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States of the Holy Roman Empire in 1356

With the help of a map, can you name the states of the Holy Roman Empire after the Golden Bull of 1356?
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Some of these states held territory outside the empire.
Original map by TheWiseBeluga
Quiz by Dekkie
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Last updated: October 8, 2023
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First submittedNovember 13, 2020
Times taken36,164
Average score16.5%
Rating4.96
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Counties
Anhalt
Apremont
Arenberg
Arnsberg
Bentheim
Berg
Blamont
Blankenburg
Breisgau
Bruchhausen
Burgundy
Castell
Chiny
Cilli
Cleves
Delmenhorst
Enghien
Everstein
Flanders
Fribourg
Fürstenberg
Geneva
Goldegg
Görz
Gruyères
Hainaut
Hanau
Hattstatt
Heiligenberg
Helfenstein
Hellenstein
Henneberg
Hohenberg
Hohenlimburg
Hohenzollern
Hohnstein
Holland
Holstein-Kiel
Holstein-Rendsburg
Holstein-Schauenburg
Hoya
Katzenelnbogen
Laufenburg
Lindau
Loon
Löwenstein
Mansfeld
Mark
Mömpelgard
Montfort
Nassau
Neuchâtel
Neuenahr
Oettingen
Oldenburg
Ortenburg
Pitigliano
Provence
Püttlingen
Pyrmont
Rappoltstein
Ravensberg
Rieneck
Rietberg
Saarbrücken
Saarwerden
Salm
Sargans
Savoy
Sayn
Schaumberg
Schwalenberg
Schwarzburg
Schwerin
Solms
Sovana
Spiegelberg
Sponheim
Stolberg
Tecklenburg
Toggenburg
Truhendingen
Tübingen
Tyrol
Vaudémont
Veldenz
Ventimiglia
Veringen
Waldeck
Werdenberg
Wernigerode
Wertheim
Wied
Wittgenstein
Wunstorf
Württemberg
Zeeland
Ziegenhain
Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken-Bitsch
Ecclesiastical
Aquileia
Augsburg
Bamberg
Basel
Berchtesgaden
Brandenburg
Bremen
Brixen
Cambrai
Cammin
Chur
Constance
Corvey
Disentis
Dresden
Eichstätt
Ellwangen
Engelberg
Essen
Freising
Fulda
Geneva
Gengenbach
Halberstadt
Havelberg
Hersfeld
Hildesheim
Kempten
Kornelimünster
Lausanne
Lebus
Liège
Lübeck
Magdeburg
Merseburg
Metz
Minden
Münster
Murbach
Naumburg
Neisse
Nellenburg
Ochsenhausen
Osnabrück
Ottobeuren
Paderborn
Passau
Prüm
Ratzeburg
Regensburg
Rottenmünster
St. Blaise
St. Gallen
St. Maurice
Salem
Salzburg
Schussenried
Schwerin
Sion
Speyer
Stavelot-Malmedy
Straßburg
Teutonic Order
Tull
Trent
Utrecht
Verden
Verdun
Walkenried
Weingarten
Werden-Helmstedt
Worms
Würzburg
Zwiefalten
Free Cities
Aachen
Aalen
Augsburg
Badenweiler
Basel
Besançon
Beuren
Biberach
Bopfingen
Bremen
Buchau
Buchhorn
Cologne
Constance
Dinkelsbühl
Donauwörth
Dortmund
Esslingen
Frankfurt
Friedburg
Gelnhausen
Giengen
Gmünd
Goslar
Hagenau
Hall
Hamburg
Kaysersberg
Kempten
Kolmar
Leutkirch
Lindau
Lübeck
Memmingen
Metz
Mosbach
Mühlhausen
Mülhausen
Münster
Nordhausen
Nordlingen
Nuremberg
Oberehnheim
Offenburg
Pfullendorf
Ravensburg
Regensburg
Reutlingen
Rosheim
Rothenburg
Rottweil
Schlettstadt
Schweinfurt
Speyer
Straßburg
Tull
Trieste
Türkheim
Überlingen
Ulm
Wangen
Weil
Weissenburg
Wetzlar
Wimpfen
Windsheim
Wissembourg
Worms
Duchies
Auschwitz
Austria
Bar
Bavaria-Landshut
Bavaria-Munich
Bavaria-Straubing
Brabant
Breslau
Brieg
Carinthia
Gelre
Glogau
Jülich
Lauenburg
Liegnitz
Lorraine
Lüneburg
Luxembourg
Münsterberg
Oels
Oppeln
Pomerania-Stettin
Pomerania-Wolgast
Schweidnitz
Steinau
Styria
Teck
Teschen
Troppau
 
Marquisates
Fosdinovo
Modena
Tresana
 
Burgraviates
Dohna
Kirchberg
Leisnig
Meissen
Nuremberg
 
Baronies
Diepholz
 
Republics
Dithmarschen
Florence
Genoa
Lucca
Noli
Padua
Pisa
Siena
Valais
Earldoms
Raugraviate
Rheingraviate
 
Communes
Alba
Arezzo
Belluno
Pavia
Reggio
 
Principalities
Göttingen
Grubenhagen
Wolfenbüttel
 
Margraviates
Baden
Burgau
Carniola
Clavesana
Finale
Hachberg
Meissen
Montferrat
Moravia
Namur
Saluzzo
Sausenburg
Stühlingen
Vogtland
 
Swiss Cantons
Bern
Glarus
Lucerne
Nidwalden
Obwalden
Schwyz
Uri
Zug
Zurich
 
Swiss Associates
Biel
Gersau
Murten
Payerne
Solothurn
Urseren
Weggis
Lordships
Beichlingen
Belmont
Cuijk
Erbach
Eschenbach
Falkenstein
Fleckenstein
Hohenlohe
Homburg
Hoorn
Isenburg
Limpurg
Manderscheid
Mantua
Milan
Monaco
Piedmont
Ruppin
Stargard
Verona
Waldburg
Werle
Wildenberg
 
Electorates
Bohemia
Brandenburg
Cologne
Mainz
Palatinate
Saxony
Trier
 
Landgraviates
Ahaus
Colditz
Dagsburg
Eberstein
Fénétrange
Fleckenstein
Gleichen
Hayingen
Heinsberg
Hesse
Hohengeroldseck
Höwen
Kevernburg
Kling
Königsegg
Leiningen
Leuchtenberg
Lichtenberg
Lippe
Lützelstein
Misox
Orlamünde
Querfort
Rochefort
Schönburg
Sundgau
Thuringia
Waldenburg
Westerburg
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Level 55
Nov 13, 2020
Oh my! Fantastic map! :)
+9
Level 88
Dec 7, 2020
Excellent quiz!
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Level 68
Jan 6, 2021
Awesome quiz! Could you please accept German type-ins as well? For example München for Bavaria-Munich. That would be great! :)
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Level 55
Jan 6, 2021
Partially updated. I'll have to take my time to look through them at one point, but München should work now.
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Level 68
Aug 4, 2021
Also, I think "Stauferstadt" should be replaced with "(Schwäbisch) Gmünd" instead, since the former refers to any city that has the status with the noble dynasty of the Staufer (Swabia).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwäbisch_Gmünd#History

Sorry for the nitpicks

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Level 55
Aug 4, 2021
Done.
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Level 68
Sep 28, 2021
Glogau and Liegnitz for Glogow and Legnica would also be nice :)
+30
Level 28
Apr 7, 2021
What the hell is this.

Oh my god...

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Level 28
Apr 7, 2021
Here, have my nomination. If I could, I would give you more.

And a 5 star rating.

Also how is the average score a 70?

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Level 55
Apr 7, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 28
Apr 7, 2021
No problem.

But seriously, how the hell is the average score a 70?

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Level 82
May 19, 2021
If you just type in random cities, provinces, regions, former states, and countries from this area of Europe you will get a bunch...
+5
Level 48
May 19, 2021
You are absolutely correct, this is hell.
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Level 28
Apr 7, 2021
We need to get this featured.
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Level 61
May 3, 2021
How did you make the map?

