List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (O)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter O:
| Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes | 
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| County | 1622: Partitioned from Leiningen 1665: Annexed to Rickingen  | ||||
| Imperial City | Upp Rhen | 1648: Annexed to France | |||
| Abbacy | Bav | 1500: Bavarian Circle 1793: Council of Princes  | |||
| Provostry | |||||
| HRE Lordship HRE County  | 
1682: Line died out 1766: the Counts of Limburg-Styrum become the owners of the Lordship of Oberstein  | ||||
| 1391: Abbey | Swab | 1495: Became "reichsfrei" (territorially independent) 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized 1806: Annexed to Wurttemberg  | |||
| Provostry | Upp Rhen | ||||
| Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1289 | 1803: Mediatized to Baden | |
| HRE Lordship | |||||
Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Heir in Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Ditmarshes & Oldenburg, Prince of Lübeck and Birkenfeld, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen"  | 
County 1774: Duchy 1829: Grand Duchy  | 
Low Rhen | PR | 1101 est | Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1181: Counts obtained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1667: Main Oldenburg line died out 1676: To Christian V of Denmark 1773: To Grand Duke Paul of Russia 1871: Joined German Empire  | 
| 11th century: County 1173: Principality 1376: HRE Principality  | 
Upp Rhen | 11th century | Split off from Countship of Provence 1150: Division into 2 princely lines 1289: Lines reunited 1417: To Châlons dynasty 1530: To Nassau dynasty 1660-1665: French occupation 1673-1702: French occupation 1713: To France  | ||
| County | 1032 | 1015: Annexed to Weimar | |||
| County | 1170 | Partitioned from Ballenstädt Partitioned several times 1411: Annexed to Meißen  | |||
| County | 1295 | Partitioned from Orlamünde 1321: Partitioned into Orlamünde-Lauenstein, Orlamünde-Weimar and Orlamünde-Wiehe  | |||
| County | 1406 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein 1426: Annexed to Meißen  | |||
| County | 1321 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Gräfenthal 1406: Partitioned into Orlamünde-Gräfenthal-Lichtenkamm, Orlamünde-Lauenstein-Schaunforst and Orlamünde-Lichtentanne  | |||
| County | 1406 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein 1467: Annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg  | |||
| County | 1406 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Lauenstein 1460: Annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg  | |||
| County | 1285 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Weimar 1340: Annexed to Meißen  | |||
| County | 1100 | Partitioned from Weimar 1139: Annexed to Ballenstädt 1170: Recreated on partition 1365: Annexed to Meißen  | |||
| County | 1321 | Partitioned from Orlamünde-Gräfenthal 1372: Annexed to Meißen  | |||
Prince of Orsini and Rosenberg, Baron of Lerchenau and Grafenstein  | 
1681: HRE Count (Personalist) 1790: HRE Prince (Personalist)  | 
n/a | FR | 1681 | 13th century: Family 1st mentioned 1684: Adopted style of "Orsini-Rosenberg"  | 
| Landgraviate | |||||
Count of Ortenburg, Count and Lord of Tambach  | 
1805: HRE County | 1048 | 1141: 1st use of "Count of Ortenburg" 1395: Partitioned into Ortenburg-Altortenburg (extinct 1446), Ortenburg-Dorfbach (extinct 1462) and Ortenburg-Neuortenburg 1417: Imperial estate 1418/19: Line of counts died out; passed to Counts oc Cilli 1500: Bavarian Circle 1805: Ceded to Bavaria  | ||
| County | 1395 | Partitioned from Ortenburg 1446: Annexed to Ortenburg-Dorfbach  | |||
| County | 12th century | Created from the Ortenburger and Sponheimian territories in Carinthia 1660: Annexed to Austria  | |||
| County | 1395 | Partitioned from Ortenburg 1462: Annexed to Ortenburg-Neuortenburg  | |||
| County | 1395 | Partitioned from Ortenburg | |||
| 783: Bishopric 1226: HRE Prince-Bishopric  | 
Low Rhen | EC | 783 | Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, till emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: As fief to Tecklenburg at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony After 1648: Osnabrück alternately ruled by a Protestant Administrator and Catholic Prince-Bishop 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Hanover 1813: Annexed to Hanover  | |
| Lordship | 1540 | Partitioned from Kronburg 1745: Renamed to Rechberg and Rothenlöwen  | |||
| 1147: County 1674: HRE Prince  | 
Swab | 1141 | 1423: Partitioned into Öttingen-Flochberg, Öttingen-Öttingen, Öttingen-Spielberg and Öttingen-Wallerstein 1522: Division into Ottingen-Ottingen and Ottingen-Wallerstein  | ||
| 1798: Line extinct; passed to Ottingen-Wallerstein | |||||
| County | 1423 | Partitioned from Öttingen 1549: Annexed to Öttingen-Öttingen  | |||
| County 1674: Principality  | 
Swab | 1423 | Partitioned from Öttingen 1731: Line extinct; annexed to Öttingen-Wallerstein  | ||
| County 1734: Principality  | 
1423 | Partitioned from Öttingen-Wallerstein | |||
| County 1774: Principality  | 
Swab | 1423 | Partitioned from Öttingen 1623/1694: Division into Ottingen-Baldern, Ottingen-Spielberg, Ottingen-Wallerstein  | ||
| Abbacy | |||||
| Lordship | Burg | 1512: Burgundian Circle | |||
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