List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (Z)
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 List of states in the Holy Roman Empire |
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter Z:
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Name |
Type |
Circle |
Bench |
Formed |
Notes |
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 Zähringen |
Duchy | 1097 | c1078: Berthold II constructed Zahringen castle c1100: Berthold II assumed the style of "Duke of Zahringen" 1218: Revoked |
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 Zeeland |
County | Burg | 1299 | 1299: To Counts of Holland To Dukes of Burgundy 1477: To Habsburgs 1512: Burgundian Circle To United Provinces 1815: To Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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 Zeil |
Lordship 1628: HRE County |
To Waldburg | |||
 Zell am Harmersbach |
Imperial City | Swab | SW | Mediatized and gave to Baden in 1803 | |
| 20px Ziegenhain | County | ||||
| Zimmern |
Lordship 1538: HRE County |
1319: Acquired by marriage to heiress Lordship of Messkirch 1415: Acquired Wildenstein castle 1462-1594: Acquired by pledge from Habsburgs Lordship of Oberndorf 1488: Temporary possession by Counts of Sigmaringen-Werdenberg 1503: Recovery of territory by Lords of Zimmern 1508: Division of Zimmern 3 lines (Lordship of Wald and Oberndorf, Lordship of Messkirch and Lordship of Wildenstein) 1594: Male line extinct; inheritance divided among his sisters; Lordship of Wald sold to Imperial City of Rottweil; Lordship of Oberndorf reverted to Habsburgs; Lordship of Messkirch with Wildenstein castle sold for 400,000 guldens to Counts of Helfenstein-Gundelfingen |
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 Zollern |
County | c1052 | 1309: Amalgamated as Hohenzollern | ||
| Zollern and Hohenberg |
County | 1125 | 1253: Amalgamated as Hohenberg | ||
 Zug |
Imperial valley | 1415: Split off from Habsburg | 1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation | ||
 Zürich |
1218: Imperial Free City | 1218 | c670: 1st mention of Zürich 929: Status of city To Abbey of Fraunmuster 1218: Imperial immediacy 1351: Joined Swiss Confederation 1440: Expelled from Confederation due to a war with other members 1450: Zurich re-admitted 1648: Left the Empire as member of Swiss Confederation |
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 Zutphen |
County | Burg | 1512: Burgundian Circle | ||
 Zweibrücken |
1182: County | 1366: Pawned to Elector Palatine Ruprecht II 1385: Count Eberhard sold 1/2 of Zweibrücken to Count Palatine of the Rhine and retained 1/2 1393: Walramide counts died out Louis (d.1489) founded line of Dukes of Zweibrücken 1731: Simmern-Veldenz line of Zweibrücken died out; Zweibrücken passed to Birkenfeld branch 1799: Inherited by Bavaria 1801: Ceded to France 1814: To Bavaria, Oldenburg and Prussia |
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 Zwiefalten Abbey |
RA | Swab | 1793: Council of Princes |
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