Also the map is screaming to me,

"You're about to have a super hard time dealing with this quiz"

300 something answers (I saw this before)

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Level 61
May 3, 2021
Also, I nominated. Great quiz, great effort on map!
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Level 55
May 3, 2021
Thanks! This took a lot of time in Inkscape. It should be noted however that I'm not the original creator of the base of this map.
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Level 65
May 4, 2021
Why was it like that?? serious and ignorant question lol
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Level 55
May 4, 2021
Feudal fragmentation. One example could that if after a dynasty dies out or if there's a dispute in succession, there's a chance that the land that former monarch will get partitioned into even more different states.
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Level 28
May 6, 2021
Has anyone gotten all of these before?
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Level 47
Jan 21, 2024
Not yet, I have 328 :(

maybe a few more meeks

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Level 47
Jan 31, 2024
just got it today
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Level 63
May 14, 2021
Amazing quiz! Enjoy your time in the spotlight!
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Level 55
May 14, 2021
Thanks! Really appreciate it.
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Level 82
May 19, 2021
Well I got over 10%... not planning any trips to the Holy Roman Empire in the near future so I guess that will do.
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Level 61
May 19, 2021
Could you accept Nürnberg and Tirol? Awesome quiz dude
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Level 55
May 19, 2021
Thanks! These should've been accepted, but I guess I forgot to submit these changes. Whoops.
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Level 71
May 20, 2021
Amazing map!!! As someone who has very little patience, I'd never be able to pull off something this complex, so I find it mind-boggling when someone manages to do it. This definitely deserves to be featured some day!
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Level 55
May 20, 2021
Thanks! I'm not the original author of the base of the map. However redrawing the borders, making extra additions and assigning the correct government type to each of them was very time consuming.
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Level 63
May 20, 2021
Wow, this is an amazing map! Great Job :)
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Level 44
Jul 13, 2021
reminds me of hoi4 ai border gore
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Level 59
Aug 18, 2021
103/388
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Level 43
Aug 28, 2021
Accept “Konstanz” for “Constance”
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Level 55
Aug 28, 2021
Already is accepted.
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Level 20
Sep 17, 2021
I have a question about the earldoms. Did they exist in the HRE? I cannot really find anything about it. I'm digging in the so called 'Kleinstaaterei' history so any help would be appreciated :)
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Level 55
Sep 17, 2021
I'm not really sure. The original author of the source map does mention that liberties were taken so obviously there are bound to be some mistakes here and there. I can however confirm that the states definitely existed.
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Level 64
Oct 19, 2021
Any reason why Lindau is spelled Lindow here?
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Level 70
Nov 14, 2021
Amazing quiz! Could you add some spellings for "breslau"?

Thanks!

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Level 57
Mar 13, 2022
312/388
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Level 64
Mar 31, 2022
could u accept constanz for constance
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Level 57
Apr 2, 2022
Troppau for Opava?
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Level 76
Apr 2, 2022
I think it's Engelberg instead of Engelburg in Switzerland
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Level 55
Apr 2, 2022
Fixed.
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Level 64
Apr 5, 2022
I swear I think I know a good amount until I take a quiz on HRE subdivisions and beat 30% of people. Maybe it's because Bremen doesn't exist in my brain but Schwarzburg does.
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Level 69
Apr 20, 2022
Some of us have had quite an advantage over the others, having done this quiz for months and years. :)

Whenever it's re-set, it's as if you've never done it before, even if you know all the states by heart already. Nerds like me have already had as many as three first chances. I really love this quiz, though, and I don't mind doing it over and over again at all.

(What I do mind is being a philosophy fan and forgetting about Wittgenstein...)

