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The Electoral Rhenish Circle (German: Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512 when the Prince Electors were added to the Imperial Circles and was populated with a few other territories along the Rhine. The Circle was substantially smaller and had less members than the other circles, although it was important as four of the original seven electors of the Empire were among its number.

Name

Type

Arms-Arenberg Arenberg (Aremberg) Duchy
Arms-Beilstein Beilstein Lordship
Arms-Cologne-Diocese Cologne Archbishopric 1512 - 1801; Elector
Arms-Teutonic-Order Coblenz Bailiwick
Arms-Isenburg-Loweldsal Lower Isenburg County
Arms-Mainz-Diocese Mainz Archbishopric 1512 - 1806; Elector
Arms-Palatinate Palatinate County Palatine 1512 - 1806; Elector
Arms-Rheineck Rheineck Burgraviate 1512 - 1806
Arms-ThurnTaxis Thurn and Taxis County Personalist
Arms-Trier-Diocese Trier Archbishopric 1512 - 1801; Elector


Former Estates of the Electoral Rhenish Circle[]

Name

Type

Arms-Gelnhausen-FreeCity Gelnhausen Free City 1512 - 1745
Arms-Neuenahr Neuenahr County 1512 - 1600
Arms-Reifferscheid Reifferscheid Lordship 1521 - after 1567
Selz Provostry 1512 -
St Maximin in Trier Abbey 1512 - 1669


Electoral Rhenish Circle
Arenberg | Beilstein | Coblenz | Cologne | Lower Isenburg | Mainz | Palatinate
Rheineck | Thurn and Taxis | Trier

Earlier Members
Gelnhausen | Neuenahr | Reifferscheid | Selz | St Maximin


Imperial Circles
Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian
Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon
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