Template:Circlels
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Blankenburg | Archbishopric of Bremen, Bremen | Brunswick-Lüneburg, Calenberg, Celle, Grubenhagen, Wolfenbüttel | Goslar | Halberstadt | Hamburg | Hildesheim | Holstein, Glückstadt, Gottorp | Bishopric of Lübeck, Lübeck | Magdeburg | Mecklenburg, Güstrow, Schwerin, Bishopric of Schwerin, Strelitz | Mühlhausen | Nordhausen | Rantzau | Ratzeburg | Regenstein | Saxe-Lauenburg
[edit] Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Blankenburg am Harz | Principality | Held by the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1731 |
| Bremen | Archbishopric | Secularized as a duchy in 1648 and then held by Sweden until 1719 |
| Bremen | Imperial City | |
| Brunswick-Celle | Principality | Subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Brunswick-Grubenhagen | Principality | Subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Brunswick-Calenberg | Principality, Duchy | Subdivision of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Calenberg dukes managed to get all of Brunswick except Wolfenbüttel |
| Brunswick-Lüneburg | Duchy | Later became known as the Electorate of Hanover |
| Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Principality, Duchy | Became Duchy of Brunswick in 1815 |
| Goslar | Imperial City | |
| Halberstadt | Bishopric | Secularized as a principality held by Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Hamburg | Imperial City | |
| Hildesheim | Bishopric | |
| Holstein | Duchy | |
| Holstein-Glückstadt | Duchy | |
| Holstein-Gottorp | Duchy | |
| Lübeck | Bishopric | |
| Lübeck | Imperial City | |
| Magdeburg | Archbishopric | Secularized as a duchy held by Brandenburg in 1680 |
| Mecklenburg | Duchy | Partitioned into Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1621, re-unified in 1695, and partitioned finally into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1701 |
| Mecklenburg-Güstrow | Duchy | |
| Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Duchy | |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Duchy | |
| Mühlhausen | Imperial City | |
| Nordhausen | Imperial City | |
| Rantzau | County | Held by the King of Denmark from 1734 |
| Ratzeburg | Bishopric | Secularized as a principality held by the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1648 |
| Regenstein | County | |
| Saxe-Lauenburg | Duchy | |
| Schwerin | Bishopric | Secularized as a principality held by the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1648 |
