List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (W)

This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter W:

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Waadt	Lordship
Wädenswil	Lordship
Wain	Lordship
Waldbott von Bassenheim	1720: HRE County	Upp Rhen	WF		1554: Division into Bassenheim, Bornheim and Gudenau lines
Waldburg HRE Prince of Waldburg at Wolfegg & Waldsee	1628: HRE County	Swab	SW	12th Century	1183: 1st line of Counts of Waldburg died out 1424: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil
Waldburg-Capustigall	1686: HRE County			1504	1504: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg 1745: Annexed to Prussia
Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer				1612	1612: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg 1717: Annexed to Waldburg-Trauchburg
Waldburg-Scheer				1717	1717: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg 1764: Annexed to Waldburg-Trauchburg
Waldburg-Sonnenberg				1424	1424: Partitioned from Waldburg 1511: Annexed to Austria
Waldburg-Trauchburg				1424	1424: Partitioned from Waldburg 1504: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Capustigal 1612: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer 1717: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Scheer 1772: Annexed to Waldburg-Zeil
Waldburg-Waldburg	County			1589	1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil 1600: Divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil
Waldburg-Waldsee	1667: County 1803: Principality			1667	1667: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg
Waldburg-Wolfegg HRE Count of Wolfegg, Baron of[auf] Waldburg, Lord zu Waldsee, Zeil, Wurzach & Marstetten, Kisslegg, Waltershofen, Röthsee, Prassberg & Leypolz	County			1589	1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil 1667: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Waldsee 1798: Annexed to Waldburg-Waldsee
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee	1803: HRE Prince
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil	County			1424	1424: Partitioned from Waldburg 1589: Partitioned into Waldburg-Waldburg, Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil
Waldburg-Wurzach	1674: HRE County 1803: HRE Principality			1674	1674: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil
Waldburg-Zeil	1589: County 1803: HRE Principality			1589	1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil 1674: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Wurzach
Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg	1803: HRE Principality
Waldeck Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau	1180: County 1349: Imperial County 1682: HRE Prince 1712: Imperial Principality	Upp Rhen - Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont.png		1137	Underwent several partitions Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen 1625: Waldeck acquired Principality of Pyrmont by succession
Waldeck-Eisenberg	Principality				1674/1686: HRE Council of Princes (extinct 1714)
Waldeck-Pyrmont	County 1712: Principality			1706	1807: Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont became autonomous 1868: Became part of Prussia but remained de facto autonomous until 1918
Waldsassen	HRE Abbey			1147	1128–32: Founded 1803: Secularised to Bavaria
Walkenried	Abbacy	Upp Sax
Wallhausen	Lordship
Wallis	Prince-Bishopric of Wallis				999: Bequeathed by King of Burgundy to Bishops of Sion 1798: French occupation 1802: Independent state 1810: French occupation Joined Swiss Confederation
Wallmoden					Acquired Neustadt and Gimborn
Wangen im Allgäu	Imperial City	Swab	SW	c1250	1803: Mediatized to Bavaria 1810: Annexed to Württemberg
Warburg	Imperial City	Low Rhen	RH		Held by Bp. of Paderborn 1622: Annexed to Braunschweig 1802: Annexed to Prussia 1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia 1815: Annexed to Prussia
Warmia/Ermland	1243: Bishopric 1356: HRE Prince-Bishopric				1772: To Prussia
Wartau	Lordship
Wartenberg HRE Count of Wartenberg-Roth	1699: HRE County	Upp Rhen			1806: Annexed to Westphalia 1814: Annexed to Prussia
Wasserburg	HRE Lordship
Weil der Stadt	Imperial Free City	Swab	SW	c1250	1803: Mediatized to Württemberg
Weimar	County			8th or 9th Century	1100: Annexed to Orlamünde-Weimar 1365: Annexed to Meissen
Weingarten Abbot of Weingarten	1053: Abbey 1268: HRE Abbot 1274: HRE Abbey	Swab		1274	1268: Abbots under Austrian protection 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Nassau-Orange 1806: To Wurttemberg Area: 306 km²
Weinsberg	Lordship				c1000: Weinsberg castle founded as an Imperial fortress c1200: Weinsberg town proper founded 1241: 1st mention of Weinsberg c1283: Weinsberg chartered as a town. 1/2 of town had status of an Imperial city, the other was in the possession of the Lords of Weinsberg residing in the castle. 1417: Weinsberg lost its partial status of an Imperial city Weinsberg joined the Weinsberg Union of 33 Imperial cities 1430: Emperor Sigismund confirmed status of Weinsberg as an undivided Imperial city 1440: Annexed to the Palatinate<1450>Weinsberg castle bought by the Palatinate Duke Ulrich of Wurttemberg conquered Weinsberg and confirmed by the Treaty of Urach in 1512 1520-1534: To Austria To Trauttmandsdorff
Weißenau Weissenau	1750: HRE Abbey	Swab		1089	1793: Council of Princes 1802: Secularized 1806: To Wurttemberg
Weißenberg	Abbacy
Weißenburg	Abbacy Prince-Abbacy				1793: Council of Princes
Weißenburg in Bayern Weissenburg in Bavaria Weißenburg im Nordgau	Imperial City	Franc	SW	c1350	1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria
Weißenstein (Weissenstein)	County			1540: Partitioned from Kronburg	1604: Annexed to Schwabeck
Welzheim	Lordship	Franc			1500: Franconian Circle Acquired by Counts of Gravenitz
Werden (Essen-Werden)					1793: Council of Princes
Werden-Helmstädt	809: Abbecy 877: HRE Prince-Abbot				809: Werden founded 827: Helmstadt founded 1803: Secularised to Prussia 1806: Annexed to Berg 1808: Annexed to Westphalia 1814: Restored to Prussia
Werdenberg	1230: County			1230: Partitioned from Montfort	1260: Division into Werdenberg and Sargans 1308: Division into Werdenberg-Heiligenberg and Werdenberg-Werdenberg<1416>Vaduz line of Counts of Werdenberg died out; Vaduz passed to the Barons of Brandis
Werdenberg-Heiligenberg	1308: HRE County			1308: Partitioned from Werdenberg	1370: Division into Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, Werdenberg-Pludenz, Werdenberg-Rheineck, and Werdenberg-Wartau 1413: Annexed to Austria
Werdenberg-Pludenz	1370: County			1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg	1384: Annexed to Austria
Werdenberg-Rheineck	1370: County			1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg	1389: Extinct
Werdenberg-Wartau	1370: County			1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg	1428: Extinct
Werdenberg-Werdenberg	1308: County			1308: Partitioned from Werdenberg	1330: Annexed to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
Werdenfels	Countship
Werle	c1235: Principality			c1235	1414: Annexed to Werle-Gustrow
Werle-Goldberg	1316: Principality			1316: Partitioned from Werle-Gustrow	1408: Annexed to Werle
Werle-Güstrow	Principality			1200s	1316: Division into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Goldberg 1337: Division into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Waren 1436: Annexed to Mecklenburg
Werle-Waren	1337: Principality			1337: Partitioned from Werle-Güstrow	1436: Annexed to Mecklenburg
Wernigerode	County	Upp Sax		1103 1807-1813: To Kingdom of Westphalia	1429: Counts of Wernigerode became extinct; their lands inherited by Stolberg
Wertheim	County	Franc		1097	1407: Partitioned into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Wertheim 1500: Franconian Circle 1600: Annexed to Stolberg
Wertheim-Breuberg	1407: County			1407: Partitioned from Wertheim	1482: Division into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Freudenberg 1574: Division into Wertheim-Breuberg and Lowenstein-Wertheim 1600: Annexed to Stolberg
Wertheim-Freudenberg	1482: County			1482: Partitioned from Wertheim-Breuberg	1509: Annexed to Wertheim-Breuberg
Wertheim-Wertheim	1407: County			1407: Partitioned from Wertheim	1494: Annexed to Wertheim-Breuberg
Westphalia and Angria	Duchy	Low Rhen		1180: Partitioned from the older Duchy of Saxony	Before 1180: Part of older Duchy of Saxony, until emperor deposed Henry the Lion 1180: Gained Imperial immediacy at the carve-up of the older Duchy of Saxony 1180-1803: To Archdiocese-Electorate of Cologne and had its own constitution and its own diet 1803: To Hesse-Darmstadt
Westerburg	HRE County			1227	1209: 1st mention of Westerburg To Lords of Runkel by marriage 1597: Passed to Leiningen 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg
Westerburg	Lordship
Wettenhausen	HRE Abbacy	Swab			1793: Council of Princes
Wetzlar	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1180	1803: Mediatized to Archbishopric of Regensburg 1810: Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1815: Annexed to Prussia
Wiblingen	Abbacy
Wickrath (Wykradt)	1488: HRE Lordship 1752: HRE County of Quadt-Wykradt	Low Rhen		1068: 1st mention of Lords of Wickrath Castle	Ruled by Lords of Broichhausen 1310: Became a fief of Guelders 1488: Imperial Estate for the Knights of Hompesch 1502: To Lords of Quadt; renamed Quadt-Wickrath 1752: Imperial Estate with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1794: French occupation 1803-1806: Counts of Quadt acquired City of Isny as compensation for loss of territories 1815: To Prussia
Wied Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen	1093: County of Wied	Low Rhen		c. 860	1229: 1st mention of the Castle of (Alt-) Wied 1243-1462: Part of Nieder-Isenburg 1244: 1st Line of Counts of Wied became extinct 1462: To Lords of Runkel 1806: To Nassau 1815: To Prussia Partitioned several times
Wied-Neuwied Count of Wied & Isenburg, Lord of Runkel	1093: County of Wied 1784: Principality of Wied-Neuwied
Wied-Runkel Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen	County
Wiesensteig	Lordship	Swab
Wiesentfels	1487: Lordship			1333, as property of Giech	1412: Annexed to B. of Bamberg 1680: Reannexed to Giech
Wiesentheid	HRE Lordship				1500: Franconian Circle
Wild	Wildgraviate			1086, evolved from the Nahegau	Partitioned several times See Wild-Rhine, where they were coalesced
Wild-Rhine	Wild- and Rhinegraviate			1361, as Wild-Rhine-Dhaun from a union of Wild-Dhaun and Rhine	1499: Annexed to Salm-Dhaun
Wildenburg	Lordship				Descended from Lords of Arenberg 1418: Line extinct; territory passed to Hatzfeld by female succession 1806: To GRand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia
Wildenstein	Lordship			1495: Partitioned from Zimmern	1554: Annexed to Mötzkirch
Wimpfen	Imperial City	Swab	SW		1803: Assigned to Baden, but actually annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt
Windisch-Grätz	County (personalist)	n/a	FR	1628	1802: Partitioned into Windisch-Grätz-Eglofs and Windisch-Grätz-Winteritz
Windisch-Grätz-Eglofs	County (personalist)	n/a	FR	1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Grätz	1804: Purchased Eglofs from Abensberg-Traun (Swabian Bench)
Windisch-Grätz-Winteritz	County	n/a	n/a	1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Grätz
Windsheim	Imperial City	Franc	SW	1284	1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria
Winneburg	1616: HRE Lordship 1652: Imperial County (for Metternich House)	Low Rhen			1637: To Trier 1652: To Prince Metternich
Weißenburg Wissembourg Weissenburg	Imperial Free City	Upp Rhen			1648: Annexed to France
Wittgenstein	1174: County of Witgenstein 1792: Imperial Principality				1357: The main line of the Counts of Wittgenstein became extinct. The biggest portion of the County passed to the Counts of Sponheim who started calling themselves Counts of Sayn and Wittgenstein 1603: Partition into Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein 1808: Mediatised to the Grand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia
Wohlau	Principality
Wolfegg	Lordship 1628: HRE County				To Waldburg
Wolfstein	Lordship			1217	Partitioned several times 1383: Annexed to Allersberg
Worms	Bishopric	Upp Rhen	EC	861	1793: Council of Princes 1803: Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt
Worms	Imperial City	Upp Rhen	RH	1074	Annexed to France in 1789 1816: Annexed to Grand Duchy of Hesse
