| Name | Type | Circle | Bench | Formed | Notes |
| Waadt | Lordship | | | | |
| Wädenswil | Lordship | | | | |
| Wain | Lordship | | | | |
| Waldbott von Bassenheim | 1720: HRE County | Upp Rhen | WF | | 1554: Division into Bassenheim, Bornheim and Gudenau lines |
Waldburg HRE Prince of Waldburg at Wolfegg & Waldsee | 1628: HRE County | Swab | SW | 12th Century | 1183: 1st line of Counts of Waldburg died out 1424: Partitioned into Waldburg-Sonnenberg, Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Capustigal | 1686: HRE County | | | 1504: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg | 1745: Annexed to Prussia |
| Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer | | | | 1612: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg | 1717: Annexed to Waldburg-Trauchburg |
| Waldburg-Scheer | | | | 1717: Partitioned from Waldburg-Trauchburg | 1764: Annexed to Waldburg-Trauchburg |
| Waldburg-Sonnenberg | | | | 1424: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1511: Annexed to Austria |
| Waldburg-Trauchburg | | | | 1424: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1504: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Capustigal 1612: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer 1717: Division into Waldburg-Trauchburg and Waldburg-Scheer 1772: Annexed to Waldburg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Waldburg | 1589: County | | | 1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil | 1600: Divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Waldsee | 1667: County 1803: Principality | | | 1667: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg | |
Waldburg-Wolfegg HRE Count of Wolfegg, Baron of[auf] Waldburg, Lord zu Waldsee, Zeil, Wurzach & Marstetten, Kisslegg, Waltershofen, Röthsee, Prassberg & Leypolz The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...
Wädenswil is a municipality in the district of Horgen, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. ...
A wain is a type of horse-drawn, load-carrying vehicle, used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people, for example a haywain. ...
Waldburg is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. ...
Motto: Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Political structure Duchy, Kingdom, Republic Duke1 - 1525â68 Albert I - 1688â1701 Frederick III King1 - 1701â13 Frederick I - 1888â1918 William II Prime Minister1,2...
Waldburg-Waldsee was a County located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Bad Waldsee. ...
| 1589: County | | | 1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil | 1667: Partitioned into Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Waldsee 1798: Annexed to Waldburg-Waldsee |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | 1803: HRE Prince | | | | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil | 1424: County | | | 1424: Partitioned from Waldburg | 1589: Partitioned into Waldburg-Waldburg, Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil |
| Waldburg-Wurzach | 1674: HRE County 1803: HRE Principality | | | 1674: Partitioned from Waldburg-Zeil | |
| Waldburg-Zeil | 1589: County 1803: HRE Principality | | | 1589: Partitioned from Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil | 1674: Partitioned into itself and Waldburg-Wurzach |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg | 1803: HRE Principality | | | | |
Waldeck Prince of Waldeck & Pyrmont, Count of Rappolstein, Lord of Hohenack & Geroldseck am Wasgau | 1180: County 1349: Imperial County 1682: HRE Prince 1712: Imperial Principality | Upp Rhen | | 1137 | Underwent several partitions Partitioned into Waldeck-Eisenberg and Waldeck-Wildungen 1625: Waldeck acquired Principality of Pyrmont by succession |
| Waldeck-Eisenberg | Principality | | | | 1674/1686: HRE Council of Princes (extinct 1714) |
| Waldeck-Pyrmont | County 1712: Principality | | | 1706 | 1807: Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont became autonomous 1868: Became part of Prussia but remained de facto autonomous until 1918 |
| Waldsassen | HRE Abbey | | | | |
| Walkenried | Abbacy | Upp Sax | | | |
| Wallhausen | Lordship | | | | |
Wallis Valais | Prince-Bishopric of Wallis and Futuna | | | | 999: Bequeathed by King of Burgundy to Bishops of Sion 1798: French occupation 1802: Independent state 1810: French occupation Joined Swiss Confederation |
| Wallmoden | | | | | Acquired Neustadt and Gimborn |
| Wangen im Allgäu | Imperial City | Swab | SW | c1250 | 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria 1810: Annexed to Württemberg |
| Warburg | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | | Held by Bp. of Paderborn 1622: Annexed to Braunschweig 1802: Annexed to Prussia 1807: Annexed to Kingdom of Westphalia 1815: Annexed to Prussia |
Warmia Archbishopric of Warmia | 1243: Bishopric 1356: HRE Prince-Bishopric | | | | 1772: To Prussia |
| Wartau | Lordship | | | | |
Wartenberg HRE Count of Wartenberg-Roth | 1699: HRE County | Upp Rhen | | | 1806: Annexed to Westphalia 1814: Annexed to Prussia |
| Wasserburg | HRE Lordship | | | | |
| Weil der Stadt | Imperial Free City | Swab | SW | c1250 | 1803: Mediatized to Württemberg |
| Weimar | County | | | 8th or 9th Century | 1100: Annexed to Orlamünde-Weimar 1365: Annexed to Meissen |
Weingarten Prince-Abbot of Weingarten | 1053: Abbey 1268: HRE Prince-Abbot 1274: HRE Abbey | Swab | | 1274 | 1268: Prince-Abbots under Austrian protection 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Secularized to Nassau-Orange 1806: To Wurttemberg Area: 306 km² |
| Weinsberg | Lordship | | | | c1000: Weinsberg castle founded as an Imperial fortress c1200: Weinsberg town proper founded 1241: 1st mention of Weinsberg c1283: Weinsberg chartered as a town. 1/2 of town had status of an Imperial city, the other was in the possession of the Lords of Weinsberg residing in the castle. 1417: Weinsberg lost its partial status of an Imperial city Weinsberg joined the Weinsberg Union of 33 Imperial cities 1430: Emperor Sigismund confirmed status of Weinsberg as an undivided Imperial city 1440: Annexed to the Palatinate<1450>Weinsberg castle bought by the Palatinate Duke Ulrich of Wurttemberg conquered Weinsberg and confirmed by the Treaty of Urach in 1512 1520-1534: To Austria To Trauttmandsdorff |
Weißenau Weissenau | 1750: HRE Abbey | Swab | | 1089 | 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Secularized 1806: To Wurttemberg |
Weißenberg Weissenberg | Abbacy | | | | |
Weißenburg Wissembourg Weissenburg | Abbacy Prince-Abbacy | | | | 1793: Council of Princes |
Weißenburg in Bayern Weissenburg in Bavaria Weißenburg im Nordgau | Imperial City | Franc | SW | c1350 | 1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria |
| Weissenau | | | | | 1793: Council of Princes |
Weißenstein Weissenstein | County | | | 1540: Partitioned from Kronburg | 1604: Annexed to Schwabeck |
| Welzheim | Lordship | Franc | | | 1500: Franconian Circle Acquired by Counts of Gravenitz |
Werden Essen-Werden | | | | | 1793: Council of Princes |
| Werden-Helmstädt | 809: Abbecy 877: HRE Prince-Abbot | | | | 809: Werden founded 827: Helmstadt founded 1803: Secularised to Prussia 1806: Annexed to Berg 1808: Annexed to Westphalia 1814: Restored to Prussia |
| Werdenberg | 1230: County | | | 1230: Partitioned from Montfort | 1260: Division into Werdenberg and Sargans 1308: Division into Werdenberg-Heiligenberg and Werdenberg-Werdenberg<1416>Vaduz line of Counts of Werdenberg died out; Vaduz passed to the Barons of Brandis |
| Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1308: HRE County | | | 1308: Partitioned from Werdenberg | 1370: Division into Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, Werdenberg-Pludenz, Werdenberg-Rheineck, and Werdenberg-Wartau 1413: Annexed to Austria |
| Werdenberg-Pludenz | 1370: County | | | 1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1384: Annexed to Austria |
| Werdenberg-Rheineck | 1370: County | | | 1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1389: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Wartau | 1370: County | | | 1370: Partitioned from Werdenberg-Heiligenberg | 1428: Extinct |
| Werdenberg-Werdenberg | 1308: County | | | 1308: Partitioned from Werdenberg | 1330: Annexed to Werdenberg-Heiligenberg |
| Werdenfels | Countship | | | | |
| Werle | c1235: Principality | | | c1235 | 1414: Annexed to Werle-Gustrow |
| Werle-Goldberg | 1316: Principality | | | 1316: Partitioned from Werle-Gustrow | 1408: Annexed to Werle |
| Werle-Güstrow | Principality | | | 1200s | 1316: Division into Werle-Gustrow and Werle-Goldberg 1337: Division into Werle-Gustrow and Werle-Waren 1436: Annexed to Mecklenburg |
| Werle-Waren | 1337: Principality | | | 1337: Partitioned from Werle-Gustrow | 1436: Annexed to Mecklenburg |
| Wernigerode | County | Upp Sax | | 1103 1807-1813: To Kingdom of Westphalia | 1429: Counts of Wernigerode became extinct; their lands inherited by Stolberg |
| Wertheim | County | Franc | | 1097 | 1407: Partitioned into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Wertheim 1500: Franconian Circle 1600: Annexed to Stolberg |
| Wertheim-Breuberg | 1407: County | | | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim | 1482: Division into Wertheim-Breuberg and Wertheim-Freudenberg 1574: Division into Wertheim-Breuberg and Lowenstein-Wertheim 1600: Annexed to Stolberg |
| Wertheim-Freudenberg | 1482: County | | | 1482: Partitioned from Wertheim-Breuberg | 1509: Annexed to Wertheim-Breuberg |
| Wertheim-Wertheim | 1407: County | | | 1407: Partitioned from Wertheim | 1494: Annexed to Wertheim-Breuberg |
| Wesel | Imperial City | Low Rhen | RH | | 1609: Annexed to Cleves |
| Westphalia | Duchy | | | | 1180-1803: To Archdiocese of Cologne and had its own constitution and its own diet 1803: To Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Westerburg | HRE County | | | 1227 | 1209: 1st mention of Westerburg To Lords of Runkel by marriage 1597: Passed to Leiningen 1806: To Grand Duchy of Berg |
| Westerburg | Lordship | | | | |
| Wettenhausen | HRE Abbacy | Swab | | | 1793: Council of Princes |
| Wetzlar | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1180 | 1803: Mediatized to Archbishopric of Regensburg 1810: Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1815: Annexed to Prussia |
| Wiblingen | Abbacy | | | | |
Wickrath Wykradt | 1488: HRE Lordship 1752: HRE County of Quadt-Wykradt | Low Rhen | | 1068: 1st mention of Lords of Wickrath Castle | Ruled by Lords of Broichhausen 1310: Became a fief of Guelders 1488: Imperial Estate for the Knights of Hompesch 1502: To Lords of Quadt; renamed Quadt-Wickrath 1752: Imperial Estate with a vote in the Bench of Counts of Westphalia 1794: French occupation 1803-1806: Counts of Quadt acquired City of Isny as compensation for loss of territories 1815: To Prussia |
Wied Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen | 1093: County of Wied | Low Rhen | | c. 860 | 1229: 1st mention of the Castle of (Alt-) Wied 1243-1462: Part of Nieder-Isenburg 1244: 1st Line of Counts of Wied became extinct 1462: To Lords of Runkel 1806: To Nassau 1815: To Prussia Partitioned several times |
Wied-Neuwied Count of Wied & Isenburg, Lord of Runkel | 1093: County of Wied 1784: Principality of Wied-Neuwied | | | | |
Wied-Runkel Count of Wied, Isenburg & Kriechingen, Lord of Runkel, Kriching-Püttlingen and Rollingen | County | | | | |
| Wiesensteig | Lordship | Swab | | | |
| Wiesentfels | 1487: Lordship | | | 1333, as property of Giech | 1412: Annexed to B. of Bamberg 1680: Reannexed to Giech |
| Wiesentheid | HRE Lordship | | | | 1500: Franconian Circle |
| Wild | Wildgraviate | | | 1086, evolved from the Nahegau | Partitioned several times See Wild-Rhine, where they were coalesced |
| Wild-Rhine | Wild- and Rhinegraviate | | | 1361, as Wild-Rhine-Dhaun from a union of Wild-Dhaun and Rhine | 1499: Annexed to Salm-Dhaun |
| Wildenburg | Lordship | | | | Descended from Lords of Arenberg 1418: Line extinct; territory passed to Hatzfeld by female succession 1806: To GRand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia |
| Wildenstein | Lordship | | | 1495: Partitioned from Zimmern | 1554: Annexed to Mötzkirch |
| Wimpfen | Imperial City | Swab | SW | | 1803: Assigned to Baden, but actually annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Windisch-Grätz | County (personalist) | n/a | FR | 1628 | 1802: Partitioned into Windisch-Grätz-Eglofs and Windisch-Grätz-Winteritz |
| Windisch-Grätz-Eglofs | County (personalist) | n/a | FR | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Grätz | 1804: Purchased Eglofs from Abensberg-Traun (Swabian Bench) |
| Windisch-Grätz-Winteritz | County | n/a | n/a | 1802: Partitioned from Windisch-Grätz | |
| Windsheim | Imperial City | Franc | SW | 1284 | 1500: Franconian Circle 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria |
| Winneburg | 1616: HRE Lordship 1652: Imperial County (for Metternich House) | Low Rhen | | | 1637: To Trier 1652: To Prince Metternich |
Weißenburg Wissembourg Weissenburg | Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | | | 1648: Annexed to France |
| Wittgenstein | 1174: County of Witgenstein 1792: Imperial Principality | | | | 1357: The main line of the Counts of Wittgenstein became extinct. The biggest portion of the County passed to the Counts of Sponheim who started calling themselves Counts of Sayn and Wittgenstein 1603: Partition into Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein 1808: Mediatised to the Grand Duchy of Berg 1815: To Prussia |
| Wohlau | Principality | | | | |
| Wolfegg | Lordship 1628: HRE County | | | | To Waldburg |
| Wolfstein | Lordship | | | 1217 | Partitioned several times 1383: Annexed to Allersberg |
| Worms | Bishopric | Upp Rhen | EC | 861 | 1793: Council of Princes 1803: Annexed to Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Worms | Imperial City | Upp Rhen | RH | 1074 | Annexed to France in 1789 1816: Annexed to Grand Duchy of Hesse |
Wurmbrand-Stuppach HRE Count of Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Baron of Steyersberg, Reittenau | 1607: HRE Barony 1701: HRE County | | | 1701 | 1726: Imperial Estate |
Württemberg Wurttemberg Wirtemberg King of Württemberg; Sovereign Duke in Swabia, of Teck; Duke of Hohenlohe; Landgrave of Tübingen; Prince of Mergentheim, Ellwangen, Zweifalten, Overlord of the Principalities of Buchau, Waldburg, Baldern, Ochsenhausen, Neresheim; Count of Gröningen, Limpurg, Montfort, Tettnang, Hohenberg, Biberach, Schecklingen, Egloffs; Overlord of the Lordships of Aulendorf, Scheer-Friedberg, Roth, Baindt, Isny; Lord of Altdorf, Leutkirch, Heidenheim, Justingen, Krailsheim, the Danubian cities, of Ulm, Rothweil, Heilbronn, Hall, Wiesensteig, etc | c1083: Lordship 1135: County 1495: Duchy 1495: HRE Prince 1803: Electorate 1806: Kingdom | Swab | PR | 1089 | 1441: Partitioned into Württemberg-Stuttgart and Württemberg-Urach 1496:Reunited 1519 - 1534: Annexed to Austria 1617: Partitioned into Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen, Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Württemberg-Neuenburg, Württemberg-Neustadt and Württemberg-Stuttgart 1792: Reunited |
| Württemberg-Bernstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1664: Partitioned from Württemberg-Öls | 1697: Annexed to Württemberg-Öls |
| Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1635: Partitioned into Württemberg-Öls and Württemberg-Weiltingen |
| Württemberg-Juliusburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1669: Partitioned from Württemberg-Öls | 1694: Annexed to Württemberg-Öls |
| Württemberg-Mömpelgard | Duchy | n/a | PR | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1684 - 1697: Conquered by France 1723: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Neuenburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1641: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Neuenburg | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1649: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1671: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Neustadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1641: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Neustadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1649: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1742: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Öls | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1635: Partitioned from Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen | 1664: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Bernstadt 1669: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Juliusburg 1745: Renamed to Württemberg-Öls-Bernstadt |
| Württemberg-Öls-Bernstadt | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1735: Renamed from Württemberg-Öls | 1792: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Stuttgart | County, Duchy after 1495 | Swab | PR | 1441: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1496: United with Württemberg-Urach to form Württemberg |
| Württemberg-Stuttgart | Duchy | Swab | PR | 1617: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1649: Partitioned into itself, Württemberg-Neuenburg and Württemberg-Neustadt 1674: Partitioned into itself and Württemberg-Winnental 1792: Renamed to Württemberg |
| Württemberg-Urach | County, Duchy after 1495 | n/a | n/a | 1441: Partitioned from Württemberg | 1496: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
Wurttemberg-Weiltingen Duke of Württemberg & Teck, in Silesia, Öls, Bernstadt, Count of Mömpelgard, Lord of Heidenheim, Sternberg, Medzibor | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1635: Partitioned from Württemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen | 1735: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
| Württemberg-Winnental | Duchy | n/a | n/a | 1674: Partitioned from Württemberg-Stuttgart | 1733: Annexed to Württemberg-Stuttgart |
Würzburg (Wurzburg) | Bishopric Prince-Bishopric Grand Duchy | Franc | EC | 1168 | 1441: Prince-Bishops styled as Duke of Franconia 1500: Franconian Circle 1793: Council of Princes 1802: Annexed to Bavaria 1803: Secularized to Bavaria |