In general there are many improvements I like, e.g. the Bavarian borders now better represent the divisions, the borders of the Bishopric of Havelberg, Alsace, Holstein, Toggenburg and of the Margraviate of Burgau to name just a few. There are still some improvements I would personally make. Here's a list grouped by geographics from north to south (for now only for the political ownership because other things need more time to check):
Northern Germany:
- What I think is Gollnow, should be owned by Stettin.
- Lebus was conquered by Brandenburg in 1325. Its bishop fled to Poland until 1354, so a vassal tag of Brandenburg wouldn't represent this either, I'd say.
- Parchim, Malchow and Malchin should be owned by the tag Parchim (rename Waren).
- Güstrow and Waren should be owned by the tag Güstrow.
- Oldenburg should lose Elsfleth to Friesland, as they acquired it only in 1350
- I would've liked to see Wildeshausen to represent Brema's southern territories below Bremen.
- At least (Neu-)bruchhausen owned by (Neu-)bruchhausen would have been neat. The provinces there seem to have been redrawn.
- H.P. is supposedly Holstein-Pinneberg owned by Schaumburg, isn't it?
Central Germany:
- Meiningen's overlord in 1337 was Würzburg. In 1344, its overlord, bishop Otto II, even asked Louis the Bavarian to grant it the same rights as the Free City of Schweinfurt.
- Chemnitz should go to Meißen, not Landsberg.
- Torgau's county was still ruled by the Counts of Torgau in 1337 (Bodo of Torgau in 1337).
- Pirna was owned by Bohemia from the reign of Václav II (1293) until the reign of Wenceslaus, King of Germany (1405). This is why I suggested adding Bischofswerda in its east, and give that to Misnia (Bishopric of Meißen). Nearby Königstein actually derives its name from this period (there were no Saxon emperors or kings at that time). Alternatively, Pirna could be changed to Dohna and then owned by the Burgraviate Dohna.
- Schwarzenberg would be renamed to Waldenburg if it was up to me, as there were many smaller independent states in this area. The Lordship of Waldenburg (Heinrich of Waldenburg in 1337) would represent the three small independent worldly rulers of the region (Burgraviate of Meißen and small territories owned by Colditz), as a third Meißen would probably be too much at that point.
- Braunlage, as it used to be called, could become Walkenried, which would be its own tag, an imperial abbey.
- Mühlhausen is rather huge, so I would've hoped for the addition of Mainz's Eichsfeld (Heiligenstadt and maybe even Langensalza)
- Wertheim, owned by the Counts of Wertheim, could be added next to Lohr and Würzburg. It existed until the mid of the 16th century.
- Kaiserslautern was owned by Balduin of Trier since 1332. The Palatinate didn't get it until 1356. See also
https://www.1000-jahre-mainzer-dom....toren/Burgard/burgard_BalduinvonLuxemburg.pdf or
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserpfalz_(Kaiserslautern).
- Kirrweiler maybe could be added as western territory for Spira (Bishopric of Speyer), now that a Palatine connection to Kaiserslautern is no longer needed.
- Birkenweil could be renamed to Grumbach to also include the Rhinecounty ("Rheingrafschaft").
- Rees could be changed to Duisburg, which would be owned by Berg, as Duisburg was far more important as a former free city.
- Cochem should be owned by Trier and not by Daun. Daun was an extremely small state, so it certainly shouldn't be that big. If you want to add here some interesting borders, then Virnburg for the Palatinate would be a neat option.
- Ahrweiler could be changed to Neuenahr, as Cologne's territory in this region was extremely minor. Neuenahr would then be its own tag.
- Gumersbach should again change back to Mark, which got it in the 13th century.
- Sadly you didn't add the Free City of Cologne
Southern Germany:
a) Bavaria
- Miesbach was owned by the County of Hohenwaldeck which broke free from Freisinger overlordship around 1300, so they should be independent in 1337.
b) Franconia
- Schwabach was owned by Nassau(-Hadamar) until 1364, so it shouldn't be owned by the Burgraves of Nürnberg in 1337.
- Kulmbach was still in the possession of the Counts of Weimar-Orlamünde. It was only inherited by the Burgraves of Nürnberg in 1340.
