966
NidwaldenImperial Valleyn/an/aTo Lenzburg
1173: To Habsburg
1291: With Obwalden became a founding member of the Swiss League
1324: Imperial immediacy
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
975
NordhausenImperial CityLow SaxRH1220: Imperial Free City
1802: To Prussia
1807: To Westphalia
1813: To Prussia
976
NördlingenImperial CitySwabSW1215: Imperial Free City
1802: To Bavaria
983
NurembergImperial CityFrancSW1219: Free Imperial City
1427: Acquired Castle of Nuremberg
1505: Gained territory after Landshut War of Succession
1806: To Bavaria
985
Oberehnheim (Obernai)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1248: Free Imperial City
1679: To France
993
ObwaldenImperial Valleyn/an/aTo Lenzburg
11th Century: Donated to Beromünster Abbey
?: To Murbach Abbey
1291: Sold to Habsburg; with Nidwalden became a founding member of the Swiss League
1324: Imperial immediacy
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
1003
OffenburgImperial CitySwabSWbefore 1240: Imperial Free City
1803: To Baden
1068
PfullendorfImperial CitySwabSW1220: Free Imperial City
1803: To Baden
1126
Rapperswil (Rapperschwyl)Imperial Cityn/an/a1229: City founded by Rapperswil
1309: To Habsburg-Laufenburg
1352: To Austria
1415: Free Imperial City
1442: To Austria
1464: Protectorate of the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1134
RavensburgImperial CitySwabSW1088: First mentioned; seat of the Welfs
1191: To Hohenstaufen
1268: To the Empire directly
1276: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
1166
Regensburg (Ratisbon)Imperial CityBavSW1245: Free Imperial City
1803: To Archbishopric of Regensburg
1810: To Bavaria
1207
ReutlingenImperial CitySwabSW1240: Free Imperial City
1803: To Württemberg
1211
RheinfeldenImperial Cityn/an/a1218: Free Imperial City
1253: To Basel
1279: Free Imperial City
1330: To Austria
1415: Free Imperial City
1439: To Austria
1467: To Burgundy
1477: To Austria
1638: To Sweden
1647: To France
1650: To Austria
1799: Left bank to France
1803: Left bank to Fricktal, canton of the Helvetic Republic. Right bank to Breisgau-Modena
1805: Right bank to Baden
1226
RosheimImperial CityUpp RhenRH1303: Free Imperial City
1648: Left the Empire; to France
1679: Independence revoked
1229
Rothenburg ob der TauberImperial CityFrancSW1274: Free Imperial City
1803: To Bavaria
1235
RottweilImperial CitySwabSW1268: Free Imperial City
1463: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1802: To Württemberg
1247
Saarburg
See: Sarrebourg		Imperial City
1256
St Gall (St Gallen)Imperial CitySwabSW1415: Free Imperial City
1454: Associate of the Swiss Confederacy
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1798: new Canton of Säntis in the Helvetic Republic
1803: Canton of St. Gallen
1304
SarrebourgImperial CityUpp RhenRC1171: To Dagsburg as a fief of Metz
1225: To Metz directly
1476: Free Imperial City
1661: To France
1358
SchaffhausenImperial CitySwabSC1190: Free Imperial City
1330: To Austria
1415: Free Imperial City
1454: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1501: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1368
Schlettstadt (Sélestat)Imperial CityUpp RhenRH1216: Free Imperial City
1648: To France
1679: Left the Empire; annexed to France
1407
Schwäbisch GmündImperial CitySwabSW1162: First mentioned; to Hohenstaufen
1268: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
1408
Schwäbisch HallImperial CitySwabSW1063: First mentioned; to Comburg-Rothenburg
c. 1116: To Hohenstaufen
1280: Free Imperial City
1802: To Württemberg
1409
Schwäbisch Wörth (Donauwörth)Imperial CitySwabSW11th Century: First mentioned; to Bavaria
1308: Free Imperial City
1607: To Bavaria
1705: Free Imperial City
1714: To Bavaria
1437
SchweinfurtImperial CityFrancSW1233: Imperial Free City
1802: To Bavaria
1810: To Würzburg
1814: To Bavaria
1444
SchwyzImperial ValleySwabn/a972: To Lenzburg
1173: To Habsburg
1240: Free Imperial Valley
1291: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1451
Sélestat
See: Schlettstadt		Imperial City
1453
Selz (Seltz)Imperial Cityn/an/a1358: Free Imperial City
1418: To the Palatinate
1680: To France
1467
SoestImperial CityLow RhenRH1252: Free Imperial City
1609: Awarded to Brandenburg, city refused
1616: To Brandenburg
1496
SolothurnImperial CitySwabSW1127: To Zähringen
1218: Free Imperial City
1353: Ally of the Swiss Confederation
1481: Joined the Swiss Confederation
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland
1500
SpeyerImperial CityUpp RhenRH1294: Free Imperial City
1792: To France
1816: To Bavaria
1527
Stein am RheinImperial Cityn/an/a1457: Free Imperial City
1484: To Zürich
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland