Name |
Type of entity |
Comments |
Bremen |
Duchy |
Archbishopric of Bremen established in 787 by Charlemagne, secularized in 1648 as fief of Sweden, ceded to Great Britain in 1715; 12th seat to the Reichstag |
Bremen |
Imperial City |
8th Rhenish City from 1186 |
Brunswick-Calenberg |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1494, united with Celle in 1705 to form Hanover, 34th seat to the Reichstag |
Brunswick-Celle |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1269 until 1705, 32th seat to the Reichstag |
Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1291 until 1596, 36th seat to the Reichstag |
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1269, included Blankenburg, became Duchy of Brunswick after Napoleon, 38th seat to the Reichstag |
Gandersheim |
Imperial Abbacy |
Established in 852 by Duke Liudolf of Saxony, Immediacy confirmed by King Henry the Fowler in 919, contested by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 18th Prelature of the Rhine |
Goslar |
Imperial City |
From 1290 |
Halberstadt |
Prince-Bishopric |
Established by Charlemagne in 804, secularized in 1648 as Principality of Halberstadt held by Brandenburg |
Hamburg |
Imperial City |
9th Rhenish City from 1189 |
Hildesheim |
Prince-Bishopric |
Established in 815 by Louis the Pious; 27th seat to the Reichstag |
Holstein |
Duchy |
Established in 1474, held by the Danish Royal House of Oldenburg, from 1648 residence in Glückstadt |
Holstein-Gottorp |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Holstein from 1544 until 1773 |
Lübeck |
Prince-Bishopric |
Established in 1160 by Henry the Lion, 49th seat to the Reichstag |
Lübeck |
Imperial City |
3rd Rhenish City, from 1226 |
Magdeburg |
Prince-Archbishopric Duchy |
Established in 955 by Otto I as Archbishopric of Magdeburg, secularized in 1680, held by Brandenburg |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Duchy |
Established in 1352 |
Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1520 until 1552, again from 1621 until 1695 |
Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Duchy |
Subdivision of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1701 |
Mühlhausen |
Imperial City |
From 1251 |
Nordhausen |
Imperial City |
From 1220 |
Rantzau |
County |
Established in 1650, held by the Danish Royal House of Oldenburg from 1734 |
Ratzeburg |
Prince-Bishopric |
Established in 1154 by Henry the Lion, secularized in 1648 as Principality of Ratzeburg, held by the Dukes of Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1701 |
Regenstein |
County |
From about 1160, united with Blankenburg in 1368, held by the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1599 |
Saxe-Lauenburg |
Duchy |
Established in 1296, in 1689 fell to the Dukes of Brunswick-Calenberg, 66th seat to the Reichstag |
Schwerin |
Prince-Bishopric |
Established in 1154 by Henry the Lion, residence at Bützow from 1239, secularized in 1648 as a principality held by the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |