List of the territories of the Swabian Empire

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The Swabian Imperial Circle existed from the 16th century until the end of the Old Kingdom and consisted of a large number of territories of different characters. With around a hundred district estates , it was the most aristocratic group in polyglot Germany .

District booths

The quarters of the Swabian Empire

Similar to the Reichstag , the district booths (district voting territories) were grouped according to banks :

In the following lists the district estates are arranged according to the circumstances of the year 1801; the numbers indicate the order of precedence (call order). Stands withdrawn before this date are added unnumbered at the end of the respective bank. An "R" in the column "Belonging to the district" means that the status is listed in the imperial register from 1521. An “r” indicates additional voices generated by the later division of such stands. The district quarter (I, II, III or IV) is indicated in the “Comments” column.

Spiritual princes

The remaining ecclesiastical principalities were secularized in 1802/1803 .

No. District booth Pen / medal Prince Belonging
to the circle		 Remarks
1 Principality of Constance Hochstift Prince-Bishop R. III, Prince who wrote the district
2 Principality of Augsburg Hochstift Prince-Bishop R. IV
3 Prince Abbey of Kempten Benedictine Prince abbot R. III
4th Prince Provost Ellwangen Secular canons Prince Provost R. I.
Principality of Chur Hochstift Prince-Bishop R.
Prince Abbey of St. Gallen Benedictine Prince abbot R.

Prelates

The imperial prelatures were secularized in 1802/1803.

No. District booth medal prelate Belonging
to the circle		 Remarks
1 Salem (Salmannsweiler) Cistercians Dept R. III
2 Vineyard Benedictine Dept R. III
3 Ochsenhausen Benedictine Dept R. III
4th Elchingen Benedictine Dept R. I.
5 Irsee Benedictine Dept R. IV
6th Ursberg Premonstratensians Dept R. IV
7th Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) Cistercians Dept finally from 1757 I.
8th Roggenburg Premonstratensians Dept R. IV
9 red Premonstratensians Dept R. III
10 Weißenau Premonstratensians Dept R. III
11 Schussenried Premonstratensians Dept R. III
12 Obermarchtal (Marchtal) Premonstratensians Dept R. III
13 Petershausen Benedictine Dept R. III
14th Wettenhausen Augustinian Canons Provost from 1566 IV
15th Double folds Benedictine Dept from 1750
16 Gengenbach Benedictine Dept R. II
17th Neresheim Benedictine Dept from 1767
18th Heggbach Cistercian women abbess R. III
19th Gutenzell Cistercian women abbess R. III
20th Rottenmünster Cistercian women abbess R. II
21st Baindt Cistercian women abbess R. III
22nd Söflingen Poor Clares abbess from 1775 I.
23 St. Georg (Isny) Benedictine Dept R, from 1782 III
Reichenau Benedictine Dept R, to 1540
St. Blasien Benedictine Abbot, from 1746 Prince Abbot R.
St. Peter Benedictine Dept R, to 1526
Shaking Benedictine Dept R.
Koenigsbronn Cistercians Dept R.
Maulbronn Cistercians Dept R.
All Saints' Day (Schaffhausen) Benedictine Dept R.
Disentis Benedictine Dept R.
Einsiedeln Benedictine Dept R.
Kreuzlingen Augustinian Canons Dept R.
Pfäfers Benedictine Dept R.
St. Johann (Toggenburg) Benedictine Dept R.
Stein am Rhein (St. Georgen) Benedictine Dept R.

Secular princes

No. District booth owner Belonging
to the circle		 Remarks
originally
1 Duchy of Württemberg and Teck Württemberg R. I, Prince who wrote the district
2 Margraviate of Baden ( Baden-Baden ) to bathe R. II
3 Margraviate of Baden ( Baden-Durlach ) to bathe r II
4th Margraviate Baden (Baden-Hochberg) to bathe r II
added later
5 Hohenzollern-Hechingen Hohenzollern R. II, princes in 1623
6th Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Hohenzollern r III, princes in 1623
7 * Lindau Abbey R, until 1802 III
8th* Buchau Abbey R, until 1802 III
9 Tengen County Tengen until 1522, from 1663 Auersperg R, until 1522 ?, new from 1665 III
10 Heiligenberg county Werdenberg , from 1534 Fürstenberg R. III, prince 1664
11 County of Oettingen Oettingen (-Oettingen) R. I, princes in 1674
12 Landgraviate of Klettgau Sulz , from 1687 Schwarzenberg R. II, princes in 1698
13 Principality of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein from 1707 III

