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 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 c. 1237: Partitioned into Waldburg-Rohrdorf, Waldburg-Waldburg and Waldburg-Warthausen
Waldburg-Capustigall	Lordship 1686: County	n/a	n/a	c. 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	c. 1300: Partitioned from Waldburg-Rohrdorf	1354: Extinct; to Zimmern by marriage
Waldburg-Rohrdorf	Lordship	n/a	n/a	c. 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg	c. 1300: Partitioned into Waldburg-Messkirch and itself c. 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 c. 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	c. 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	c. 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	c. 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	c. 1260: Imperial immediacy 1803: To Sternberg-Manderscheid 1806: To Württemberg
Weissenburg in Alsace (Weißenburg; Wissembourg)	Abbacy 1524: Provostry	Upp Rhen	EC	c. 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	RH	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 c. 1340: Sold to Oettingen with remainder of Alsace 1344: Extinct
Werden See also: St Ludger	Abbacy	Low Rhen	RP	809	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 c. 1070: Partitioned into Werl-Arnsberg and Werl-Werl
Werl-Arnsberg	County	n/a	n/a	c. 1070: Partitioned from Werl	1124: Extinct in male line 1132: To Cuijk-Arnsberg by marriage
Werl-Werl	County	n/a	n/a	c. 1070: Partitioned from Werl	1102: Extinct; to the Archbishopric of Cologne
Werle	Principality	n/a	n/a	c. 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 c. 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	c. 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	c. 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
Wissembourg See: Weissenburg in Alsace	Abbacy
Wissembourg See: Weissenburg in Alsace	Imperial City
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	c. 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)	Lordship 1135: County 1495: Duchy 1803: Electorate 1806: Kingdom	Swab	PR	1081: 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 1792: Reunited
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

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