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The Upper Saxon Circle (German: Obersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512. With few exceptions, the Upper Saxon was comprised of larger states, two of which were electorates - Brandenburg and Saxony.

Name

Type

Arms-Anhalt1200s Anhalt Principality
Arms-Barby Barby County
Arms-Brandenburg Brandenburg Margraviate Electorate
Cammin (Kammin) Principality
Arms-Pomerania Further Pomerania Duchy
Gernrode Abbey
Arms-Hatzfeld1 Hatzfeld Principality
Arms-Pomerania Hither Pomerania Duchy
Arms-Hohenstein Hohnstein County
Lohra and Klettenberg Lordship
Arms-Mansfeld1 Mansfeld County
Quedlinburg Abbey
Arms-Querfurt Querfurt Principality
Arms-Reuss1 Reuss Principality
Arms-Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg Duchy
Arms-Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Coburg Duchy
Saxe-Eisenach Duchy
Saxe-Gotha Duchy
Arms-Saxe-Weimar Saxe-Weimar Duchy
Arms-Saxony Saxony Duchy Electorate
Arms-Schönburg Schönburg County
Arms-Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt1 Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Principality
Arms-Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen1 Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen Principality
Arms-Stolberg1 Stolberg County
Walkenried Abbey
Arms-Wernigerode Wernigerode County


Former Estates of the Upper Saxon Circle[]

Name

Type

Arms-Beichlingen Beichlingen County
Arms-Brandenburg-Diocese Brandenburg Bishopric
Arms-Cammin-Diocese Cammin (Kammin) Bishopric
Arms-Elblag Elbing (Elblag) Free City
Arms-Gdansk Danzig (Gdansk) Free City
Arms-Gleichen1 Gleichen County
Arms-Havelberg-Diocese Havelberg Bishopric
Arms-Lebus-Diocese2 Lebus Bishopric
Leisnigk County
Arms-Meissen-Diocese Meissen Bishopric
Arms-Merseburg-Diocese Merseburg Bishopric
Arms-Naumburg-Diocese Naumburg-Zeitz Bishopric
Arms-Pomerania Pomerania Duchy
Arms-Regenstein Regenstein County
Riddagshausen Abbey
Arms-Barby Ruppin County
Saalfeld Abbey
Arms-Wildenfels Wildenfels Lordship
Arms-Wunsdorf Wunsdorf (Wunstorf) County


Upper Saxon Circle
Anhalt | Barby | Brandenburg | Cammin | Further Pomerania | Gernrode | Hatzfeld | Hither Pomerania
Hohnstein | Lohra and Klettenberg | Mansfeld | Quedlinburg | Querfurt | Reuss | Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Eisenach | Saxe-Gotha | Saxe-Weimar | Saxony | Schönburg | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Stolberg | Walkenried | Wernigerode


Earlier Members
Beichlingen | Brandenburg | Cammin | Elbing | Danzig | Gleichen | Göttingen | Havelberg | Lebus | Leisnigk
Meissen | Merseburg | Naumburg-Zeitz | Pomerania | Regenstein | Riddagshausen | Ruppin | Saalfeld | Wildenfels
Wunstorf


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