Compare this list with: List of Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire.
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| AU | Austrian Circle | PR | College of Secular Princes |
| BA | Bavarian Circle | PS | College of Spiritual Princes |
| BU | Burgundian Circle | FR | Bench of Counts of Franconia |
| ER | Electoral Rhenish Circle | SW | Bench of Counts of Swabia |
| FR | Franconian Circle | WF | Bench of Counts of Westphalia |
| LS | Lower Saxon Circle | WT | Bench of Counts of the Wetterau |
| SW | Swabian Circle | RP | Bench of Rhenish Prelates |
| UR | Upper Rhenish Circle | SP | Bench of Swabian Prelates |
| US | Upper Saxon Circle | RC | Bench of Rhenish Free Cities |
| WF | Westphalian Circle | SC | Bench of Swabian Free Cities |
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| Zähringen | Duchy | none | none | Created in 1077. Partitioned into itself and Teck in 1152. Divided between Baden, Urach and the Wildgraviate in 1218 |
| Zeitz | Prince Bishopric | none | none | Created in 968. United with Naumburg to form Zeitz-Naumburg in 1029 |
| Zeitz-Naumburg | Prince Bishopric | US | PS | Created from a union of Neumburg and Zeitz in 1029. Secularised to Saxony in 1565 |
| Zell am Harmersbach | Imperial City | SW | SC | Created. Annexed to Württemberg in 1803 |
| Ziegenhain | Lordship | none | none | Created in 1061. Renamed to Nidda in 1206 |
| Ziegenhain | Lordship | none | none | Partitioned from Nidda in 1227. Annexed to Hesse in 1450 |
| Zimerauff; see: Someruff | ||||
| Zimmern | Lordship | SW | none | Created in the 11th Century. Partitioned into itself, Herrenzimmern, Mötzkirch and Wildenstein in 1495. Annexed to Herrenzimmern in 1508 |
| Zollern | County | none | none | Emerged in c. 1052. Annexed to Swabia 1061 - 1085. Partitioned into Zollern and Hohenburg and Zollern-Nuremberg in 1125 |
| Zollern and Hohenberg | County | none | none | Partitioned from Zollern in 1125. Partitioned into Hohenberg-Nagold and Hohenberg-Rottenburg in 1253 |
| Zollern-Nuremberg | Burgraviate | none | none | Partitioned from Zollern in 1125. Partitioned into itself and Schalksburg in 1289, and itself and Zollern-Ostertag in 1298. Annexed to Hohenzollern in 1309 |
| Zollern-Ostertag | Burgraviate | none | none | Partitioned from Zollern-Nuremberg in 1298. Annexed to Hohenzollern in 1309 |
| Zug | Canton | none | none | Created in 1364 as a Canton of Switzerland. Left the Empire as a Canton of [{Switzerland]] in 1648 |
| Zürich | Canton | none | none | Canton of Switzerland from 1351. Expelled from Switzerland 1440 - 1450. Left the Empire as a Canton of Switzerland in 1648 |
| Zürich | Imperial City | none | none | Free City from 1218. To Switzerland as a Canton in 1351 |
| Zürichgau | County | none | none | Created in 741. Annexed to Zürich in Switzerland 1351 |
| Zutphen | County | none | none | Created in 1059. Annexed to Gelders in 1134 |
| Zweibrücken | County | none | none | Created in 1183. Partitioned into itself and Zweibrücken-Eberstein in 1261; and itself and Zweibrücken-Bitsch in 1282. Divided between itself and the Palatinate in 1385. Annexed to Sponheim in 1388 |
| Zweibrücken-Bitsch | County | none | none | Partitioned from Zweibrücken in 1282. Partitioned into itself and Zweibrücken-Ochsenstein in 1443; and itself and Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg in 1464. Annexed to Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg in 1500 |
| Zweibrücken-Eberstein | County | none | none | Partitioned from Zweibrücken in 1261. Annexed to Zweibrücken in 1314 |
| Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg | County | WF | WF | Partitioned from Zweibrücken-Bitsch in 1464. Annexed to Hanau-Lichtenberg in 1570 |
| Zweibrücken-Ochsenstein | County | WF | WF | Partitioned from Zweibrücken-Bitsch in 1443. Annexed to Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg in 1559 |
| Zwiefalten | Abbey | SW | SP | Count Abbey from 1750. Secularised to Württemberg in 1803 |
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