Upper Saxon Circle
The Upper Saxon Circle (in German, Obersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512.
The circle was dominated by the two electorates of Brandenburg and Saxony.
Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Anhalt | Various principalities | |
| Barby | County | Held by the Electors of Saxony from 1659 |
| Brandenburg | Margraviate, Electorate | |
| Cammin | Bishopric | Secularized as a principality held by Brandenburg in 1648 |
| Further Pomerania | Duchy | Held by the Elector of Brandenburg from 1648 |
| Gernrode | Abbacy | |
| Hatzfeld | Principality | |
| Hither Pomerania | Duchy | Held by the King of Sweden from 1648 |
| Hohnstein | County | |
| Lohra and Klettenberg | Lordship | |
| Mansfeld | County | |
| Quedlinburg | Abbacy | |
| Querfurt | Principality | Held by the Elector of Saxony from 1648 |
| Reuß | Various principalities | |
| Saxe-Weimar | Duchy | Various principalities, see Ernestine duchies |
| Saxony | Electorate | |
| Schönburg | Various counties | |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Principality | |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Principality | |
| Stolberg | County | Held by the Elector of Saxony from 1738 |
| Walkenried | Abbacy | Held by the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1648 |
| Wernigerode | County | Held by the Elector of Brandenburg from 1714 |
Sources
The list of states making up the Upper Saxon Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Obersächsischer Reichskreis.
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