List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (H)
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This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter H.
Notes:
- The "Imperial Circle" column shows to which circle (Reichskreis) the state belonged;
- the "Imperial Diet" column shows where the state was represented in the Imperial Diet or "Bench" (Reichstag).
| Name | Type | Imperial circle | Imperial diet | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_COA.svg.png){kind=small} Haag | HRE County | Bav | SC | 10th Century: Formed
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 Habsburg | County | — | — | 1040: Formed
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| Habsburg-Laufenburg | County | — | — | 1232: Formed: Partitioned from Habsburg
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| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Alt-Rapperswil | County | — | — |
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| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Laufenburg | County | — | — |
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| Habsburg-Laufenburg-Neu-Rapperswil | County | — | — |
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 Hadeln | "Farmer Republic" 1210 - 1852 | — | — |
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 Hagenau | "Landvogtei" | — | — | Formation date unknown
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| Haguenau (Hagenau) | Imperial Free City | Upp Rhen | RH | 12th Century: Formed
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 Hainaut | County[a] | Burg | — | 900: Formed
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 Halberstadt |
| Low Sax | see below | 804: Formed
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| Halberstadt | Principality | Low Sax | PR | 1648: Formed: Secularized from Bp. of Halberstadt for Brandenburg
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 Haldenstein | Barony | — | — | 1260: Formed: First mentioned
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| [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
 Hallermund | County | Low Rhen | WE | 12th Century: Fief of Bishopric of Minden
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 Hals | 1280: County | [data missing] | [data missing] | 11th century: Formed
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 Hamburg | Imperial City | Low Sax | RH | 1189: Formed
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| 1429: HRE County | Upp Rhen | WT | 13th century: Formed
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.svg.png){kind=small} Hanau-Babenhausen | County | — | — |
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| Hanau-Lichtenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1480: Formed: Renamed from Hanau-Babenhausen
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| Hanau-Münzenberg | County | Upp Rhen | WT | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hanau
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| HRE Prince-Elector | Low Sax | EL | 1692: Formed: Brunswick-Calenberg raised to Electorate
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_COA.svg.png){kind=small} Harburg | Lordship | — | — | c. 1100: First mentioned
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 Hardegg | 1383: HRE County | — | — | 12th Century: To the Counts of Plain
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 Harmersbach | Imperial Valley | — | — | 1718: Formed: Free Imperial Valley |
| 1628: HRE County (Personalist) | — | SW | 1628: Formed
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| Lordship
| Upp Sax | FR | 12th Century: Fiefs of Thuringia
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| Hauenstein | County | — | — | Formation date unknown
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_COA.svg.png){kind=small} Hausen | Lordship | ?? | [data missing] |
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 Havelberg | Bishopric | Upp Sax | EC | 948: Formed
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 Heggbach | Abbacy | Swab | SP | 1231: Formed
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| HRE Lordship | Upp Rhen | WE | 1192: Formed: Originally named Erlingshofen; built Heideck and assumed that name
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 Heilbronn | Imperial Free City | Swab | SW |
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 Heiligenberg | County | — | — | 1135: Counts of Linzgau assumed name Heiligenberg: Formed
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 Heiligkreuztal | Abbacy | — | — | 1227: Formed: Founded as Wasserschapfen Abbey
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 Heinsberg | County | — | — |
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| County | Swab | SC | 1113: Formed
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 Helfenstein-Blaubeuren | Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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| Helfenstein-Gundelfingen | Lordship | Swab | — |
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| Helfenstein-Helfenstein | Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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| Helfenstein-Sigmaringen | Lordship | — | — | 1200: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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| Helfenstein-Spitzenberg | Lordship | — | — |
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| Helfenstein-Wellheim | Lordship | Swab | — |
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| Helfenstein-Wiesensteig | Lordship | Swab | — | 1356: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein
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| Helmarshausen | Abbacy | — | — | 997: Formed
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| Abbacy | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
 Henneberg |
| Franc | PR | 1037: Counts then known as Babenburg: Formed
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 Henneberg-Aschach | Princely County | Franc | PR |
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 Henneberg-Bodenlauben (Botenlauben) | County | — | — | 1190: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg
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| Henneberg-Coburg | County | — | — |
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 Henneberg-Coburg | Princely County | — | — | 1340: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen
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| Henneberg-Hartenberg | County | — | — | 1262: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Schleusingen
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| Henneberg-Henneberg | County | — | — |
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| Henneberg-Römhild | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach
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| Henneberg-Schleusingen | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1245: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Strauf
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| Henneberg-Schwarza | Princely County | Franc | PR | 1535: Formed: Partitioned from Henneberg-Aschach
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| Henneberg-Strauf | County | — | — |
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 Herford Abbey | Abbacy | Low Rhen | RP | 800: Formed: Moved from Müdehorst to Herford
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 Herford | 1631: Free City | Low Rhen | RH |
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| Héricourt | Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: To Duchy of Burgundy
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| Herrenzimmern |
| Swab | SC |
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 Herrstein | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
 Hersfeld | Abbacy | Upp Rhen | EC | 769: Formed
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 Hesse | County
| Upp Rhen | PR | 1247: Formed: Partitioned from Thuringia
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| Hesse-Bingenheim | Princely Landgraviate | — | — |
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| Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse
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| Upp Rhen | PR |
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| Hesse-Homburg Landgrave of Hesse, Prince of Hersfeld, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg, Isenburg & Büdingen | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1596: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Darmstadt
