The empire became fatally divided along religious lines, with the North and East and many of the major cities, such as Strassburg, Frankfurt and Nuremberg, becoming protestant, and the southern and western regions largely remaining Catholic.

• 帝国不幸地有地域分界线而分开，从北部和东部，以及很多主要的城市，例如，斯特拉斯堡，法兰克福，和纽伦堡，成为了新教区，而南方和西部的大部分地区则仍然保持天主教。