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1798:Upper Saxon
1752:until 1736.
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1619:Kaisersberg
1536:Falkenstein
1526:Bretzenheim
1422:Kriechingen
1371:Lichtenberg
1331:Zweibrücken
1267:Saarbrücken
1195:Heitersheim
1005:Württemberg
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875:Dinkelsbühl
795:Swabian War
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314:Middle Ages
240:Catholicism
231:(from 1277)
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1781:Franconian
1659:Weißenburg
1578:Wartenberg
1573:Salm-Dhaun
1558:Mensfelden
1471:Hohensolms
1454:Grehweiler
1442:Westerburg
1437:Hardenburg
1405:Königstein
1376:Münzenberg
1158:Weißenburg
980:Überlingen
960:Reutlingen
955:Ravensburg
945:Palatinate
940:Nördlingen
910:Kaufbeuren
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1629:Mülhausen
1503:Berleburg
1486:Rödelheim
1427:Leiningen
1356:Imp. Diet
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1230:Rheinfels
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1143:Straßburg
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920:Leutkirch
895:Heilbronn
885:Esslingen
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687:Philip II
641:Charles V
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1744:without
1654:Türkheim
1601:Décapole
1546:Meerholz
1541:Isenburg
1531:Dagstuhl
1493:Wetterau
1459:Grumbach
1432:Dagsburg
1415:Stolberg
1393:Büdingen
1388:Birstein
1383:Isenburg
1316:Sponheim
1277:Weilburg
1247:Lorraine
1200:Hersfeld
1128:Bruchsal
1124:Odenheim
1114:Hersfeld
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855:Bayreuth
840:Augsburg
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244:Reformed
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1769:Swabian
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1644:Rosheim
1614:Hagenau
1563:Olbrück
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1476:Laubach
1326:Waldeck
1321:Veldenz
1306:Simmern
1289:Kyrburg
1272:Usingen
1257:Idstein
1242:Lautern
1225:Marburg
1215:Homburg
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1000:Wimpfen
915:Kempten
890:Giengen
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1104:Basel
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845:Baden
835:Aalen
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