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| Hesse-Marburg | Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR | 1458: Formed: Partitioned from Hesse
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| Hesse-Rheinfels | Princely Landgraviate | Upp Rhen | PR |
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| Hesse-Rheinfels | Princely Landgraviate | — | — |
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| Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg | Princely Landgraviate | — | — |
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| Hesse-Rotenburg | Princely Landgraviate | — | — |
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| Hesse-Wanfried | Princely Landgraviate | — | — | 1627: Formed: Appanage created in Hesse-Cassel
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 Hildesheim | Prince-Bishopric | Low Sax | EC | 815: Formed
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 Hildesheim | Free City | Low Sax | EC |
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 Hillesheim |
| Upp Rhen | — | Originally Knights in Jülich
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| Margraviate | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] | |
 Hochstaden | County | — | — | 1074: Formed: First mentioned
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| County | — | — | 11th Century; branch of Calw
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 Hohenberg | HRE County | — | — | Originally a title of the Counts of Zollern |
| Hohenberg-Altensteig | County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg
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| Hohenberg-Bulach | County | — | — | 1355: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenburg-Wildberg
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| Hohenberg-Nagold | County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg
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| Hohenberg-Rottenburg | County | — | — | 1260: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenberg |
| Hohenberg-Wildberg | County | — | — |
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| Swab | SW | 1453: Formed: Renamed from Ems
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 Hohenems-Hohenems | County | Swab | SW |
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| Hohenems-Vaduz | County | Swab | SW | 1646: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenems
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 Hohenfels | HRE Lordship | — | — | 12th Century: Formed
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 Hohengeroldseck |
| Swab | SC | 1277: Formed: Partitioned from Geroldseck |
.svg.png){kind=small} Hohenlohe | Lordship | Franc | FR |
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| Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
| Hohenlohe-Möckmühl | Lordship | — | — | 1269: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
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| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | County | Franc | FR |
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| Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg
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| Franc | FR | 1699: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg
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| County | Franc | FR |
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| Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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| County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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| Franc | FR | 1677: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Neuenstein
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| County | Franc | FR | 1610: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
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| Hohenlohe-Röltingen | Lordship | — | — |
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| Hohenlohe-Uffenheim | Lordship | — | — |
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| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg | County | Franc | FR |
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| Franc | FR | 1688: Formed: Partitioned from Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
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| Franc | FR |
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| County | Franc | FR |
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| Franc | FR |
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| Franc | FR |
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| Hohenlohe-Weikersheim |
| Franc | FR |
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| Hohenlohe-Wernsberg | Lordship | — | — |
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| Hohensax |
| — | — | |
| Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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 Hohenzollern | County | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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| Hohenzollern-Haigerloch |
| Swab | SC |
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| Swab | PR |
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| Hohenzollern-Hohenberg | County | Swab | SC |
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| Hohenzollern-Hohenzollern | County | Swab | SC |
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| Hohenzollern-Öttingen | County | — | — |
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| Hohenzollern-Schwarzgraf Line | County | — | — |
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| Swab | SC |
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| Hohenzollern-Strasbourg Line | County | — | — |
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 Hohnstein (Hohenstein) | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Heldrungen | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Heringen | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Heringen-Kelbra | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Kelbra | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Klettenberg | County | — | — | |
| Hohnstein-Lohra-Klettenberg | County | Upp Sax | WT |
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| Hohnstein-Sondershausen | County | — | — |
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| Hohnstein-Vierraden and Schwedt | County | — | — |
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 Holland |
| [data missing] | [data missing] |
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| Duchy | Low Sax | PR |
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 Holstein-Gottorp | Duchy | — | — | |
| Holstein-Kiel | County | — | — |
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| Holstein-Plön | County | — | — |
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| Holstein-Rendsburg |
| — | — |
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| Low Rhen | WE |
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| Holstein-Schaumburg-Gemen | County | Low Rhen | WE |
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| Holstein-Segeberg | County | — | — |
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 Holzappel (Holzapfel) | 1641: HRE County | Low Rhen | WE |
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 Homburg | Territory | — | — |
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 Homburg | Lordship | — | — |
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 Horne (Hoorn) |
| Low Rhen | — |
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| Horneck | Commandery | — | — |
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| Hörstgen (Horstgen) | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] |
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| Höwen | Lordship | [data missing] | [data missing] | [data missing] |
 Hoya | County | — | — | 1204: Formed
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| Hoya and Bruchhausen (Nienburg) | County | Low Rhen | WE |
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 Hülchrath (Hilkerode) | County | — | — | 12th Century: To Saffenburg as fief of Electorate of Cologne
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Notes
- ^ Unification of countship of Bergen, margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern countship of the Brabant shire