The Franconian Circle (German: Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1500.
|
Name |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|
 Aachen |
Free City | |
 Anholt |
Lordship | |
 Beilstein |
Lordship | |
 Bentheim |
County | |
 Berg |
Duchy | |
 Blankenheim and Gerolstein |
County | |
 Cambrai |
Bishopric | |
 Cleves |
Duchy | |
 Cologne |
Free City | |
 Cornelimünster |
Abbey | |
 Corvey |
Abbey | |
| Delmenhorst | County | |
 Diepholz |
County | |
 Dortmund |
Free City | |
 East Frisia |
Principality | |
 Essen |
Abbey | |
| Fagnolles | County | 1786 - 1794 |
 Gemen |
Lordship | 1704 - 1806 |
| Gimborn | Lordship | 1682 - 1806 |
| Gronsfeld | County | |
| Hallermund | County | 1708 - 1806; Personalist |
 Herfold |
Abbey | |
 Holzappel |
County | 1647 - 1806 |
 Hoya |
County | |
 Jülich |
Duchy | |
 Kerpen-Lommersum |
County | 1712 - |
 Liège |
Bishopric | |
| Lingen | County | |
 Lippe |
County | |
| Malmédy | Abbey | |
 Marck |
County | |
 Minden |
Principality | |
 Moers |
County | 1500 - 1648; 1707 - 1794 |
 Münster |
Bishopric | |
 Myllendonk |
Lordship | 1701 - 1794 |
 Nassau-Dietz |
Principality | |
 Nassau-Dillenburg |
Principality | |
| Nassau-Hademar |
Principality | |
 Oldenburg |
Duchy | |
 Osnabrück |
Bishopric | |
 Paderborn |
Bishopric | |
| Pyrmont | County | |
 Ravensberg |
County | |
| Reckheim | County | |
 Reichenstein |
Lordship | 1705 - |
 Rietberg |
County | |
 Sayn |
County | |
 Schaumburg |
County | |
| Schaumburg-Hesse |
County | |
 Schaumburg-Lippe |
County | |
 Schleiden |
County | 1713 - |
| Spiegelberg | County | |
| Stablo | Abbey | |
| Steinfurt | County | |
| Tecklenburg | County | |
| Thorn | Abbey | |
 Verden |
Bishopric | |
 Virneburg |
County | |
| Werden | Abbey | |
 Wickrath |
Lordship | 1682 - |
 Wied |
County | |
 Winneburg |
Lordship | |
| Wittem | Lordship |
Former Estates of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle[]
|
Name |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|
 Brakel |
Free City | |
 Bronchhorst |
Lordship | |
 Cambrai |
Free City | |
 Duisburg |
Free City | |
 Düren |
Free City | |
| Echternach | Abbey | |
 Herford |
Free City | |
 Lemgo |
Free City | |
| Manderscheid |
County | |
 Marck-Arenberg |
County | |
| Minden |
County | |
 Salm-Reifferscheid |
County | Joined the Upper Rhenish Circle |
 Soest |
Free City | |
 Someruff |
Lordship | |
 Utrecht |
Bishopric | |
 Verden |
Free City | |
 Warburg |
Free City | |
 Wesel |
Free City |
| Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle |
|---|
| Aachen | Anholt | Beilstein | Bentheim | Berg | Blankenheim and Gerolstein | Cambrai | Cleves | Cologne Cornelismünster | Corvey | Delmenhorst | Diepholz | Dortmund | East Frisia | Essen | Fagnolle | Gemen | Gimborn Gronsfeld | Hallermund | Herford | Holzapfel | Hoya | Jülich | Kerpen-Lommersum | Liège | Lingen | Lippe Malmédy | Marck | Minden | Moers | Münster | Myllendonk | Nassau-Dietz | Nassau-Dillenburg | Nassau-Hademar Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Paderborn | Pyrmont | Ravensberg | Reckheim | Reichenstein | Rietberg | Sayn Schaumburg | Schaumburg-Hesse | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schleiden | Spiegelberg | Stavelot | Steinfurt Tecklenburg | Thorn | Verden | Virneburg | Werden | Wickrath | Wied | Winneburg | Wittem |
Earlier Members Brakel | Bronchhorst | Cambrai | Duisburg | Düren | Echternach | Herford | Lemgo | Luxembourg | Manderscheid Marck-Arenberg | Salm-Reifferscheid | Soest | Someruff | Utrecht | Verden | Warburg | Wesel |
| Imperial Circles |
|---|
| Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon |