(bei Gründung Reichskreis Nummer 1)

(also called Hochstift Bamberg)

(also called Hochstift Würzburg)

(also called Hochstift Eichstätt)

(also called Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth)

(also called Markgraftum Brandenburg-Kulmbach)

(1604 renamed to Fürstentum Bayreuth)

(also called Markgraftum Brandenburg-Ansbach)

(1535 Separation from Henneberg-Schwarza due to division of inheritance)

(1548 sale of the Grafschaft to Grafschaft Mansfeld)

(1535 Henneberg-Schwarza goes to Henneberg-Schleusingen as a case of inheritance)

(1503 Henneberg-Münnerstadt reverts to Henneberg-Römhild as a case of inheritance)

(1611 Division of inheritance in Löwenstein-Wertheim Virneburg and Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort)

(1580 Territory expansion and renaming to Reichsgrafschaft Löwenstein-Wertheim)

(1615 Division of inheritance into two Grafschaften (Waldenburg and Pfedelbach))

(1635 renamed to Reichsgrafschaft Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst)

(1610 Division of inheritance into three Grafschaften (Neuenstein, Langenburg, Weikersheim))

(1647 Extinct, inherited in Hohenlohe-Neuenstein)

(1590 Extinct, divided between Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Weikersheim)

(1586 Division of inheritance into three Grafschaften (Neuenstein, Langenburg, Weikersheim))

(1606 Extinct, inherited in Hohenlohe-Weikersheim)

(1554 Extinct, inherited to Hohenlohe-Waldenburg)

(1551 Division of inheritance into three Grafschaften (Neuenstein, Waldenburg, Bartenstein))

(1597 Division of inheritance into Castell-Remlingen and Castell-Rüdenhausen)

(1595 Extinct, inherited to Castell-Rüdenhausen)

(1546 Division of inheritance into Castell, Castell-Remlingen and Castell-Rüdenhausen)

(1577 Extinct, inherited to Castell-Rüdenhausen and Castell-Remlingen)

(1647 Division of inheritance into Erbach-Fürstenau and Erbach-Wildenstein)

(1618 Extinct, divided between the other two Erbach-Grafschaften)

(1618 Extinct, divided between the other three Erbach-Grafschaften)

(1606 Division of inheritance into Erbach-Fürstenau, Erbach-Wildenstein, Erbach-Schönberg and Erbach-Erbach)

(1643 Extinct, inherited to Erbach-Schönberg)

(1569 Extinct, inherited to Erbach-Fürstenau)

(1539 Division of inheritance into Erbach-Michelstadt and Erbach-Erbach)

(1587 Division of inheritance into Limburg-Speckfeld and Limpurg-Sontheim)

(1559 Extinct, inherited to Kurfürstentum Mainz and Hochstift Würzburg)

(1599 raised to Reichsgrafschaft Schwarzenberg)

(1531 Extinct, inherited to Erbach-Fürstenau)

(1503 Extinct, divided between Erbach-Fürstenau and Erbach-Erbach)

(1532 raised to Reichsgrafschaft Erbach)

(renamed to Weißenburg im Nordgau)

(bei Gründung Reichskreis Nummer 2)

(also called Fürsterzstift or Erztift Salzburg)

(also called Hochstift Passau)

(also called Hochstift Freising)

(also called Hochstift Regensburg)

(1559 Elevation to Fürstprobstei Berchtesgaden)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Sankt Emmeran)

(also called Reichsstift Niedermünster)

(also called Reichsstift Obermünster)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Waldsassen)

(1543 incorporated to Kurpfalz)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Kaisheim or Kaisersheim)

(1589 moved to Schwäbischer Reichskreis)

(1623 raised to Herzogtum as Kurfürstentum)

(1505 renaming to Herzogtum Bayern)

(1505 divided between Herzogtum Bayern-München and Pfalz-Neuburg)

(also called Pfalzgrafschaft Pfalz-Neuburg, Herzogtum Pfalz-Neuburg, Junge Pfalz)

(1714 incorporated into Kurfürstentum Bayern)

(1517 sold to Herzogtum Bayern)

(ruled by the Fürstbischof of Freising)

(also called Grafschaft auf dem Yserrain)

(ruled by the Fürstbischof of Freising)

(ruled by the Fürstbischof of Freising)

(1641 stand increased to Gefürstete Grafschaft Störnstein)

(1509 stand increased to Reichsgrafschaft Haag)

(1637 increasing stand to Reichsgrafschaft Hohenwaldeck)

(also called Reichgrafschaft Breitenegg because the ruler of Breitenegg was a Reichsgraf (Briefadel))

(1607 Extinct, inherited to Kurfürstentum Bayern)

(bei Gründung Reichskreis Nr. 3)

(also called Hochstift Konstanz)

(also called Hochstift Augsburg)

(also called Hochstift Chur)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Kempten)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Sankt Gallen)

(since 1451 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Disentis)

(since 1395 joining the Oberer Bund, 1497 with the Oberer Bund Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft; but still independend Imperial Principality)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Einsiedeln)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Kreuzlingen)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Buchau)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Ottobeuren)

(1587 mediatized to Herzogtum Württemberg)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Salem)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Weingarten)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Ochsenhausen)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Elchingen)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Irsee)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Ursberg)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Kaisheim or Kaisersheim)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Roggenburg)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Rot an der Rot)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Weißenau)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Schussenried)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Marchtal)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Petershausen)

(since 1454 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(1648 with the Alte Eidgenossenschaft independend from the Empire)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Gengenbach)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Heggbach)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Gutenzell)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Rottenmünster)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Baindt)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Reichenau)

(1540 Reichsabtei dissolved)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift St. Peter af dem Schwarzwald)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Schuttern)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Königsbronn)

(1553 dissolved and incorporated into Herzogtum Württemberg)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Maulbronn)

(1504 occupied by Herzogtum Württemberg)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Schaffhausen)

(1529 disolved and incorporated into the city Schaffhausen)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Pfäfers)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Sankt Johann im Thurtal)

(1555 Loss of independence and subordination to the Fürstabtei St. Gallen)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Stein am Rhein)

(1525 secularized and incorporated into the city Zürich)

(also called Reichsstift Lindau)

(also called Reichsstift or Reichskloster Augsburg, Sankt Ulrich und Afra)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Ottobeuren)

(1626, the Fürstbistum Augsburg recognized a ruling of the Reichskammergericht from 1624 and Ottobeuren once again became a gefürstete Reichsabtei )

(at that time called Wirtemberg)

(1535 Division of inheritance into Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden )

(1503 Due to inheritance contract back to Markgrafschaft Baden)

(1623 stand increased to Fürstentum)

(1623 stand increased to Fürstentum)

(1576 Division of inheritance into Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch)

(1522 sold to Vorderösterreich; 1663 again reichsfrei)

(1500 also called Reichsgrafschaft Montfort-Rothenfels; 1565 Reichsgrafschaft Königsegg-Rothenfels)

(1500 ruled by Reichsgrafen Montort-Rothenfels, 1565 by Reichsfreiherr (1629 Reichsgraf) Königsegg)

(1558 an Hohenzollern and 1576 incorporated into Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Werdenberg-Heiligenberg)

(ruled by Freiherrn von Hewen)

(1517 sold and incorporated int Land Glarus)

(1500 also called Grafschaft Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, 1534 also called Grafschaft Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg)

(1500 ruled bei Grafen Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, 1534 by Grafen Fürstenberg)

(1623 Division of inheritance into Oettingen-Wallerstein. Oettingen-Baldern, Oettingen-Spielberg)

(1500 ruled by Freiherr Brandis, 1517 by Graf Sulz, 1613 Graf Hohenems)

(1504 Occupied by Württemberg and loss of imperial immediacy)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Waldburg-Scheer)

(ruled by different lines of the Grafen von Waldburg)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Königsegg-Aulendorf)

(ruled by Grafen von Königsegg-Aulendorf)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Waldburg-Zeil)

(ruled by different lines of the Grafen von Waldburg)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Waldburg-Wolfegg)

(ruled by different lines of the Reichsgrafen von Waldburg)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Montford-Tettnang, 1520 Reichsgrafschaft Montfort-Rothenfels, 1564 Reichsgrafschaft Montfort-Bregenz)

(1500 ruled by Reichsgrafen Montfort-Tettnang, 1520 by Reichsgrafen Montfort-Rothenfels, 1564 by Montfort-Bregenz)

(1500 ruled by Freiherr Brandis, 1517 by Graf Sulz, 1613 Graf Hohenems)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Wiesensteig until 1627)

(1500 ruled by Reichsgrafen Helfenstein; 1627 as condomion by Bayern and Freudenberg)

(ruled by the Truchsess von Waldburg)

(1628 stand increased to Reichsgrafschaft)

(also called Reichsherrschaft Waldburg-Wolfegg)

(ruled by the Freiherren von Waldburg)

(1628 stand increased to Reichsgrafschaft)

(1500 ruled by Herren von Gundelfingen, 1546 by Grafen von Helfenstein, 1627 by Fürstenberg)

(1560 stand incresed to Reichsgrafschaft)

(ruled by Abt von Sankt Blasien)

(also called Reichsgrafschaft Fugger-Babenhausen)

(1548 Loss of the Imperial Immediacy and incorporated into Vorderösterreich, title remaned to Reichsvogteistadt)

(until 1607 mostly called Schwäbisch Wörth)

(1608 Occupation by Bayern, loss of imperial immediacy)

(since 1454 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(1501 12. Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(since 1454 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(During the Reformation, loss of the Swiss commends except Basel)

(bei Gründung Reichskreis Nr. 4)

(also called Fürsterzstift or Erztift Besançon)

(also called Hochstift Worms)

(also called Hochstift Speyer)

(also called Hochstift Straßburg)

(also called Hochstift Basel)

(Southern Jura since the middle of the 14th century close ties to the Alte Eidgenossenschaft)

(1577 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(also called Hochstift Sitten)

(since 1417 mit Wallis Verbündeter/zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(also called Hochstift Lausanne)

(1536 conquered by Bern and Freiburg and divided by both cantons)

(also called Hochstift Genf)

(1536 conquered by Bern and proclamation of Republik Genf)

(also called Hochstift Metz)

(1552 occupied by France)

(also called Hochstift Toul)

(1552 occupied by France)

(also called Hochstift Verdun)

(1552 occupied by France)

(1546 merged into the Hochstift Speyer)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Fulda)

(also called Fürstabtei or Fürststift Prüm)

(1576 incorporated into Fürstbistum Trier)

(also called Fürststift Murbach)

(also called Fürststift Hersfeld)

(1648 secularized to Fürstentum Hersfeld)

(also called Ritterstift Odenheim, Chorherrenstift Odenheim, Kollegialstift Odenheim (zu Bruchsal))

(also called Reichsstift Kaufungen)

(1527 secularized and given to the Hessian Ritterschaft, without Reichsstandschaft)

(also called Reichskloster or Reichsstift Münster im Gregoriental)

(1536-1631 Significant territorial losses to France and the Swiss Confederation)

(1536-1559 occupied by France and incorporated into the French Kingdom)

(also called Herzogtum Pfalz-Lautern, because the ruler was Herzog)

(1592 extinct, returned to Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein)

(also called Pfalzgrafschaft Birkenfeld, because the ruler was a Pfalzgraf)

(also called Pfalzgrafschaft Veldenz, because the ruler was a Pfalzgraf)

(also called Herzogtum Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Pfalzgrafschaft Zweibrücken, because the ruler were Herzog and sometimes Pfalzgraf)

(1543 secession of Fürstentum Pfalz-Veldenz)

(1569 Pfalz-Birkenfeld is created by division of inheritance)

(1598 extinct, returned to Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein)

(ruled by the Wild- und Rheingrafen)

(from 1612 on ruled by Herzog von Lothringen)

(1622 Separation of the Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg by division of inheritance)

(1604 extinct; division between Hessen-Darmstadt and Hessen-Kassel)

(1583 extinct; division between Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Marburg)

(1567 division of inhaeritance into Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Marburg, Hessen-Rheinfels)

(1543 merged into Fürstentum Pfalz-Veldenz)

(1570 extinct, inherited to Hanau-Lichtenberg and Lothringen)

(1559 The Fürst of Pfalz-Zweibrücken inherited the part of the Pfalzgraf bei Rhein)

(Although Waldeck came under the fiefdom of Kassel in 1379, it remained imperial immediacy (confirmed by the Reichskammergericht!))

(ruled by the Wild- und Rheingrafen)

(1623 stand increased to Gefürstete Grafschaft)

(1546 rank increased to Fürstentum)

(1518 stand increased to Reichsgrafschaft)

(also called Reichsherrschaft Blankenburg or Blâmont; the ruler called himself Graf and his county Grafschaft)

(1504 the Graf bequeathed the other half of his Herrschaft by will to the Herzog of Lothringen)

(also called Grafschaft Neuburg am Inn because the ruler was a Graf)

(1569 merged into Grafschaft Lichtenberg)

(bei Gründung Reichskreis Nr. 5)

(from 1641 ruled by Grafen von Salm)

(1648 Secession of the Alte Eidgenossenschaft from the Heiliges Römisches Reich)

(1648 Secession with the Alte Eidgenossenschaft from the Heiliges Römisches Reich)

(in possession of Zürich, Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Glarus, 1712 also Bern)

(since 1497 Verbündeter / zugewanderter Ort der Alten Eidgenossenschaft)

(also called Grauer Bund)

(1512 incorporated into the Oberrheinischer Reichskreis)

(1522 increasing stand to Reichsherrschaft Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum)

(1568 Merger with the reichsunmittelbaren Herrschaft Hohenreichen)

(from 1560 called Reichsherrschaft)

(1585 renamed to Reichsritterschaftliche Herrschaft Rechberg)

(1585 extinct and inherited by Reichsritterschaftliche Herrschaft Rechberg-Illereichen)

(1628 stand increased to Reichsgrafschaft Pappenheim)