Bavarian Circle
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The Bavarian Circle (in German, Bayerischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.
The most significant state by far in the circle was the Duchy of Bavaria (later also an electorate), with the states of the Upper Palatinate, the Archbishopric of Salzburg, and the imperial city of Regensburg having a secondary importance.
[edit] Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | Duchy | Including the Upper Palatinate |
| Berchtesgaden | Provostry | |
| Breiteneck | Lordship | |
| Ehrenfels | Lordship | |
| Freising | Bishopric | |
| Haag | County | Held by the Dukes of Bavaria from 1567 |
| Hohenwaldeck | Lordship | |
| Leuchtenberg | Landgraviate | |
| Niedermünster in Regensburg | Abbacy | |
| Obermünster in Regensburg | Abbacy | |
| Ortenburg | County | |
| Palatinate-Neuburg | Duchy | |
| Palatinate-Sulzbach | Duchy | |
| Passau | Bishopric | |
| Regensburg | Bishopric | |
| Regensburg | Imperial City | |
| Salzburg | Archbishopric | |
| St Emmeram in Regensburg | Abbacy | |
| Sternstein | County | |
| Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum | Lordship | ? |
[edit] Sources
The list of states making up the Bavarian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Bayerischer Reichskreis.
 Circles of the Holy Roman Empire after the Imperial Reform |
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| 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 |
