Swabian Circle

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A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century.  The Swabian Circle is shown in yellow.
A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. The Swabian Circle is shown in yellow.

The Swabian Circle (in German, Schwäbischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.

The circle was made up of a great number of mainly very small states; only the duchy of Württemberg, the margraviates of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach, and the bishopric of Augsburg were of any significance.

[edit] Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

Name Type of entity Comments
Aalen Imperial City
Augsburg Bishopric
Augsburg Imperial City
Aulendorf Lordship
Baar Landgraviate
Baden Margraviate
Baden-Baden Margraviate
Baden-Durlach Margraviate
Baden-Hochberg Margraviate
Baindt Abbacy
Biberach an der Riß Imperial City
Bonndorf County
Bopfingen Imperial City
Buchau Abbacy
Buchau Imperial City
Buchhorn Imperial City
Constance Bishopric
Dinkelsbühl Imperial City
Eberstein County
Eglingen Lordship
Eglofs Lordship
Elchingen Abbacy
Ellwangen Provostry
Esslingen am Neckar Imperial City
Fugger Various counties
Gengenbach Abbacy
Gengenbach Imperial City
Giengen an der Brenz Imperial City
Gundelfingen Lordship
Gutenzell Abbacy
Hachberg Margraviate
Hausen Lordship
Heggbach Abbacy
Heilbronn Imperial City
Heiligenberg County
Hohenems County
Hohengeroldsegg County
Hohenhöwen Lordship
Hohenzollern-Hechingen County
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen County
Irsee Abbacy
Isny im Allgäu Imperial City
Justingen County
Kaisheim
(Kaisersheim)
Abbacy
Kaufbeuren Imperial City
Kempten Abbacy
Kempten im Allgäu Imperial City
Kinzigtal Lordship
Klettgau Landgraviate
Königsegg County
Leutkirch im Allgäu Imperial City
Liechtenstein Principality
Lindau Abbacy
Lindau Imperial City
Mainau Commandery An administrative grouping of lands held by the Teutonic Order
Marchtal Abbacy
Memmingen Imperial City
Meßkirch Lordship
Mindelheim and Schwabegg Lordship
Neresheim Abbacy
Nördlingen Imperial City
Ochsenhausen Abbacy
Offenburg Imperial City
Öttingen County
Öttingen-Baldern County
Öttingen-Öttingen County
Öttingen-Wallerstein County
Petershausen Abbacy
Pfullendorf Imperial City
Ravensburg Imperial City
Reutlingen Imperial City
Roggenburg Abbacy
Rot Abbacy
Rothenfels County
Rottenmünster Abbacy
Rottweil Imperial City
Salmansweiler Abbacy
Schussenried Abbacy
Schwäbisch Gmünd Imperial City
Schwäbisch Hall Imperial City
Sickingen County
Söfflingen Abbacy
St Georg in Isny Abbacy
Stauffen Lordship
Stühlingen Landgraviate
Tannhausen Lordship
Teck Duchy
Tettnang and Argen Lordship
Thannhausen Lordship
Thengen County
Überlingen Imperial City
Ulm Imperial City
Ursberg Abbacy
Waldburg-Scheer-Scheer Archstewardship
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee Archstewardship
Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg Archstewardship
Waldburg-Zeil-Trachburg Archstewardship
Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach Archstewardship
Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil Archstewardship
Wangen im Allgäu Imperial City
Weil der Stadt Imperial City
Weingarten Abbacy
Weißenau Abbacy
Wettenhausen Provostry
Wiesensteig Lordship
Wimpfen Imperial City
Württemberg Duchy
Zell am Harmersbach Imperial City
Zwiefalten Abbacy

[edit] Sources

The list of states making up the Swabian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Schwäbischer Reichskreis.


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