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