- Pegnitz should be owned by Leuchtenberg. They only sold it to Bohemia in 1357, and Pegnitz was never owned by Bamberg.
- Mellrichstadt was acquired by Würzburg in the 13th century, so it should be owned by it and not Henneberg in 1337.
- Brückenau belonged to the Abbey of Fulda until 1816. You previously made it an independent tag but it was always Fulda's (with some rebellions in between).
- Schweinfurt would be, I think, better represented as subjugated Free City (vassal of Henneberg), as they bought their freedom themselves only a few years after the game starts.
- Hohentrüdingen owned by the tag Truhedingen could be carved out from Dinkelsbühl and Weißenburg. .
c) Swabia
- Kaufbeuren's removal is odd. It was an Imperial City, so certainly shouldn't be part of Augusta Vindelicorum.
- Heidenheim was owned by the Counts of Helfenstein, so it should be one tag.
- Kirchberg is far bigger than it was historically. The western part of it could become Ehingen held by Berg-Schelklingen and the eastern part Mindelheim held by Hochschlitz.
- Riedlingen should be owned by Hohenberg, as they bought it from the Habsburgs in 1314 (Hohenberg owned it until 1364). The Habsburgs only got it back in 1680, when Riedlingen's burghers paid back the mortgage on their own expenses.
- Triberg should also be owned by Hohenberg, who inherited it in 1325 from the Counts of Triberg. It only became part of Austria in 1355.
- Calw was sold to Württemberg in 1345 by the Palatine Counts of Tübingen. One half of the County of Calw was already acquired by Württemberg in 1308, so this might have caused some confusion here.
- Oberndorf should be owned by the Duchy of Teck (or alternatively changed to Sulz, owned by the Counts of Sulz)
- Nagold should be owned by Hohenberg; it was only bought by Württemberg in 1364.
- Villingen, as far as I'm concerned, should be changed to the Free City of Rottweil, which was far more important than Villingen. The current Austrian exclave was extremely miniscule compared to others like e.g. Altdorf.
- Balingen was owned by Zollern-Schalksburg and didn't join Württemberg's column until 1403 (Zollern-Schalksburg also owned Mühlheim). Württemberg's only southern territory at that time was Sigmaringen, which they again lost in 1399.
- Illereichen was owned by the Lords of Echberg from 1330 until 1667 (see
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001409/http://www.altenstadt-vg.de/index.php?id=0,26) and not the Counts of Kirchberg. The Lords of Echberg also got Mindelheim from Hochschlitz in 1339.
- Bonndorf belonged to the Landgraviate of Stühlingen until 1614. Until then the Counts of Lupfen were the Landgraves, not the Habsburgs.
Austria:
- It appears that you decided to remove many exclaves. But it wouldn't be the HRE without bordergore, so I hope you'll return to the previous iteration and maybe even expand there with more. Kirchberg and Attersee again to Bamberg (or switch Attersee with Mondsee for Lower Bavaria). Waidhofen an der Ybss, Oberwölz and Enzersdorf to Freising. Traismauer to Salzburg. Velden, Riedegg, (Eferding) and St. Pölten to Passau.
- I would've liked to see the County of Schaunburg as vassals of Austria. The Luxembourg Emperors tried weakening the Habsburgs by granting them more priviliges but this failed. However, they retained several exemptions until the reign of Maximilian I. Schaunberg bought the city of Eferding from Passau in 1367, which at that time was actually the most important town of the area.
- Kranj / Krainburg was owned by the Counts of Ortenburg. You coul add Stein in Krain (Kamnik) to still ensure a connection for Austria.
- Spittal should take some parts of Hermagor to have nicer borders for the Ortenburgs. Maybe Gmünd for Salzburg could be added back again.
- Kirchdorf (an der Krems) was owned by Bamberg (just like in the previous map version).
- Sankt Georgen should also be owned by Bamberg.
- Novo Mesto could be split to add Klingenfels for Freising.
- Bistrica and Rijeka should be owned by an independent tag, the Lords of Duino. Maybe even Duino could be carved out of Trieste. After all, they no longer accepted the suzerainity of Gorizia and freely changed their fealty to the Habsburgs in 1366.
Bohemia:
Ceterum censeo, Eger should became a Free City subject of Bohemia, as mentioned in the Bohemian flavour thread:
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