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.
Former Estates of the Upper Saxon Circle[]
Name |
Type |
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Beichlingen | County | |
Brandenburg | Bishopric | |
Cammin (Kammin) | Bishopric | |
Elbing (Elblag) | Free City | |
Danzig (Gdansk) | Free City | |
Gleichen | County | |
Havelberg | Bishopric | |
Lebus | Bishopric | |
Leisnigk | County | |
Meissen | Bishopric | |
Merseburg | Bishopric | |
Naumburg-Zeitz | Bishopric | |
Pomerania | Duchy | |
Regenstein | County | |
Riddagshausen | Abbey | |
Ruppin | County | |
Saalfeld | Abbey | |
Wildenfels | Lordship | |
Wunsdorf (Wunstorf) | County |
Upper Saxon Circle |
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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
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Imperial Circles |
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Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon |