Austrian Circle
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The Austrian Circle (German: Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512, and was largely coterminous with the hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg.
|
Name |
Type | |
|---|---|---|
 On the Adige | Bailiwick | Administrative bailiwick of the Teutonic Order |
| Austria | Bailiwick | Administrative bailiwick of the Teutonic Order |
 Brixen | Bishopric | |
 Carinthia | Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Carniola | Margraviate | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Chur | Bishopric | |
 Friuli | Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Further Austria | Collective region of Habsburg hereditary lands | |
 Lower Austria | Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Styria | Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Tarasp | Lordship | |
 Trent | Bishopric | |
 Tyrol | County | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Upper Austria | Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
[edit] Former Estates of the Austrian Circle
|
Name |
Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Gradisca | Princely County | To Eggenberg from 1653 - 1717 |
 Gurk | Bishopric | |
 Hardegg (Hardeck) | County | |
 Lavant | Bishopric | |
 Losenstein | Barony | |
 Rogendorf | Lordship | |
 Schaumberg | County | |
 Seckau | Bishopric | |
 Wolckenstein-Rodenegg | Barony |
| Austrian Circle |
|---|
| on the Adige | Austria (bailiwick) | Breisgau | Brixen | Carinthia | Carniola | Chur | Friuli Further Austria | Gorizia | Lower Austria | Styria | Tarasp | Trent | Tyrol | Upper Austria |
| Earlier Members: |
| Austria (archduchy) | Gradisca | Gurk | Hardegg | Lavant | Losenstein | Rogendorf Schaunberg | Seckau | Wolkenstein-Rodenegg |
| Imperial Circles |
|---|
| Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon |
