Otto's part did not include imperial fiefs.

Later it was an imperial fief under the Malaspina, who held it until 1797.

The first time Bodo is mentioned as acting alone, was when he acquired the imperial fief of Resperwenda in 1403.

From 1273, the Emperor was elected by the Electors; in 1356 imperial fiefs became territorial states.

As a result, Lippe became an imperial fief.

The advocacy over the abbey of Nivelles, an imperial fief.

In 1453 the Emperor released the castle from his ownership, and it ceased to be an imperial fief.

Historians have differed in their interpretation whether these were granted to Boleslaw as imperial fiefs, or if he held them with full sovereignty.

Some immediate imperial fiefs, however, fell outside the structure of the Circles and their Cantons.

In the 18th century, the nobility was finally formally deprived of all Frontier land when it was declared an imperial fief.