This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter W. 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 WaadtSee: Vaud County Wädenswil Lordship1330: Commandry n/a n/a 1130: First mentioned1287: Sold to the Order of St John; attached to the Commandry of Bubikon1330: Separate commandry1549: Sold to Zürich1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland Waldbott (Walpode) Lordship n/a n/a 1136: First mentioned1267: Acquired Waltmannshausen as fief of Dietz; known henceforth as Waldbott von Waltmannshausen Waldbott von Bassenheim Lordship1654: Barony1720: County Upp Rhen WE 1337: Side line of Waldbott von Waltmannshausen established at Bassenheim1477: Acquired Olbrück1512: Acquired Gudenau1554: Partitioned into itself, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück and Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Gudenau1652: Acquired half of Pyrmont1654: HRE Baron; acquired Kransberg1710: Acquired rest of Pyrmont1788: Joined the Westphalian Counts' benches1794: To France1803: Compensated with Heggbach1806: To Bavaria1810: 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 Lordship1659: Barony n/a n/a 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim1659: HRE Baron1663: Acquired Odenhausen1735: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld Lordship1646: Barony n/a n/a 1589: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück1646: HRE Baron1763: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Olbrück Lordship n/a n/a 1554: Partitioned from Waldbott von Bassenheim1589: Partitioned into Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Königsfeld, Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim and itself1744: Extinct; to Waldbott von Bassenheim zu Bornheim Waldbott von Waltmannshausen Lordship n/a n/a 1267: Renamed from Waldbott (Walpode)13th Century: Acquired Bassenheim1337: Side line Waldbott von Bassenheim established Waldburg Lordship n/a n/a 1108: First mentioned1210: Extinct; inherited by and renamed from Tanne1214: Side line Winterstetten founded 1237: Partitioned into Waldburg-Rohrdorf, Waldburg-Waldburg and Waldburg-Warthausen Waldburg-Capustigall Lordship1686: County n/a n/a 1524: Line founded by Frederick I of Waldburg-Trauchburg in Prussia1686: HRE Count Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer Barony1628: County Swab SC 1580: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg1593: Acquired Trauchburg1612: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg1628: HRE Count1696: Placed under Imperial administration1717: Extinct; to Joseph William Eusebius of Waldburg-Trauchburg1756: Extinct; to Leopold Augustus of Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg1764: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg Waldburg-Messkirch (Waldburg-Meßkirch) Lordship n/a n/a 1300: Partitioned from Waldburg-Rohrdorf1354: 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 Lordship1463: County n/a n/a 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg1433: Acquired Scheer1452: Acquired Friedberg1455: Acquired Sonnenberg1463: HRE Count1474: Sold Sonnenberg to Austria1480: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg County Swab SC 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg1511: Extinct; to Waldburg-Trauchburg Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Sonnenberg County n/a n/a 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg1483: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Friedberg and Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg Waldburg-Sonnenberg-Wolfegg County Swab SC 1480: Partitioned from Waldburg-Sonnenberg1510: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil Waldburg-Trauchburg Lordship16th Century: Barony1628: County Swab SC 1339: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg1365: Sold Isny its sovereign rights1374: Sold Trauchburg to Waldburg-Waldburg1386: Extinct1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg 1524: Side line Waldburg-Capustigall founded15??: HRE Baron1580: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Scheer and Friedberg1593: Extinct; to Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer1612: Partitioned from Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer1628: HRE Count1717: Partitioned into Waldburg-Friedberg and Scheer and Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg Waldburg-Trauchburg and Kißlegg County Swab SC 1717: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg1764: Acquired Scheer and Friedberg1772: Extinct; to Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil Waldburg-Waldburg Lordship Swab SC 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg1339: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Trauchburg1429: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Zeil1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil1600: Extinct; divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil Waldburg-Warthausen Lordship n/a n/a 1237: Partitioned from Waldburg1290: Extinct; to Waldburg-Waldburg Waldburg-Wolfegg Lordship1628: County Swab SC 1595: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil1628: HRE Count1672: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee County1803: Principality Swab SC 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg1803: HRE Prince1806: To Württemberg Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg County Swab SC 1672: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg1798: Extinct; to Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee Waldburg-Zeil Lordship1628: County Swab SC 1429: Partitioned from Waldburg-Waldburg1595: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg, Waldburg-Waldburg and itself1628: HRE Count1675: 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 Hohenems1790: Acquired Lustenau1806: To Bavaria1811: Restored1814: To Austria1817: Restored1830: Sold to Austria Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg County1803: Principality Swab SC 1779: Renamed from Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil1803: HRE Prince1806: To Württemberg; Alt-Trauchburg to Bavaria Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach County1803: Principality Swab SC 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil1803: HRE Prince1806: To Württemberg; Ferthofen to Bavaria Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil County Swab SC 1675: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil1772: Acquired Trauchburg1777: Side line Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems founded1779: Renamed to Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg Waldeck Lordship1349: County1692: Principality Upp Rhen WT 1219: Partitioned from Schwalenberg1349: HRE County1397: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and Waldeck-Waldeck1692: Reunited by Waldeck-Wildungen1706: Appanage Waldeck-Bergheim created1711: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont1805: Partitioned from Waldeck and Pyrmont1812: Renamed to Waldeck and Pyrmont Waldeck and PyrmontPrince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau Principality Upp Rhen WT / PR 1711: Renamed from Waldeck1712: Bench of Secular Princes1805: Partitioned into Waldeck and Pyrmont1812: Reunited by Waldeck Waldeck-Bergheim County n/a n/a 1706: Appanage created in Waldeck1816: Sideline Waldeck-Limpurg created Waldeck-Eisenberg County Upp Rhen WT 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck1539: Partitioned into Waldeck-Landau and itself1607: Partitioned into Waldeck-Wildungen and itself1625: Acquired Pyrmont1682: HRE Prince1692: Extinct; to Waldeck-Wildungen Waldeck-Landau County Upp Rhen WT 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck1495: Extinct; divided between Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen1539: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg1597: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg Waldeck-Waldeck County n/a n/a 1397: Partitioned from Waldeck1486: Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen Waldeck-Wildungen County Upp Rhen WT 1486: Partitioned from Waldeck-Waldeck1598: Extinct; to Waldeck-Eisenberg1607: Partitioned from Waldeck-Eisenberg1692: Renamed to Waldeck Waldsassen Abbacy Bav SP 1133: Abbey established1147: Imperial immediacy1348: Sold Luby to Sparneck1537: Made fief of the Palatinate1571: Abbey dissolved1661: Restored; fief of Bavaria1803: Secularised and suppressed Walkenried Abbacy Upp Sax RP 1137: Abbey established1542: Imperial immediacy1593: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1629: Abbey restored1631: Administered by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1648: Abbey secularised and suppressed WallisSee: Valais County Wallmoden Lordship n/a n/a 1154: First mentioned; ministerialis of Hildesheim1529: 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 Count1806: To Berg1813: To Prussia Wallmoden-Heinde (Wallmoden Elder Line) Lordship n/a n/a 1529: Partitioned from Wallmoden; fief of Hildesheim1782: Acquired Gimborn and Neustadt1783: Renamed to Wallmoden-Gimborn WalpodeSee: Waldbott Lordship Wangen im Allgäu Imperial City Swab SW 1286: Free Imperial City1802: To Bavaria1810: To Württemberg Warburg Imperial City Low Rhen RH 1020: To the Bishopric of Paderborn1364: Joined the Hanseatic League1622: To Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel1802: To Prussia1807: To Westphalia1815: To Prussia Warmia (Ermland) Bishopric n/a n/a 1243: Diocese established; 1/3 independent, 2/3 to the Teutonic Order1356: HRE Prince of the Empire1454: Teutonic share to Poland as part of Royal Prussia1466: Independence abolished1772: To Prussia Wartau Lordship n/a n/a Originally part of the territory of Pfäfers Abbey1261: To Wildenberg1320: To Werdenberg-Heiligenberg1413: Sold to Austria1414: To Toggenburg1429: To Thierstein1483: Sold to Zürich, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus and Zug in condominium1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland Wartenberg County Upp Rhen n/a 1699: Renamed from Kolb von Wartenberg; HRE Count1707: Joined the Upper Rhenish Circle1709: Acquired Mettenheim1794: To France1803: Compensated with Roth Abbey; renamed to Wartenberg-Roth Wartenberg-Roth County Upp Rhen WE 1803: Renamed from Wartenberg1806: To Württemberg Wasserburg Lordship n/a n/a 10th Century: To Kißlegg as advocates for St Gall's Abbey1280: Sold to Schellenberg1386: Sold to Montfort-Tettnang-Tettnang1439: To Montfort-Tettnang-Rothenfels1574: To Montfort-Bregenz-Peggau1592: Sold to Fugger-Weißenhorn1690: To Fugger-Kirchberg-Weißenhorn1755: Sold to Austria1805: To Bavaria Weida Advocacy (Vogtei) n/a n/a 1122: First mentioned1206: Title of "vogt" confirmed1209: Partitioned into itself, Plauen and Gera and Greiz and Reichenbach1421: Weida sold to Meissen1454: Acquired Wildenfels1531: Extinct; to Saxony Weil Imperial City Swab SW 1075: First mentioned; to Hirsau Abbey 1275: Free Imperial City1803: To Württemberg Weimar County n/a n/a 949: First mentioned1062: Inherited by Orlamünde; renamed to Weimar-Orlamünde Weimar-Orlamünde County n/a n/a 1062: Weimar and Orlamünde united1112: Extinct; succession war between Andechs-Meran and the Rhenish Palatinate1121: To Siegfried II, pretender to the Rhenish Palatinate, who took the name Weimar-Orlamünde1140: Extinct; to Brandenburg Weimar-Orlamünde County n/a n/a 1170: Partitioned from Brandenburg1265: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde and Weimar-Orlamünde-Weimar Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal County n/a n/a 1295: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde1406: Partitioned into Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg, itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein1426: Sold Gräfenthal to Saxony1460: Extinct Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein County n/a n/a 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Lauenstein1427: Lauenstein to Brandenburg1486: Extinct; Schauenforst to Reuss von Plauen Weimar-Orlamünde-Lichtenberg County n/a n/a 1406: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde-Lauenstein1427: Lichtenberg to Waldenfels1445: Magdala to Saxony1447: Extinct Weimar-Orlamünde-Orlamünde County n/a n/a 1265: Partitioned from Weimar-Orlamünde1295: Partitioned into itself and Weimar-Orlamünde-Gräfenthal1344: Orlamünde sol