Franconian Circle
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The Franconian Circle (in German, Fränkischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.
[edit] Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
Name | Type of entity | Comments |
---|---|---|
Ansbach | Margraviate | |
Bamberg | Bishopric | |
Bayreuth | Margraviate | |
Castell | County | |
Eichstätt | Bishopric | |
Erbach | County | |
Hausen | Lordship | |
Henneberg | County | |
Hohenlohe | County | |
Limpurg | Lordship | |
Löwenstein-Wertheim | Principality | |
Mergentheim | Lands held by the Teutonic Order | |
Nuremberg | Imperial City | |
Reichelsberg | Lordship | |
Rieneck | County | |
Rothenburg ob der Tauber | Imperial City | |
Schwarzenberg | County | |
Schweinfurt | Imperial City | |
Seinsheim | Lordship | |
Weißenburg im Nordgau | Imperial City | |
Welzheim | Lordship | |
Wertheim | County | |
Wiesentheid | Lordship | |
Windsheim | Imperial City | |
Würzburg | Bishopric |
[edit] Sources
The list of states making up the Franconian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Fränkischer Reichskreis.