Counts and gentlemen

No. District booth owner Belonging
to the circle		 Remarks
1 Ballei Alsace-Burgundy
( Coming Altshausen , Coming Mainau , Coming Rohr-Waldstetten ) 		German medal R. III
2 Landgraviate of Stühlingen Lupfen until 1582, from 1605 Pappenheim , from 1639 Fürstenberg R. III
3 Landgraviate of Baar Furstenberg R. II
4th Wiesensteig Helfenstein , from 1642/1752 Bavaria R. I.
5 Herrschaft Hausen (Kinzigtal) Furstenberg r II
6th Messkirch Zimmer , from 1594 Helfenstein, from 1627 Fürstenberg R. III
7th Tettnang and Argen Montfort , from 1780 Habsburg (Austria) R. III
8th Oettingen Oettingen (-Wallerstein) r I.
9 Friedberg-Scheer county Waldburg , from 1786 Thurn and Taxis r III
10 * Grafschaft Königsegg and Herrschaft Aulendorf Königsegg R. III
11 * Grafschaft Rothenfels and Herrschaft Staufen Montfort, from 1565 Königsegg r III
12 Counties of Zeil and Trauchburg,
Lords of Wurzach and Marstetten		 Forest castle R. III
13 Grafschaft Wolfegg and Herrschaft Waldsee Forest castle r III
14th Mindelheim and Schwabegg Mindelheim: Frundsberg until 1586, from 1616 Bavaria, 1705–15 Marlborough ; Schwabegg: Bavaria from? IV
15th Gundelfingen Gundelfingen , from 1546 Helfenstein, from 1627 Fürstenberg R. III
16 Eberstein County Eberstein , later Baden R. II
17th Nordendorf and Glött Fugger (Marx line) from 1563 IV
18th Kirchheim and Mickhausen Fugger (Hans line) from 1563 IV
19th Babenhausen and Boos Fugger (Jakob line) from 1563 IV
20th Hohenems with Reichshof Lustenau Hohenems until 1759, Austria from 1765 from 1603? III
21st Justingen from 1497 Bubenhofen , from 1530 Freyberg , from 1751 Württemberg R. III
22nd County of Bonndorf St. Blasien Abbey from 1662 III
23 Eglofs from 1661 Abensperg and Traun from 1662 III
24 Thannhausen Sinzendorf until 1699, stadium from 1707 from 1677 IV
25th Hohengeroldseck Geroldseck until 1634, Kronberg, Baden-Durlach, from 1697 von der Leyen R. II
26th Perches Grafeneck , from 1723 Thurn and Taxis from 1555 I.
27 Sickingen Sickingen from 1792
Lion's Arch R.
Tübingen R.
Kirchberg county R.
Brandis R.
Staufen R.
Falkenstein R.
Hewen R.
Baumgartner 1535 to 1567?

Cities

With the exception of Augsburg, which only became Bavarian in 1805, all the remaining Swabian imperial cities lost their sovereignty in 1802/1803.

No. District booth Belonging
to the circle		 Denomination Remarks
1 augsburg R. mixes IV
2 Ulm R. evangelical I.
3 Esslingen R. evangelical I.
4th Reutlingen R. evangelical I.
5 Nordlingen R. evangelical I.
6th Hall R. evangelical I.
7th Überlingen R. Catholic III
8th Rottweil R. Catholic II
9 Heilbronn R. evangelical I.
10 Gmuend R. Catholic I.
11 Memmingen R. evangelical IV
12 Lindau R. evangelical III
13 Dinkelsbühl R. mixes I.
14th Biberach R. mixes III
15th Ravensburg R. mixes III
16 Kempten R. evangelical III
17th Kaufbeuren R. evangelical IV
18th Because R. Catholic I.
19th Cheeks R. Catholic III
20th Isny R. evangelical III
21st Leutkirch R. evangelical III
22nd Wimpfen R. evangelical I.
23 Giengen R. evangelical I.
24 Pfullendorf R. Catholic III
25th Buchhorn R. Catholic III
26th Bask R. evangelical I.
27 Bopfingen R. evangelical I.
28 Buchau R. Catholic III
29 Offenburg R. Catholic II
30th Gengenbach R. Catholic II
31 Zell am Harmersbach R. Catholic II
Constancy R, until 1548 (Protestant until 1548)
Donauwörth R, to 1607 (Protestant until 1607) I.
Schaffhausen R.
St. Gallen R.

Non-district members

There were some territories immediately under the empire that paid registration fees to the Swabian district, and in some cases even provided troops to the district corps, but did not have the right to vote on district assemblies. The group led them as non-group members .

