List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (U)

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

Name Type Circle Bench Formed Notes
Überlingen Imperial City Swab SW 1268 1803: Mediatized to Baden
Ulm 1155: Free Imperial City Swab SW 1115 1803: Mediatized to Bavaria
1809: To Wurttemberg
Umpfenbach Lordship
1805: HRE Princely County
To Trauttmansdorff
Unterwalden Imperial valley 1415 Division into Nidwalden and Obwalden
1173: To Counts of Habsburg
1291: Nidwalden became a founding member of the Swiss League
1324: Immediate Imperial fief (Reichsunmittelbar)
1350s: Division into Obwalden and Nidwalden
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Upper Alsace (Sundgau; Oberelsaß) Landgraviate n/a n/a 1130: To Habsburg 1469: Sold to Burgundy
1477: To the Burgundian Netherlands
1516: To Austria
1648: To France
Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) Duchy 1255
Upper Salm
See: Salm in the Vosges
County
Urach County 1060: 1st mention of Urach
1080: 1st use of "Count of Urach"
Division of territory into Achalm and Urach
1218 Egino I of Urach inherited County of Freiburg from Zahringen
1261: Counts of Urach died out
1251-1265: Ulrich I of Wurttemberg acquired territories of Counts of Urach
Uri Imperial valley 1231 Split off from Habsburg
1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Ursberg 1143: HRE Abbey Swab 1803; Secularized
Utrecht Bishopric Burg EC 1024 1512: Burgundian Circle
1528: Secularized to Austria
1793: Council of Princes
Uznach County

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