Wurmbrand-Stuppach HRE Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Baron of Steyersberg, Reittenau	1607: HRE Barony 1701: HRE County		FC (ad personam)	1701
Württemberg Wurttemberg Wirtemberg King of Württemberg; Sovereign Duke in Swabia, of Teck; Duke of Hohenlohe; Landgrave of Tübingen; Prince of Mergentheim, Ellwangen, Zwiefalten, Overlord of the Principalities of Buchau, Waldburg, Baldern, Ochsenhausen, Neresheim; Count of Gröningen, Limpurg, Montfort, Tettnang, Hohenberg, Biberach, Schecklingen, Egloffs; Overlord of the Lordships of Aulendorf, Scheer-Friedberg, Roth, Baindt, Isny; Lord of Altdorf, Leutkirch, Heidenheim, Justingen, Krailsheim, the Danubian cities, of Ulm, Rothweil, Heilbronn, Hall, Wiesensteig, etc	c1083: Lordship 1135: County 1495: Duchy 1495: HRE Prince 1803: Electorate 1806: Kingdom	Swab	PR	1089	1441: Partitioned into Württemberg-Stuttgart and Württemberg-Urach 1496:Reunited 1519 - 1534: Annexed to Austria 1617: Partitioned into Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen, Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Württemberg-Neuenburg, Württemberg-Neustadt and Württemberg-Stuttgart 1792: Reunited
Württemberg-Bernstadt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1664: Partitioned from Württemberg-Öls	1697: Annexed to Württemberg-Öls
Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1635: Partitioned into Württemberg-Öls and Württemberg-Weiltingen
Württemberg-Juliusburg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1669: Partitioned from Württemberg-Öls	1694: Annexed to Württemberg-Öls
Württemberg-Mömpelgard	Duchy	n/a	PR	1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1684 - 1697: Conquered by France 1723: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Neuenburg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1641: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Neuenburg	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1649: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1671: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Neustadt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1641: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Neustadt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1649: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1742: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Öls	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1635: Partitioned from Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen	1664: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Bernstadt 1669: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Juliusburg 1745: Renamed to Württemberg-Öls-Bernstadt
Württemberg-Öls-Bernstadt	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1735: Renamed from Württemberg-Öls	1792: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Stuttgart	County, Duchy after 1495	Swab	PR	1441: Partitioned from Württemberg	1496: United with Württemberg-Urach to form Württemberg
Württemberg-Stuttgart	Duchy	Swab	PR	1617: Partitioned from Württemberg	1649: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Neuenburg and Württemberg-Neustadt 1674: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Winnental 1792: Renamed to Württemberg
Württemberg-Urach	County, Duchy after 1495	n/a	n/a	1441: Partitioned from Württemberg	1496: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Wurttemberg-Weiltingen Duke of Württemberg & Teck, in Silesia, Öls, Bernstadt, Count of Mömpelgard, Lord of Heidenheim, Sternberg, Medzibor	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1635: Partitioned from Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen	1735: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Württemberg-Winnental	Duchy	n/a	n/a	1674: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart	1733: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart
Würzburg	Bishopric Prince-Bishopric Grand Duchy	Franc	EC	1168	1441: Prince-Bishops styled as Duke of Franconia 1500: Franconian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria

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