The Franconian Circle (German: Fränkischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1500.
Name |
Type |
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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 |
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Comburg | Provostry | |
Geyer | County | 1693 - 1707 |
Nuremberg | Burgraviate | |
St Ägidien in Nuremberg | Abbey |
Franconian Circle |
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Ecclesiastical Princes Bamberg | Eichstätt | Mergentheim | Würzburg Temporal Princes Counts and Lords Imperial Cities |
Earlier Members Comburg | Geyer | Nuremberg | St Ägidien |
Imperial Circles |
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Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon |