Franconian Circle

The territories of the Franconian Circle

The Franconian Circle (German: Fränkischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1500.

Name	Type
Ansbach	Margraviate
Bamberg	Bishopric
Bayreuth	Margraviate
Castell	County
Eichstätt	Bishopric
Erbach	County
Hausen	Lordship	174. - 1806
Henneberg	Princely County
Hohenlohe-Neuenstein	County
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	County
Limpurg	County
Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort	Principality	1712 - 1806; Personalist
Mergentheim		Administrative territory of the Teutonic Order
Nuremberg	Free City
Reichelsberg	Lordship
Rieneck	County
Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Free City
Schwarzenberg	Principality
Schweinfurt	Free City
Seinsheim	Barony
Weissenburg im Nordgau	Free City
Welzheim	Lordship	17.. - 1806
Wertheim	County
Wiesentheid	Lordship
Windsheim	Free City
Würzburg	Bishopric

Former Estates of the Franconian Circle

Name	Type
Comburg	Provostry
Geyer	County	1693 - 1707
Nuremberg	Burgraviate
St Ägidien in Nuremberg	Abbey

Franconian Circle
Ecclesiastical Princes Bamberg | Eichstätt | Mergentheim | Würzburg Temporal Princes Ansbach | Bayreuth | Henneberg | Hohenlohe-Waldenburg Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | Schwarzenberg Counts and Lords Castell | Erbach | Hausen | Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | Limpurg | Reichelsberg | Rieneck Seinsheim | Welzheim | Wertheim | Wiesentheid Imperial Cities Nuremberg | Rothenburg | Schweinfurt | Weissenburg | Windsheim
Earlier Members Comburg | Geyer | Nuremberg | St Ägidien