Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Upper Saxon Circle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Upper Saxon Circle (in German, Obersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512.
The circle was dominated by the two electorates of Brandenburg and Saxony.
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Anhalt | Various principalities | |
| Barby | County | Held by the Electors of Saxony from 1659 |
| Brandenburg | Margraviate, Electorate | |
| Cammin | Bishopric | Secularized as a principality held by Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Further Pomerania | Duchy | Held by the Elector of Brandenburg from 1648 |
| Gernrode | Abbacy | |
| Hatzfeld | Principality | |
| Hither Pomerania | Duchy | Held by the King of Sweden from 1648 |
| Hohnstein | County | |
| Lohra and Klettenberg | Lordship | |
| Mansfeld | County | |
| Quedlinburg | Abbacy | |
| Querfurt | Principality | Held by the Elector of Saxony from 1648 |
| Reuß | Various principalities | |
| Saxe-Weimar | Duchy | Various principalities, see Ernestine duchies |
| Saxony | Electorate | |
| Schönburg | Various counties | |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Principality | |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Principality | |
| Stolberg | County | Held by the Elector of Saxony from 1738 |
| Walkenried | Abbacy | Held by the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1648 |
| Wernigerode | County | Held by the Elector of Brandenburg from 1714 |
The list of states making up the Upper Saxon Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Obersächsischer Reichskreis.
Holy Roman Empire — Upper Saxon Circle (1512–1806)Anhalt | Barby | Brandenburg | Cammin | Gernrode | Hatzfeld | Hohnstein | Lohra and Klettenberg | Mansfeld | Pomerania, Hither Pomerania, Farther Pomerania | Quedlinburg | Querfurt | Reuß | Saxe-Weimar | Saxony | Schönburg | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Stolberg | Walkenried | Wernigerode
| Circles of the Holy Roman Empire after the Imperial Reform |
 |
|---|---|
| Created in 1500: Bavarian Circle · Franconian Circle · (Lower Rhenish-)Westphalian Circle · Lower Saxon Circle · Swabian Circle · Upper Rhenish Circle Created in 1512: Austrian Circle · Burgundian Circle · Electoral Rhenish Circle · Upper Saxon Circle |