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The Upper Rhenish Circle (German: Oberrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1500. The Upper Rhenish Circle contained many states, although many were annexed by France in the 17th Century.

Name

Type

Arms-Basel-Diocese Basel Bishopric
Arms-Besançon-Diocese Besançon Archbishopric
Bretzenheim Lordship 1707 - 1804
Arms-Criechingen Criechingen County 1617 - 1790
Arms-Dagstuhl Dagstuhl Lordship
Arms-Falkenstein Falkenstein County
Arms-FrankfurtMain Frankfurt am Main Free City
Arms-FriedbergWetterau Friedberg in der Wetterau Free City
Arms-Fulda-Diocese Fulda Bishopric
Arms-Hanau-Lichtenberg Hanau-Lichtenberg Lordship
Arms-Hanau Hanau-Münzenberg Principality
Heitersheim Principality Held by the Order of St John
Arms-Hersfeld-Abbey Hersfeld Principality Abbey before 1648
Arms-Hesse Hesse-Cassel Landgraviate
Arms-Hesse Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate
Arms-Hesse Hesse-Marburg Landgraviate
Arms-Hesse Hesse-Rheinfels Landgraviate
Arms-Isenburg-Birstein Isenburg-Birstein Principality
Arms-Isenburg Isenburg-Büdingen County
Arms-Isenburg-Meerholz Isenburg-Meerholz County
Arms-Isenburg Isenburg-Wächtersbach County
Arms-Konigstein Königstein County
Arms-Leiningen Leiningen-Dagsburg County
Arms-Leiningen-Hartenburg Leiningen-Hartenburg County
Arms-Leiningen-Westerburg Leiningen-Westerburg County
Münzfelden Free Castle
Arms-Nassau-Walramline1660 Nassau-Idstein Principality
Arms-Nassau-Ottweiler Nassau-Ottweiler Principality
Arms-Nassau-Saarbrücken Nassau-Saarbrücken Principality
Arms-Nassau-Walramline1660 Nassau-Usingen Principality
Arms-Nassau-Weilburg1548 Nassau-Weilburg Principality
Nomeny Margraviate
Arms-Odenheim-Abbey Odenheim Provostry
Olbrück Lordship
Arms-Palatinate Palatinate-Lautern County Palatine
Arms-Palatinate-Simmern Palatinate-Simmern County Palatine
Arms-Palatinate-Zweibrücken Palatinate-Veldenz County Palatine
Arms-Palatinate-Zweibrücken Palatinate-Zweibrücken County Palatine
Arms-Prüm-Abbey Prüm Abbey
Reipoltskirchen Lordship
Arms-Salm Salm County
Arms-Salm Salm-Dhaun Wild- and Rhinegraviate
Arms-Salm Salm-Grehweiler Wild- and Rhinegraviate
Arms-Salm Salm-Grumbach Wild- and Rhinegraviate
Arms-Salm Salm-Kyrburg Principality
Arms-Salm Salm-Stein Wild- and Rhinegraviate
Arms-StJohn-Order Savoy Duchy
Arms-Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg County
Arms-Sayn-Wittgenstein Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein County
Arms-Solms1 Solms-Braunfels Principality
Arms-Solms1 Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Principality
Arms-Solms1 Solms-Laubach Principality
Arms-Solms1 Solms-Rödelheim Principality
Arms-Speyer-Diocese Speyer Bishopric
Arms-Speyer Speyer Free City
Arms-Sponheim-Kreuznach Sponheim County
Arms-Strasbourg-Diocese Strasbourg Bishopric
Arms-Waldeck Waldeck County
Arms-Wartenberg Wartenberg County 1707 -
Arms-Weissenburg-Provostry Weissenburg Provostry
Arms-Wetzlar Wetzlar Free City
Arms-Wild-Rhine Wild- and Rhinegraviate Wild- and Rhinegraviate
Arms-Worms-Diocese Worms Bishopric
Arms-Worms Worms Free City


Former Estates of the Upper Rheinish Circle[]

Name

Type

Arms-Bar Bar Duchy Annexed to France in 1634
Arms-Basel Basel Free City
Blankenberg Lordship
Arms-Colmar Colmar Free City Annexed to France in 1697
Arms-Geneva-Diocese Geneva Bishopric
Arms-Hagenau Hagenau Free City Annexed to France in 1648
Arms-Hesse Hesse Landgraviate
Hochkönigsburg Lordship
Kaufungen Abbey
Arms-Kaysersberg-FreeCity2 Kaysersberg Free City Annexed to France in 1648
Arms-Landau Landau Free City
Arms-Lausanne Lausanne Bishopric
Arms-Lorraine Lorraine Duchy Annexed to France in 1634
Arms-Metz-Diocese1 Metz Bishopric Annexed to France in 1552
Arms-Metz Metz Imperial City Annexed to France in 1552
Mörsberg and Belfort Lordship
Arms-Murbach-Abbey Murbach Abbey
Arms-Mulhouse Mulhouse Free City
Munster Abbey
Arms-MunsterStGregoriental Munster Free City Annexed to France in 1678
Arms-Obernai Oberehnheim (Obernai) Free City Annexed to France in 1678
Arms-Orange Orange Principality
Pless Lordship
Arms-Reichenstein Reichenstein Lordship
Arms-Rosheim Rosheim Free City Annexed to France in 1678
Arms-Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (Saarburg) Free City
Arms-Selestat Sélestat (Schlettstadt) Free City Annexed to France in 1678
Arms-StJohn-Order Order of St John Knightly Order
Arms-Valais Sion Bishopric
Arms-Strasbourg Strasbourg Free City Annexed to France in 1681
Arms-Toul-Diocese Toul Bishopric Annexed to France in 1545
Arms-Toul-FreeCity Toul Free City Annexed to France in 1545
Arms-Turckheim-FreeCity Türkheim Free City Annexed to France in 1678
Arms-Veldenz Veldenz County
Arms-Verdun-Diocese Verdun Bishopric Annexed to France in 1545
Arms-Verdun Verdun Free City Annexed to France in 1545
Arms-Westerburg Westerburg County
Arms-Wissembourg-FreeCity Wissembourg (Weissenburg) Free City
Arms-Wittgenstein Wittgenstein County
Arms-Zweibrucken-Bitsch Zweibrücken County


Upper Rhenish Circle
Ecclesiastical Princes
Basel | Fulda | Heitersheim | Odenheim | Prüm | Speyer | Strasbourg | Weissenburg | Worms

Temporal Princes
Hersfeld | Hesse-Cassel | Hesse-Darmstadt | Isenburg-Birstein | Lautern | Nassau-Idstein | Nassau-Ottweiler | Nassau-Saarbrücken
Nassau-Usingen | Nassau-Weilburg | Nomeny | Salm | Simmern | Savoy | Solms-Braunfels | Sponheim | Veldenz

Counts and Lords
Bretzenheim | Dagstuhl | Falkenstein| Hanau-Lichtenberg | Hanau-Münzenberg | Isenburg-Büdingen | Isenburg-Meerholz
Isenburg-Wächtersbach | Königstein | Kriechingen | Leiningen-Dagsburg | Leiningen-Hartenburg | Leiningen-Westerburg | Münzfelden
Ollbrück | Reipoltskirchen | Salm-Dhaun | Salm-Grehweiler | Salm-Grumbach | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein
Solms-Hohensolms-Lich | Solms-Laubach | Solms-Rödelheim | Wartenberg

Imperial Cities
Frankfurt | Friedberg | Speyer | Wetzlar | Worms

Eariler Members
Bar | Basel | Colmar | Blankenberg | Gelnhausen | Geneva | Hagenau | Hochkönigsburg | Kaufungen | Kaysersberg | Lausanne | Lorraine
Metz (bishopric) | Metz (city) | Mörsberg and Belfort | Mülhausen | Munster (abbey) | Munster (city) | Oberrehnheim | Orange | Pless
Reichenstein | Rosheim | Sarrebourg | Schlettstadt | St John | Sion | Strasbourg | Toul (bishopric) | Toul (city) | Türkheim | Verdun (bishopric)
Verdun (city) | Westerberg | Wittgenstein | Zweibrücken


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


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