List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (Z)

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

Name	Type	Circle	Bench	Formed	Notes
Zähringen	Duchy			1097	c1078: Berthold II constructed Zahringen castle c1100: Berthold II assumed the style of "Duke of Zahringen" 1218: Revoked
Zeeland	County	Burg		1299	1299: To Counts of Holland To Dukes of Burgundy 1477: To Habsburgs 1512: Burgundian Circle To United Provinces 1815: To Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zeil	Lordship 1628: HRE County				To Waldburg
Zell am Harmersbach	Imperial City	Swab	SW		Mediatized and gave to Baden in 1803
Ziegenhain	County
Zimmern	Lordship 1538: HRE County				1319: Acquired by marriage to heiress Lordship of Messkirch 1415: Acquired Wildenstein castle 1462-1594: Acquired by pledge from Habsburgs Lordship of Oberndorf 1488: Temporary possession by Counts of Sigmaringen-Werdenberg 1503: Recovery of territory by Lords of Zimmern 1508: Division of Zimmern 3 lines (Lordship of Wald and Oberndorf, Lordship of Messkirch and Lordship of Wildenstein) 1594: Male line extinct; inheritance divided among his sisters; Lordship of Wald sold to Imperial City of Rottweil; Lordship of Oberndorf reverted to Habsburgs; Lordship of Messkirch with Wildenstein castle sold for 400,000 guldens to Counts of Helfenstein-Gundelfingen
Zollern	County			c1052	1309: Amalgamated as Hohenzollern
Zollern and Hohenberg	County			1125	1253: Amalgamated as Hohenberg
Zug	Imperial valley			1415: Split off from Habsburg	1648: Left Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Zürich	1218: Imperial Free City			1218	c670: 1st mention of Zürich 929: Status of city To Abbey of Fraunmuster 1218: Imperial immediacy 1351: Joined Swiss Confederation 1440: Expelled from Confederation due to a war with other members 1450: Zurich re-admitted 1648: Left the Empire as member of Swiss Confederation
Zutphen	County	Burg			1512: Burgundian Circle
Zweibrücken	1182: County				1366: Pawned to Elector Palatine Ruprecht II 1385: Count Eberhard sold 1/2 of Zweibrücken to Count Palatine of the Rhine and retained 1/2 1393: Walramide counts died out Louis (d.1489) founded line of Dukes of Zweibrücken 1731: Simmern-Veldenz line of Zweibrücken died out; Zweibrücken passed to Birkenfeld branch 1799: Inherited by Bavaria 1801: Ceded to France 1814: To Bavaria, Oldenburg and Prussia
Zwiefalten Abbey	RA	Swab			1793: Council of Princes