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Level 43
Apr 25, 2022
Wouldn't it be useful if Pommern is also a way to write Pomerania?
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Level 57
Jun 20, 2022
And Lothringen for Lorraine, Lubusz for Lebus, etc.
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Level 56
May 21, 2023
Yes, Lothringen pretty please?
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Level 57
Sep 28, 2022
Just wanted to mention, Bohemia was TECHNICALLY a Kingdom. It was the only one allowed to exist in the HRE. Although I suppose Electorate could work.
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Level 61
Nov 20, 2022
Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken lol
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Level 55
Nov 20, 2022
This happened often with appanages / further fragmentation of states. Likely to done differentiate states from each other and to indicate the seat of power in each respective state. This could get pretty ridiculous in terms of the names, point in case: Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
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Level 73
Dec 6, 2022
why is there an exclave of the Teutonic Order in the HRE?
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Level 55
Dec 6, 2022
Mergentheim was part of one of the commanderies under Teutonic control within the HRE. Even after the State of the Teutonic Order dissolved in 1526, it remained under ecclesiastical control all the way until 1809. It served as the headquarters for the order up to that point as well.
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Level 67
Mar 31, 2023
While reading the name I thought nice idea lets give it a try. Then I saw the map and was like: Im out :D
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Level 84
Apr 24, 2023
Just broke 60, but got Colditz! (~4%) Great series from the early 70s!!
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Level 59
Apr 24, 2023
How many states do you want?

Ja

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Level 55
Apr 24, 2023
It might actually be more than what is actually shown here too.
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Level 78
May 21, 2023
It is. If you look at the Wikipedia page for the State of the HRE, you find a lot that don't even have Wikipedia pages because they were so small and only existed for a few generations.
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Level 72
Apr 24, 2023
Looking at the stats, there are a massive number of people who get to 100 and then give up.
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Level 82
Apr 24, 2023
I got 45 of the 388 answers! Note to self: try more Italian cities next time...
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Level 81
Apr 24, 2023
A minor thing (not worth making a change to the quiz, but if you ever do update it, I'd appreciate if you could keep this in mind):

When I typed in "munster" it gave me credit for (the Free City of) Munster but not for (the Prince-Bishopric of) Münster.

Which I'd be ok with in the general case, except that:

1. Other entries will accept "u" for "ü" so this one is a bit inconsistent with that; and

2. Because it gave me credit for one of them, I didn't notice that it wasn't both, and so just carried on without even realizing I was leaving an easy point on the table.

(Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that both were denoted Münster in either case?)

Anyway; as I said, a minor point, but would be nice if it were addressed if/when convenient. Otherwise, fun quiz!

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Level ∞
Apr 25, 2023
U and ü are always treated the same by JetPunk's code, FYI.
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Level 55
Apr 25, 2023
They've should've already been accepted by typing "munster". I believe only one was accepting "Muenster", however. It definitely should've been accepted by both considering the German spelling for the modern-day city in France is in fact also "Münster (im Elsass)". Change pending.
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Level 65
Apr 29, 2023
I can't stop taking this quiz! I've gotten up to 242, but I still can't get that 5/5 points lol
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Level 68
May 2, 2023
Any fellow eu4 players?
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Level 66
May 22, 2023
EU4 did help.
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Level 65
May 23, 2023
By my count, even a perfect knowledge of every game tag (including dozens of releasables that are not playable at game start) would only net you 116, which is just under 30% of the total. It really makes you appreciate the compromises that Paradox has to make when reducing the entire world into 3137 provinces.
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Level 67
May 22, 2023
Jolly fun. I tried "Sankt Blasien," and it wasn't accepted. Is that the same as "St. Blaise"?
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Level 57
May 22, 2023
Thank goodness for heralds. I can barely remember the people on my contacts list
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Level 36
May 23, 2023
should i be proud of 19
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Level 28
May 23, 2023
Ye, there is too much I swear but can you do more Uk quizzes
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Level 55
May 23, 2023
Literally just about to publish one, haha.
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Level 55
Jun 17, 2023
I’m trying this again and again and have got from about 110 first try to 320-ish now. Amazing quiz!
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Level 25
Jun 20, 2023
it's totally easy!
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Level 50
Oct 7, 2023
It accepts “Constanz” for “Constance” on the “Free Cities” list but not on the “Ecclesiastical” list.
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Level 54
Nov 30, 2023
Amazing quiz! Just wanted to suggest that Piemonte should be accepted for Piedmont
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Level 61
Dec 4, 2023
I bet a few people are trying to learn all of these lol.