Swabian Circle
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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.
 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 |
