List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (U)

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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter U:

NameType Imperial circle Imperial diet History
CoA Uberlingen, BW.svg Überlingen Imperial CitySwabSW1268: Free Imperial City
1803: To Baden
CoA Ulm, BW.svg Ulm Imperial CitySwabSW1115: Free Imperial City
1802: To Bavaria
1810: To Württemberg
Sin escudo.svg UmpfenbachTerritoryn/an/an/a
1773: Purchased by Philipp Freiherr von Gudenus and Valentin Ferdinand Freiherr von Gudenus from Christian Friedrich Carl Graf zu Castell-Remlingen [1]
June 1, 1805: Purchased by Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff from Ferdinand Freiherr von Gudenus [2]
CoA Unterwalden Canton.svg Unterwalden Imperial Valleyn/an/aDivided into Nidwalden and Obwalden from an early date
1173: To Counts of Habsburg
1291: Became a founding member of the Swiss League
1324: Imperial immediacy
By 1350: Permanent division into Obwalden and Nidwalden
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Blason departement fr Haut-Rhin.svg Upper Alsace (Sundgau; Oberelsaß)Landgraviaten/an/a1130: To Habsburg
1469: Sold to Burgundy
1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands
1516: To Austria
1648: To France
Armoiries Baviere.svg Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern)Duchyn/an/a1255: Partitioned from Bavaria
1314: Partitioned into the Palatinate and itself
1340: Renamed to Bavaria
1349: Partitioned from Bavaria
1363: Extinct; to Bavaria-Landshut
Armoiries de Salm 2.svg Upper Salm
See: Salm in the Vosges
County
CoA Urach County.svg Urach Countyn/an/a1040: First mentioned; brother of Achalm
c. 1080: First use of title Count of Urach
1098: Acquired Achalm
1218: Acquired Freiburg
1250: Partitioned into Freiburg, itself and Fürstenberg
1261: Extinct; to Fürstenberg
1265: Sold to Württemberg
CoA Uri Canton.svg Uri Imperial Valleyn/an/a853: To Fraumünster Abbey as part of Swabia
12th Century: To Zähringen
1218: To Habsburg
1231: Free Imperial Valley
1291: Became a founding member of the Swiss League
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
CoA Ursberg Abbey, Bavaria.svg Ursberg AbbacySwabSP1126-8: Founded
1143: Imperial immediacy
1803: To Bavaria
Blason fam it Orsini 02.svg Ursin von Rosenberg
See: Orsini-Rosenberg 		Principality
CoA Utrecht Diocese.svg Utrecht BishopricLow Rhenn/a695: Diocese established
1024: HRE Prince of the Empire
1528: Secularised as the Lordship of Utrecht; to the Spanish Netherlands
CoA Utrecht Diocese.svg Utrecht LordshipBurgn/a1528: Bishopric of Utrecht secularised; to the Spanish Netherlands
1548: Transferred to the Burgundian Circle
1579: Dutch Revolt against Spain
1648: Left the Empire as part of the Netherlands
CoA Uznach, St Gall.svg Uznach Lordship
1209: County		n/an/a12th Century: To Rapperswil
1195: To Toggenburg
1209: HRE Count
1436: To Raron; disputed by Zürich
1469: Sold to Schwyz and Glarus in condominium
1648: Left the Empire as part of Switzerland

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References

  1. ↑ "Gudenus" heirsofeurope Retrieved September 18, 2019
  2. ↑ "Gudenus" heirsofeurope Retrieved September 18, 2019
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