This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter K:For Kammin see: Cammin as for Kammin see: Cammin.For Kärnten see: Carinthia.For Kleve see: Cleves.For Köln see: Cologne. Some historians mark the beginning of the Empire as 800, with the coronation of Frankish king Charlemagne ("Charles the Great").
Name Type Imperial circle Imperial diet History Käfernburg (Kevernburg) County n/a n/a 1103: First mentioned; to Schwarzburg1160: Partitioned from Schwarzburg1184: Inherited Schwarzburg1197: Partitioned into Schwarzburg, itself and Hallermund1227: Partitioned into itself and Rabenswalde-Wiehe1384: Extinct in male line1387: Sold to Thuringia1446: To Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Younger Line Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) Abbacy Swab SP / RP 1135: Formed1346: Imperial immediacy, though not recognised by Bavaria1656: Imperial immediacy recognised by Bavaria1803: To Bavaria Kalenbergsee: Brunswick-Calenberg Duchy Katzenelnbogen Lordship1138: County n/a n/a 11th Century: Formed1066: First mentioned as advocates of Prüm Abbey1138: HRE Count1190: Acquired Hohenstein 1215: Partitioned into itself and Hohenstein1259: Acquired Dornberg1260: Partitioned into Katzenelnbogen Elder Line and Katzenelnbogen Younger Line1402: Reunited by Younger Line1453: Acquired part of Diez (de) and Eppstein1479: Extinct; to Hesse-Marburg Katzenelnbogen Elder Line County n/a n/a 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen1284: Acquired St Goarshausen1402: Extinct; to Katzenelnbogen Younger Line Katzenelnbogen Younger Line County n/a n/a 1260: Partitioned from Katzenelnbogen1283: Acquired Brauback1384: Much of the county pledged to the Archbishopric of Mainz1402: Renamed to Katzenelnbogen Kaufbeuren Imperial City Swab SW 1286: Free Imperial City1803: To Bavaria Kaufungen Abbacy Upp Rhen RP 1017: Formed1089: Imperial immediacy1527: Mediatised to Hesse1533: To the Hessian Knighthood under Hesse Kaunitz 1642: County n/a n/a 14th Century: First mentioned; possibly a branch of Stosch1642: Moravian line made HRE Count1699: Moravian line in succession dispute over Rietberg1726: Moravian line acquired Rietberg; renamed to Kaunitz-Rietberg Kaunitz-RietbergHRE Prince of Kaunitz, Count of Rietberg & East Frisia, Lord of Esens, Stadesdorf, Wittmund & Melrich County1764: Principality Low Rhen WE 1726: Moravian line of the House of Kaunitz acquired Rietberg1764: HRE Prince1803: Bench of Princes1807: To Westphalia1813: To Prussia1848: Extinct Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg) Imperial City Upp Rhen RH 1353: Free Imperial City1648: To France Kempten Abbacy Swab EC 7521062: Imperial immediacy1524: HRE Prince-Abbey1548: Bench of Spiritual Princes1803: To Bavaria Kempten 1289: Imperial Free City Swab SW 1289: Free Imperial City1803: To Bavaria Kerpen and Lommersum Lordship1713: Imperial County Low Rhen WE 1288: Territory of Brabant1430: To Burgundy1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands1516: To the Spanish Netherlands1710: To Palatinate-Neuburg (within Jülich)1712: To Schaesberg as fief of Palatinate-Neuburg1713: Imperial County1786: Imperial immediacy; Bench of Counts of Westphalia1794: To France Kettershausen Lordship n/a n/a 1556: To Fugger-Babenhausen1806: To Bavaria Khevenhüller-MetschKhevenhuller-MetschPrince of Khevenhüller-Metsch, Count of Hochosterwitz, Baron of Landskron and Wernberg, etc. County1763: Principality n/a SC 1751: Line formed by a scion of the Khevenhüller family that inherited Metsch1763: HRE Prince; Personalist vote in Bench of Counts of Swabia KirchbergBurgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn and Wittgenstein, Lord of Farnrode Burgraviate Upp Rhen WT 1149: Counts of Kapellendorf invested with the burgraviate of Kirchberg bei Jena1294: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Windberg, Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf, Kirchberg-Greiffenberg and Kirchberg-Kapellendorf1495: Reunited by Kirchberg-Altenberga1714: Acquired Sayn-Hachenburg1799: To Nassau-Weilburg Kirchberg-Altenberga Burgraviate n/a n/a 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg1461: Acquired Farnroda1495: Renamed to Kirchberg Kirchberg-Greiffenberg Burgraviate n/a n/a 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg1412: Acquired Kranichfeld1427: Partitioned into Kirchberg-Kranichfeld and Kirchberg-Altenberga Kirchberg-Kapellenberg Burgraviate n/a n/a 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg1304: Sold Kapellenberg to Erfurt1362: Acquired Camburg1393: Extinct; to Meissen Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf Burgraviate n/a n/a 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg1357: Extinct; to Weimar-Orlamünde Kirchberg-Kranichfeld Burgraviate n/a n/a 1427: Partitioned from Kirchberg-Greiffenberg1455: Kranichfeld to Gleichen-Blankenhain1495: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Altenberga Kirchberg-Windberg Burgraviate n/a n/a 1294: Partitioned from Kirchberg1311: Extinct; to Kirchberg-Kaulsdorf and Kirchberg-Greiffenberg Kirchberg(not to be confused with Burgraviate above) County n/a n/a 11th Century: Formed1087: First mentionedEarly history of the counts is unclear; eventually formed the lines Kirchberg-Kirchberg, Kirchberg-Brandenburg and Kirchberg-Wullenstetten in the 12th Century Kirchberg-Brandenburg County n/a n/a Partitioned from Kirchberg1298: Extinct; to Austria1313: To Ellersbach1466: To Krafft1481: To Rechberg1539: To Fugger Kirchberg-Kirchberg County n/a n/a Partitioned from Kirchberg1366: Extinct; to Matsch1399: To Kirchberg-Wullenstetten Kirchberg-Wullenstetten County Swab SC Partitioned from Kirchberg1399: Acquired Kirchberg-Kirchberg1481: Half sold to Bavaria-Landshut1503: Landshut half to Austria1507: Landshut half to Fugger1510: Extinct; rest to Fugger Kirkel Lordship n/a n/a 1075: First mentioned1212: Partitioned from Saarwerden1242: Extinct; divided between numerous heirs1250: Most acquired by John of Siersberg who took the name Kirkel1386: Extinct; to the Palatinate Klettgau County1325: Landgraviate Swab SC Originally a gau county of the Carolingian Empire1040: To Habsburg1280: To Habsburg-Laufenburg1410: To Sulz1687: To Schwarzenberg1806: To Baden Klingenmünster Abbacy 1490: Provostry Upp Rhen RP 636 ?1115: Imperial immediacy1490: Provost1567: To the Palatinate Knyphausen (Kniphausen) Barony1653: County n/a n/a Part of East Frisia1588: Lord of Inhausen and Knyphausen made HRE Baron1624: To Oldenburg1653: HRE Count1667: To Aldenburg1738: To Aldenburg-Bentinck1807: To Holland1810: To France1813: To Oldenburg1826: To Aldenburg-Bentinck with limited sovereignty1854: To Oldenburg Koblenz (Coblenz / Coblence) Bailiwick of the Teutonic Order El Rhin n/a 1216: Teutonic Order received land in fief from the Archbishopric of Trier1263: Acquired Elsen1313: Acquired Waldbreitbach1613: Acquired Morsbroich1794: Left-bank territory to France1806-9: Rest to Berg and Nassau Koevorden (Coevorden) Lordship Kolb von Wartenberg (Kolbe) Lordship n/a n/a 12th Century: First mentioned; ministerialis of Franconia1699: HRE County; renamed to Wartenberg Königsbronn Abbacy Swab SP 1303: Formed15th Century?: Imperial immediacy1553: Mediatised to Württemberg1710: Abolished Königsegg (Konigsegg)HRE Count of Königsegg & Rothenfels, Baron of Aulendorf & Stauffen, Lord of Ebenweiler & Wald in Swabia Lordship1621:Barony1629: County Swab SC 1171: First mentioned as a property of the Lords of Fronhofen 1251: Partitioned from Fronhofen1381: Acquired Aulendorf1595: Acquired Rothenfels1621: HRE Baron1622: Partitioned into Königsegg-Rothenfels and Königsegg-Aulendorf Königsegg-Aulendorf Barony1629: County Swab SC 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg1629: HRE County1806: To Württemberg Königsegg-Rothenfels Barony1629: County Swab SC 1622: Partitioned from Königsegg1629: HRE County1804: To Austria; acquired Boros-Sebiș as fief of Hungary Königsfeld (Black Forest) Konstanz (Constance) Prince-Bishopric Swab EC 5851155: HRE Prince of the Empire1803: To Baden Konstanz (Constance) 1192: Imperial Free City Swab SW 1192: Free Imperial City1548: To Austria1805: To Baden Konzenberg Lordship n/a n/a 1305: To Burgau1351: To Halder1361: To Waldkirch13??: To Villenbach13??: To the Bishopric of Augsburg1454: To Grafeneck1456: To Stain1457: to Westernach1511: To Knöringen1524: To Augsburg1530: To Baumgartner16??: To ?1684: To the Bishopric of Augsburg1803: To Bavaria Kornelimünster (Cornelimünster; St Kornelimünster) Abbacy Low Rhen RP 6149th Century: Imperial immediacy1795: To France Kranenburg County n/a n/a 1255: Partitioned from Cleves1277: Extinct; to Cleves Krautheim Lordship1803: HRE Principality of Krautheim and Gerlachsheim n/a n/a 1213: Mentioned as belonging to Lords of Krautheim1399: To the Archbishopric of Mainz1803: To Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim1806: To Württemberg Kreuzlingen Abbacy Swab SP 1125: Formed1145: Imperial immediacy1648: To Switzerland Kriechingen (Criechingen) Barony n/a n/a 1150: First mention of Lords of Kriechingen, fiefs of Lorraine1239: Partitioned into itself and Helfedange1295: To Torcheville who assumed the name Kriechingen13th Century: HRE Baron1557: Partitioned into Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt and Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel Kriechingen-Homburg-Bruchkastel Barony1617: County Upp Rhen n/a 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen1617: HRE Count; Imperial immediacy in core lands; Upper Rhenish Circle1697: Extinct; to East FrisiaTo Wied-Runkel1793: To France Kriechingen-Püttlingen-Bacourt Barony n/a n/a 1557: Partitioned from Kriechingen1681: Extinct; to Salm-Reifferscheid Kronburg Lordship 1460: Partitioned from Aichen1540: Partitioned into Osterberg, Schwabeck and Weissenstein Kuefstein-GreillensteinCount of Kuefstein, Baron of Greillenstein, of Hohenkraen, etc. 1709: County (Personalist) n/a FR 1602: HRE Baron1654?: HRE Count1709: Bench of Counts of Franconia (personalist vote) Kulmbach Lordship 1057-1234: To Andechs-Meran1248: To Counts of Orlamunde1340: To Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg1792: To Prussia1807: French occupation1810: To Bavaria Kyburg (Kiburg) County n/a n/a 11th century: Formed 1053: Counts of Winterthur-Kyburg extinct; to Dillingen by marriage1180: Partitioned from Dillingen1218: Acquired left-bank territory of Zähringen1273: To Habsburg-Laufenburg by marriage1274: Partitioned from Habsburg-Laufenburg (Neu-Kyburg)1379: Most to Austria1384: Fief of Bern1417: Extinct Kyrburg Wildgraviate n/a n/a 1258: Partitioned from the Wildgraviate1284: Partitioned into itself and Schmidtburg1419: Extinct; to Stein
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