This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter W:
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | width=50% | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waadt See: Vaud | County | ||||
| Wädenswil | Lordship 1330: Commandry | n/a | n/a | 1130: First mentioned 1287: Sold to the Order of St John; attached to the Commandry of Bubikon 1330: Separate commandry 1549: Sold to Zürich 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland | |
| Waldbott (Walpode) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1136: First mentioned 1267: Acquired Waltmannshausen as fief of Dietz; known henceforth as Waldbott von Waltmannshausen | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim | Lordship 1654: Barony 1720: County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1337: Side line of Waldbott von Waltmannshausen established at Bassenheim 1477: Acquired Olbrück 1512: Acquired Gudenau 1554: Partitioned into itself, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück and Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Gudenau 1652: Acquired half of Pyrmont 1654: HRE Baron; acquired Kransberg 1710: Acquired rest of Pyrmont 1788: Joined the Westphalian Counts' benches 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Heggbach 1806: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1589: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Gudenau | Lordship 1659: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim 1659: HRE Baron 1663: Acquired Odenhausen 1735: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld | Lordship 1646: Barony | n/a | n/a | 1589: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück 1646: HRE Baron 1763: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim 1589: Partitioned into Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim and itself 1744: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim | |
| Waldbott von Waltmannshausen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1267: Renamed from Waldbott (Walpode) 13th Century: Acquired Bassenheim 1337: Side line Waldbott von Bassenheim established | |
| Waldburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1108: First mentioned 1210: Extinct; inherited by and renamed from Tanne 1214: Side line Winterstetten founded 1237: Partitioned into Waldburg-Rohrdorf, Waldburg-Waldburg and Waldburg-Warthausen | |
| Waldburg-Capustigall | Lordship 1686: County | n/a | n/a | 1524: Line founded by Frederick I of Waldburg-Trauchburg in Prussia 1686: HRE Count | |
| Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer | Barony 1628: County | Swab | SC | 1580: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg 1593: Acquired Trauchburg 1612: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg 1628: HRE Count 1696: Placed under Imperial administration 1717: Extinct; to Joseph William Eusebius of Waldburg-Trauchburg 1756: Extinct; to Leopold Augustus of Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg 1764: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg | |
| Waldburg-Messkirch (Waldburg-Meßkirch) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1300: Partitioned from Waldburg-Rohrdorf 1354: Extinct; to Zimmern by marriage | |
| Waldburg-Rohrdorf | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg 1300: Partitioned into Waldburg-Messkirch and itself 1432: Extinct | |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg | Lordship 1463: County | n/a | n/a | 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg 1433: Acquired Scheer 1452: Acquired Friedberg 1455: Acquired Sonnenberg 1463: HRE Count 1474: Sold Sonnenberg to Austria 1480: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg | |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg | County | Swab | SC | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1511: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg | |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1483: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg | |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg | County | Swab | SC | 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg 1510: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil | |
| Waldburg-Trauchburg | Lordship 16th Century: Barony 1628: County | Swab | SC | 1339: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg 1365: Sold Isny its sovereign rights 1374: Sold Trauchburg to Waldburg-Waldburg 1386: Extinct 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg 1524: Side line Waldburg-Capustigall founded 15??: HRE Baron 1580: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Scheer and Friedberg 1593: Extinct; to Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer 1612: Partitioned from Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer 1628: HRE Count 1717: Partitioned into Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer and Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg | |
| Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg | County | Swab | SC | 1717: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg 1764: Acquired Scheer and Friedberg 1772: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil | |
| Waldburg-Waldburg | Lordship | Swab | SC | 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg 1339: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg 1429: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Zeil 1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil 1600: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil | |
| Waldburg-Warthausen | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg 1290: Extinct; to Waldburg-Waldburg | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg | Lordship 1628: County | Swab | SC | 1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil 1628: HRE Count 1672: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | County 1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg 1803: HRE Prince 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg | County | Swab | SC | 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg 1798: Extinct; to Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | |
| Waldburg-Zeil | Lordship 1628: County | Swab | SC | 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg 1595: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg, Waldburg-Waldburg and itself 1628: HRE Count 1675: Partitioned into Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil and Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems | County | n/a | n/a | 1777: Established by marriage of Clemens of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg with Maria Walburga of Harrach-Rohrau, heiress of Hohenems 1790: Acquired Lustenau 1806: To Bavaria 1811: Restored 1814: To Austria 1817: Restored 1830: Sold to Austria | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg | County 1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1779: Renamed from Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil 1803: HRE Prince 1806: To Württemberg; Alt-Trauchburg to Bavaria | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach | County 1803: Principality | Swab | SC | 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil 1803: HRE Prince 1806: To Württemberg; Ferthofen to Bavaria | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil | County | Swab | SC | 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil 1772: Acquired Trauchburg 1777: Side line Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems founded 1779: Renamed to Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg | |
| Waldeck | Lordship 1349: County 1692: Principality | Upp Rhen | WT | 1219: Partitioned from Schwalenberg 1349: HRE County 1397: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and Waldeck-Waldeck 1692: Reunited by Waldeck-Wildungen 1706: Appanage Waldeck-Bergheim created 1711: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont 1805: Partitioned from Waldeck and Pyrmont 1812: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont | |
| Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau | Principality | Upp Rhen | WT / PR | 1711: Renamed from Waldeck 1712: Bench of Secular Princes 1805: Partitioned into Waldeck and Pyrmont 1812: Reunited by Waldeck | |
| Waldeck-Bergheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1706: Appanage created in Waldeck 1816: Sideline Waldeck-Limpurg created | |
| Waldeck-Eisenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck 1539: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and itself 1607: Partitioned into Waldeck-Wildungen and itself 1625: Acquired Pyrmont 1682: HRE Prince 1692: Extinct; to Waldeck-Wildungen | |
| Waldeck-Landau | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck 1495: Extinct; divided between Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen 1539: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg 1597: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg | |
| Waldeck-Waldeck | County | n/a | n/a | 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck 1486: Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen | |
| Waldeck-Wildungen | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck 1598: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg 1607: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg 1692: Renamed to Waldeck | |
| Waldsassen | Abbacy | Bav | SP | 1133: Abbey established 1147: Imperial immediacy 1348: Sold Luby to Sparneck 1537: Made fief of the Palatinate 1571: Abbey dissolved 1661: Restored; fief of Bavaria 1803: Secularised and suppressed | |
| Walkenried | Abbacy | Upp Sax | RP | 1137: Abbey established 1542: Imperial immediacy 1593: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1629: Abbey restored 1631: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1648: Abbey secularised and suppressed | |
| Wallis See: Valais | County | ||||
| Wallmoden | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1154: First mentioned; ministerialis of Hildesheim 1529: Partitioned into Wallmoden-Heinde and Wallmoden-Alt-Wallmoden | |
| Wallmoden-Alt-Wallmoden (Wallmoden Younger Line) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1529: Partitioned from Wallmoden; fief of Hildesheim | |
| Wallmoden-Gimborn | County | Low Rhen | WE | 1783: Renamed from Wallmoden-Heinde; HRE Count 1806: To Berg 1813: To Prussia | |
| Wallmoden-Heinde (Wallmoden Elder Line) | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1529: Partitioned from Wallmoden; fief of Hildesheim 1782: Acquired Gimborn and Neustadt 1783: Renamed to Wallmoden-Gimborn | |
| Walpode See: Waldbott | Lordship | ||||
| Wangen im Allgäu | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1286: Free Imperial City 1802: To Bavaria 1810: To Württemberg | |
| Warburg | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | 1020: To the Bishopric of Paderborn 1364: Joined the Hanseatic League 1622: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1802: To Prussia 1807: To Westphalia 1815: To Prussia | |
| Warmia (Ermland) | Bishopric | n/a | n/a | 1243: Diocese established; 1/3 independent, 2/3 to the Teutonic Order 1356: HRE Prince of the Empire 1454: Teutonic share to Poland as part of Royal Prussia 1466: Independence abolished 1772: To Prussia | |
| Wartau | Lordship | n/a | n/a | Originally part of the territory of Pfäfers Abbey 1261: To Wildenberg 1320: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1413: Sold to Austria 1414: To Toggenburg 1429: To Thierstein 1483: Sold to Zürich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus and Zug in condominium 1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland | |
| Wartenberg | County | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1699: Renamed from Kolb von Wartenberg; HRE Count 1707: Joined the Upper Rhenish Circle 1709: Acquired Mettenheim 1794: To France 1803: Compensated with Roth Abbey; renamed to Wartenberg-Roth | |
| Wartenberg-Roth | County | Upp Rhen | WE | 1803: Renamed from Wartenberg 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Wasserburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 10th Century: To Kißlegg as advocates for St Gall's Abbey 1280: Sold to Schellenberg 1386: Sold to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang 1439: To Montfort-Tettnang-Rothenfels 1574: To Montfort-Bregenz-Peggau 1592: Sold to Fugger-Weißenhorn 1690: To Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn 1755: Sold to Austria 1805: To Bavaria | |
| Weida | Advocacy (Vogtei) | n/a | n/a | 1122: First mentioned 1206: Title of "vogt" confirmed 1209: Partitioned into itself, Plauen and Gera and Greiz and Reichenbach 1421: Weida sold to Meissen 1454: Acquired Wildenfels 1531: Extinct; to Saxony | |
| Weil | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1075: First mentioned; to Hirsau Abbey 1275: Free Imperial City 1803: To Württemberg | |
| Weimar | County | n/a | n/a | 949: First mentioned 1062: Inherited by Orlamünde; renamed to Weimar-Orlamünde | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1062: Weimar and Orlamünde united 1112: Extinct; succession war between Andechs-Meran and the Rhenish Palatinate 1121: To Siegfried II, pretender to the Rhenish Palatinate, who took the name Weimar-Orlamünde 1140: Extinct; to Brandenburg | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1170: Partitioned from Brandenburg 1265: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde and Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal | County | n/a | n/a | 1295: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde 1406: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg, itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein 1426: Sold Gräfenthal to Saxony 1460: Extinct | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Lauenstein 1427: Lauenstein to Brandenburg 1486: Extinct; Schauenforst to Reuss von Plauen | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein 1427: Lichtenberg to Waldenfels 1445: Magdala to Saxony 1447: Extinct | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde | County | n/a | n/a | 1265: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde 1295: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal 1344: Orlamünde sold to Meissen 1346: Made fief of Meissen 1411: Extinct; to Meissen | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Plassenburg | County | n/a | n/a | 1285: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar 1340: Extinct; to the Burgraviate of Nuremberg | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar | County | n/a | n/a | 1265: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde 1285: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Plassenburg 1312: Acquired Wiehe 1321: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Wiehe 1346: Made fief of Meissen 1365: Extinct; permanently attached to Meissen | |
| Weimar-Orlamünde-Wiehe | County | n/a | n/a | 1321: Partitioned from Weimar-Weimar 1346: Made fief of Meissen 1367: To Brunswick 1372: Extinct | |
| Weingarten | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1056: Abbey established 1268: Protectorate of Austria 1274: Imperial immediacy 1613: Acquired Blumenegg 1803: To Nassau-Orange-Fulda; secularised and suppressed 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Weinsberg | Imperial City | n/a | n/a | 1283: Half made Free Imperial City 1417: Semi-independence revoked 1420: Joined the Weinsberg League 1430: Free Imperial City 1440: To the Palatinate 1504: To Württemberg 1546: To Austria 1635: To Trauttmansdorff 1646: To Württemberg 1649: To Württemberg-Neuenstadt 1742: To Württemberg | |
| Weinsberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: First mentioned; Imperial fortress 1140: Given to ministerialis of Schwäbisch Gmünd, who took the name Weinsberg 1283: City of Weinsberg acquired half-sovereignty 1325: Partitioned into itself and Scheuerberg 1401: Acquired Reichelsberg 1430: City of Weinsberg acquired full sovereignty 1450: Sold all but Reichelsberg to the Palatinate 1507: Extinct; to Würzburg | |
| Weissenau (Weißenau) | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1145: Abbey established 1260: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Weissenburg in Alsace (Weißenburg; Wissembourg) | Abbacy 1524: Provostry | Upp Rhen | EC | 660: Abbey established 8th Century: Imperial immediacy 1524: Converted to secular provostry 1546: In personal union with the Bishopric of Speyer 1678: Made part of France 1789: Abbey suppressed | |
| Weissenburg in Alsace (Weißenburg; Wissembourg) | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | n/a | 1354: Free Imperial City 1648: Made part of France 1678: Formally ceded to France | |
| Weissenburg in Bavaria (Weißenburg im Nordgau) | Imperial City | Franc | SW | 1296: Free Imperial City 1802: To Bavaria 1804: To Prussia 1806: To Bavaria | |
| Welzheim | Lordship | Franc | FR | Originally a territory of Limpurg 1379: Half sold to Württemberg 1418: Remainder sold to Württemberg 1718: To Graevenitz 1728: Joined the Franconian Counts 1733: To Württemberg | |
| Werd | County | n/a | n/a | 1189: Title assumed by the Landgraves of Alsace 1218: Partitioned into itself and Rixingen 1340: Sold to Oettingen with remainder of Alsace 1344: Extinct | |
| Werden See also: St Ludger | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 809: Formed Always in personal union with St Ludger in Helmstedt 877: HRE Prince of the Empire; imperial immediacy 1803: To Prussia 1806: To Berg 1808: To Westphalia 1815: To Prussia | |
| Werdenberg | County | n/a | n/a | Name given to the descendants of Rudolf I, co-Count of Montfort (1228-1243) 1258: Werdenberg-Heiligenberg and Werdenberg-Sargans partitioned from Montfort | |
| Werdenberg-Alpeck | County | n/a | n/a | 1349: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen 1385: Sold to Ulm 1416: Extinct | |
| Werdenberg-Bludenz | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1394: Sold to Austria 1418: Extinct | |
| Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Montfort 1274: Acquired Oberschwaben and Churwalden 1277: Acquired Heiligenberg 1377/8: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Werdenberg, Werdenberg-Rheineck, Werdenberg-Bludenz and itself 1413: Sold to Austria 1414: Extinct | |
| Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1441: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen 1475: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen, itself and Werdenberg-Sigmaringen 1503: Extinct; divided between Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen and Werdenberg-Sigmaringen 1508: Renamed from Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen 1534: Extinct in male line 1535: Divided between Fürstenberg and Hohenzollern-Hechingen | |
| Werdenberg-Rheineck | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1395: Acquired Werdenberg-Werdenberg 1395: Most sold to Austria 1402: Werdenberg to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang 1428: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | |
| Werdenberg-Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1258: Partitioned from Montfort 1289: Acquired Alpeck 1312: Partitioned into itself and Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen 1342: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz and Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans | |
| Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans | County | n/a | n/a | 1342: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans 1396: Sold to Austria 1436: Repurchased Sargans from Austria; rest remained lost 1483: Sold to the Swiss Confederation 1501: Extinct | |
| Werdenberg-Sargans-Vaduz | County | n/a | n/a | 1342: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans 1416: Extinct; to Brandis | |
| Werdenberg-Sigmaringen | County | n/a | n/a | 1475: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1508: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | |
| Werdenberg-Trochtelfingen | County | n/a | n/a | 1312: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Sargans (in Alpeck) 1316: Acquired Trochtelfingen 1349: Partitioned into Werdenberg-Alpeck and itself 1399: Acquired Sigmaringen and Veringen 1413: Sold Schmalegg to Ravensburg 1434: Acquired Werdenberg-Rheineck 1441: Partitioned into itself and Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1475: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, then given to George III 1508: Renamed to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | |
| Werdenberg-Werdenberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1377/8: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg 1390: Extinct; succession war between Werdenberg-Rheineck and Werdenberg-Sargans-Sargans 1395: To Werdenberg-Rheineck | |
| Werdenfels | County | n/a | n/a | Originally to Eschenlohe 1294: To Freising 1803: To Bavaria | |
| Werl | County | n/a | n/a | 987: First mentioned 1062: Lost the Emsgau to the Archbishopric of Bremen 1070: Partitioned into Werl-Arnsberg and Werl-Werl | |
| Werl-Arnsberg | County | n/a | n/a | 1070: Partitioned from Werl 1124: Extinct in male line 1132: To Cuijk-Arnsberg by marriage | |
| Werl-Werl | County | n/a | n/a | 1070: Partitioned from Werl 1102: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne | |
| Werle | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1235: Partitioned from Mecklenburg 1282: Partitioned into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Parchim 1307: Reunited by Werle-Parchim 1316: Partitioned into Werle-Güstrow and Werle-Goldberg 1425: Reunited by Werle-Güstrow 1436: Extinct; 1/3 to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 2/3 to Mecklenburg-Stargard | |
| Werle-Goldberg | 1316: Principality | n/a | n/a | 1316: Partitioned from Werle 1375: Extinct; to Werle-Waren | |
| Werle-Güstrow | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1282: Partitioned from Werle 1307: Extinct; to Werle-Parchim 1316: Partitioned from Werle 1347: Partitioned into itself and Werle-Waren 1425: Renamed to Werle | |
| Werle-Parchim | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1282: Partitioned from Werle 1307: Renamed to Werle | |
| Werle-Waren | Principality | n/a | n/a | 1347: Partitioned from Werle-Güstrow 1425: Extinct; to Werle-Güstrow | |
| Wernigerode | County | Upp Sax | WT | 1121: First mentioned 1268: Made fief of Brandenburg 1381: Made fief of Magdeburg 1429: Extinct; to Stolberg | |
| Wertheim | County | Franc | FR | 1132: Established as a branch of the Reginbodons 1329: Acquired part of Breuberg 1497: Acquired all of Breuberg 1407: Partitioned into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Wertheim 1509: Reunited by Wertheim-Breuberg 1556: Extinct; to Stolberg-Königstein 1574: To Löwenstein-Wertheim 1806: Divided between Baden and Bavaria | |
| Wertheim-Breuberg | County | Franc | FR | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim 1482: Partitioned into itself and Wertheim-Freudenberg 1509: Renamed to Wertheim | |
| Wertheim-Freudenberg | County | Franc | FR | 1482: Partitioned from Wertheim-Breuberg 1509: Extinct; to Wertheim-Breuberg | |
| Wertheim-Wertheim | County | n/a | n/a | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim 1497: Extinct; to Wertheim-Breuberg | |
| Westphalia | Duchy | n/a | n/a | Originally part of the Stem Duchy of Saxony 1180: To the Archbishopric of Cologne 1202: Acquired Werl 1368: Acquired Arnsberg 1803: To Hesse-Darmstadt 1815: To Prussia | |
| Westerburg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1198: First mentioned; to Leiningen 1209: First mentioned as territory of Runkel after transfer by marriage 1227: To Runkel-Westerburg 1467: To Leiningen-Westerburg 1547: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Westerburg 1597: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg 1698: To Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen and Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen 1806: To Berg 1815: To Prussia | |
| Wettenhausen | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1130: Abbey established unknown: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Bavaria; secularised and suppressed | |
| Wetzlar | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1180: Free Imperial City 1803: To the Archbishopric of Regensburg 1810: To Frankfurt 1815: To Prussia | |
| Wiblingen | Abbacy | n/a | n/a | 1093: Abbey established; to Kirchberg 1504: Sold to Austria 1701: Acquired autonomy 1805: To Bavaria 1806: To Württemberg; secularised and suppressed | |
| Wickrath (Wickerode; Wykradt) | Lordship | Low Rhen | WE | 1105: First mentioned; to Are 1144: To Are-Hochstaden 1166: To Are-Wickrath 1309: Extinct; to Guelders 14th Century: To Broichhausen as fief of Guelders 1482: To Hompesch as fief of Austria 1488: Imperial immediacy 1502: To Quadt-Buschfeld 1518: To Quadt-Wickrath 1599: To Quadt-Wickrath-Schwanenberg 1752: Joined the Westphalian Counts 1794: To France 1815: To Prussia | |
| Wied | County | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: First mentioned; gau counts of the Engersgau, fiefs of the County Palatine of the Rhine 1190: Acquired Olbrück 1244: 1st Extinct; divided between Isenburg-Wied and Eppstein 1306: Eppstein share sold to Virneburg 1462: Isenburg-Wied extinct; to Runkel-Runkel who took the name Wied-Runkel | |
| Wied-Neuwied Count of Wied & Isenburg, Lord of Runkel | County 1784: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1533: Partitioned from Wied-Runkel 1535: Extinct; to Wied-Runkel 1581: Partitioned from Wied-Runkel 1631: Partitioned into itself and Wied-Runkel 1784: HRE Prince 1806: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) | |
| Wied-Runkel Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen | County 1791: Principality | Low Rhen | WE | 1454: Renamed from Runkel-Runkel after acquisition of half of Wied 1462: Acquired remainder of Wied 1493: Acquired Moers 1519: Moers to Neuenahr-Bedburg 1533: Partitioned into itself and Wied-Neuwied 1581: Partitioned into Wied-Neuwied and itself 1612: Extinct; to Wied-Neuwied 1631: Partitioned from Wied-Neuwied 1709: Extinct; to Maximilian Henry of Wied-Neuwied 1791: HRE Prince 1806: To Berg (Runkel) and the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) 1815: Runkel to Prussia | |
| Wiesensteig | Lordship | Swab | SC | 12th Century: To Helfenstein 1356: To Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1627: Divided between Fürstenberg-Messkirch, Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen-Baldern 1642: Leuchtenberg, and Oettingen shares sold to Bavaria 1752: Fürstenberg share sold to Bavaria 1806: To Württemberg | |
| Wiesentfels | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1333: To Giech as fief of Bamberg 1412: 2/3 given to Schaumberg as fief of Bamberg 1632: To Salis 1654: To Giech 1806: To Bavaria | |
| Wiesentheid | Lordship | Franc | FR | Originally to Würzburg 1681: To Dernbach 1697: To Hatzfeld-Gleichen 1701: To Schönborn-Eschbach by marriage 1711: To Schönborn-Buchheim 1717: To Schönborn-Wiesentheid 1806: To Bavaria; then Würzburg 1814: To Bavaria | |
| Wildgraviate | Wildgraviate | n/a | n/a | 11th Century: Gau counts in the Nahegau assumed the title Wildgrave 1113: Partitioned into Veldenz and itself 1148: Partitioned into itself and Baumburg 1258: Partitioned into Kyrburg and Dhaun | |
| Wildenberg | Barony | n/a | n/a | 1126: First mentioned 1257: Acquired advocacy of Disentis Abbey 1261: Acquired advocacy of Pfäfers Abbey, Freudenberg and Wartenstein 1302: Extinct in male line 1334: Extinct; to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg by marriage | |
| Wildenburg in Eifel | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1195: First mentioned; to the younger line of Reifferscheid 1328: Extinct in male line 1335: Sold to Jülich | |
| Wildenburg in Wildenburger Land | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1220: Partitioned from Arenberg 1418: Extinct; to Hatzfeld 1794: To Mainz 1806: To Berg 1815: To Prussia | |
| Wildeshausen | County | n/a | n/a | 1143: Partitioned from Oldenburg 1199: Partitioned into Bruchhausen and itself 1270: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Bremen | |
| Wimpfen | Imperial City | Swab | SW | 1300: Free Imperial City 1803: To Baden; then to Hesse-Darmstadt | |
| Windisch-Graetz | Lordship 1682: County | Swab | FR / SW | 1218: First mentioned; knights in the service of Andechs-Meran 1251: To the Patriarchate of Aquileia 1270: To Styria 1341: To Patriarchate of Aquileia 1401: To Styria 1629: Relocated to Bohemia 1682: HRE Count 1802: Partitioned into Windisch-Graetz Elder Line and Windisch-Graetz Younger Line | |
| Windisch-Graetz Elder Line | County 1804: Principality | Swab | FR / SW | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Graetz 1804: Acquired Eglofs 1806: Eglofs to Württemberg | |
| Windisch-Graetz Younger Line | County | n/a | n/a | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Graetz | |
| Windsheim | Imperial City | Franc | SW | By 1248: Free Imperial City 1802: To Bavaria 1804: To Prussia 1807: To France 1810: To Bavaria | |
| Winneburg | Lordship 1652: County | Low Rhen | WE | 13th Century: First mentioned 1362: Acquired Beilstein as fief of Trier 1488: To Trier 1503: Restored 1637: Extinct; to Trier 1652: To Metternich-Winneburg and Beilstein 1794: To France To Prussia | |
| Winterstetten | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1214: Partitioned from Waldburg 1243: Extinct; to Schmalegg by marriage 1331: To Austria 1438: To Waldburg | |
| Wittgenstein | County | n/a | n/a | 1174: First mentioned; to Battenburg 1238: Partitioned from Battenburg 1295: Made fief of Cologne 1322: Acquired Berleburg 1361: Extinct; to Sayn-Homburg who took the name Sayn-Wittgenstein | |
| Wolfratshausen | County | n/a | n/a | 1030: Partitioned from Diessen 1073: Acquired Thanning 1121: Acquired Tegernsee 1157: Extinct; to Andechs | |
| Wolfstein | Lordship 1522: Barony 1673: County | Bav | FR | 1290: Renamed from Sulzbürg 1305: Acquired Allersberg as fief of Eichstätt 1322: Partitioned into Wolfstein-Wolfstein, Wolfstein-Sulzbürg and Wolfstein-Allersberg 1516: Reunited by Wolfstein-Sulzbürg 1522: HRE Baron; Bavarian Circle 1673: HRE Count; Franconian Bench of Counts 1740: Extinct; divided between Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Giech 1768: Sold to Bavaria | |
| Wolfstein-Allersberg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein as fief of Bavaria-Landshut 1474: Extinct; Allersberg to Bavaria-Landshut, rest to Wolfstein-Sulzbürg | |
| Wolfstein-Sulzbürg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein 1353: Imperial immediacy 1403: Acquired Niedersulzbürg 1420: Partitioned into itself and Wolfstein-Untersulzbürg 1516: Renamed to Wolfstein | |
| Wolfstein-Untersulzbürg | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1420: Partitioned from Wolfstein-Sulzbürg 1516: Extinct; to Wolfstein-Sulzbürg | |
| Wolfstein-Wolfstein | Lordship | n/a | n/a | 1322: Partitioned from Wolfstein 1346: Acquired Pyrbaum 1353: Imperial immediacy 1362: Acquired Mühlhausen 1383: Extinct; divided between Wolfstein-Sulzbürg and Wolfstein-Allersberg | |
| Worms | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 346: Diocese first mentioned 861: Imperial immediacy 1793: Left bank to France 1803: Right bank to Hesse-Darmstadt | |
| Worms | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1074: Free Imperial City 1792: To France 1815: To the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) | |
| Wurmbrand-Stuppach HRE Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Baron of Steyersberg, Reittenau | Lordship 1607: Barony 1701: County | n/a | FC | 1194: First mentioned; fief of Styria 1607: HRE Baron 1701: HRE Count 1726: Joined the Franconian Counts (personalist) | |
| Württemberg (Wirtemberg; Wurttemberg) | Duchy | Swab | PR | 1081: Lordship first mentioned 1135: HRE Count 1251: Acquired Stuttgart 1381: Acquired Teck 1442: Partitioned into Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart 1482: Reunited by Württemberg-Urach 1495: HRE Duke 1519: Württemberg proper to Austria 1526: Württemberg-Mömpelgard split off 1534: Restored 1553: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Mömpelgard 1593: Inherited by Württemberg-Mömpelgard 1617: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen, Württemberg-Neuenbürg and Württemberg-Neustadt 1649: Appanages Württemberg-Neuenbürg and Württemberg-Neustadt created 1677: Appanage Württemberg-Winnental created 1733: Inherited by Württemberg-Winnental 1803: HRE Elector 1806: King | |
| Württemberg-Bernstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1672: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels 1697: Inherited and renamed to Württemberg-Oels; Bernstadt to Charles of Württemberg-Juliusburg 1745: Extinct; to Württemberg-Oels | |
| Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg 1649: Side line Württemberg-Oels founded 1705: Extinct; to Württemberg | |
| Württemberg-Juliusburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1672: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels 1697: Acquired Württemberg-Bernstadt; Juliusburg to Württemberg-Oels | |
| Württemberg-Mömpelgard (Württemberg-Montbéliard) | County 1526: Principality 1553: Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1473: Partitioned from Württemberg-Urach 1482: To Württemberg-Urach 1526: Partitioned from Württemberg 1534: To Württemberg 1553: Partitioned from Württemberg 1593: Inherited Württemberg 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg 1723: Extinct; to Württemberg | |
| Württemberg-Neuenbürg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg 1622: Extinct; to Württemberg 1649: Appanage created within Württemberg 1671: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
| Württemberg-Neuenstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg 1631: Extinct; to Württemberg 1649: Appanage created within Württemberg 1679: Acquired Gochsheim 1742: Extinct; appanage abolished | |
| Württemberg-Oels | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1649: Line established when Silvius Nimrod of Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen acquired Oels by marriage 1672: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Bernstadt and Württemberg-Juliusburg 1697: Extinct; to Charles Ulrich I of Württemberg-Bernstadt 1704: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Wilhelminenort 1805: Extinct; to Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Württemberg-Stuttgart | County | n/a | n/a | 1442: Partitioned from Württemberg 1482: Sovereignty surrendered to Württemberg-Urach in exchange for succession to the united state | |
| Württemberg-Urach | County | n/a | n/a | 1442: Partitioned from Württemberg 1444: Acquired Montbéliard 1473: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Mömpelgard 1482: Renamed to Württemberg | |
| Württemberg-Wilhelminenort | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1704: Partitioned from Württemberg-Oels 1744: Inherited Württemberg-Oels; appanage abolished | |
| Württemberg-Winnental | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1677: Appanage created in Württemberg 1733: Inherited Württemberg; appanage abolished | |
| Würzburg | Bishopric | Franc | EC | 743: Diocese established 1168: Acquired East Franconia 1441: HRE Duke 1803: To Bavaria 1805: To the Grand Duchy of Würzburg 1814: To Bavaria | |
| Würzburg | Electorate 1806: Grand Duchy | Franc | EL | 1805: Former Bishopric of Würzburg given to the Elector of Salzburg in exchange for Salzburg 1806: Grand Duke 1814: To Bavaria |