Surname Remarks
St. Ulrich and Afra zu Augsburg Benedictine Abbey
Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey
Muri Benedictine Abbey because of the Dettensee rule
St. Gallen Princely Benedictine Abbey because of rule Neuravensburg
Buxheim Charterhouse confusing legal relationships
Rehling because of the Bettenreute rule
Deuring 1649–1764, due to the rule of Althaus, Neuhaus, Bitzenhofen

special cases

Surname Remarks
Munster village Owned by the Heilig Kreuz monastery in Donauwörth, it was considered unencirculated territory ; the monastery itself was not immediate, but because of the village it headed to the Swabian district.
Rechberg The gentlemen, counts von Rechberg since 1607, traditionally belonged to the Swabian knighthood. In 1613 he was accepted into the Swabian Imperial Counts College , initially as a personalist. In 1630 the Rechberg lordships of Hohenrechberg and Illereichen were accepted into the Swabian district, against which the knighthood protested and prevailed before the Reichshofrat .

Development after 1801

In view of Article VII of the Lunéville Peace, drastic changes in the political map were to be expected. Even before the distribution of the compensation mass entrusted Reichsdeputationshauptschluss had begun its work, the great estates of the Empire began with the seizure of them previously guaranteed areas. In this first wave of regrouping, the spiritual territories lost their sovereignty, as did all Swabian imperial cities with the exception of Augsburg. When the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss had regulated the exact distribution, only 28 of the Swabian district estates remained:

Princes
  • Württemberg
  • to bathe
  • Bavaria
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  • Auersperg
  • Furstenberg
  • Oettingen
  • Schwarzenberg
  • Liechtenstein
  • Thurn and Taxis
Count
  • German medal
  • Oettingen
  • Austria (because of Tettnang and Hohenems)
  • Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg
  • Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach
  • Waldburg-Wolfegg
  • Königsegg-Aulendorf
  • Königsegg-Rothenfels
  • Hans Fugger
  • Marx Fugger
  • Jakob Fugger
  • Order of Malta (because of the county of Bonndorf)
  • Abensperg and Traun (Eglofs)
  • Stadium (Thannhausen)
  • von der Leyen (Hohengeroldseck)
  • Sickingen
Cities
  • augsburg

As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the following houses received property in the Swabian District as compensation for lost Rhenish or Westphalian territories:

Princes
Count

This would have included 41 stands in the district. However, there were further postponements in quick succession. In 1804, Württemberg convened a (last) district council in Esslingen, which already failed due to questions of the distribution of voting rights and seating arrangements. After the second phase of restructuring, which was completed with the establishment of the Rhine Confederation , only the medium- sized states of Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden as well as the (measured by modern standards) dwarf states of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Liechtenstein and Von der Leyen existed. Article 2 of the Rhine Confederation Act suspended all German Reich laws , including the Reich District Constitution.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ The early modern imperial district constitution was the result of a long development. The date from which the Schwäbischer Kreis institution is to be referred to varies depending on the perspective, with many authors choosing 1512 as the reference year (according to the Handbuch der Bayerischen Geschichte , p. 242f). The main steps were:
    • 1500 Augsburg. The regimental order of King Maximilian I contained a rough definition of six districts, but was not implemented.
    • 1512 Cologne. The Habsburg lands and the territories of the electors were also included, and the number of (as yet nameless) districts was set at ten.
    • 1521 Worms. Reich register with a detailed list of the classes. However, the Swabian district council could not agree on a district chief in 1522, the district initially remained largely inoperative.
    • 1531 Esslingen. District assembly with district farewell, election of a district chief.
    • 1555 Augsburg. Reich execution order, so the districts were (theoretically) fully functional.
  2. ^ Peter-Christoph Storm: The Swabian Circle as General , ISBN 3-428-03033-8 , p. 54
  3. ↑ In accordance with the conditions in the Reichstag, the territorial principle also prevailed for the district council in the 16th century : Seat and vote on district councils were not assigned to a specific person or dynasty, but tied to the territory. (Anyone who owned several such territories had the appropriate number of votes.) For the spiritual territories and cities, this principle was inevitable, whereas for the secular princes and counts, the lists initially had the character of personal registries.
  4. ^ Status on the eve of the Peace of Lunéville , which initiated the dissolution of the Old Kingdom.
  5. ↑ An * indicates the alternating ranking of two levels.
  6. ↑ There are 101 matriculation levels in the Swabian District. See Dotzauer p. 143f.
  7. ↑ The division into district quarters was laid down in the district enforcement order in 1563. See Dotzauer p. 145. District directors were I = Württemberg, II = Baden, III = Prince Diocese of Constance, IV = Prince Diocese of Augsburg.
  8. ↑ a b The distribution of business between the princes Wuerttemberg and Constance, who advertised the district, was contractually regulated in 1662.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k The territories in the area of ​​today's Switzerland turned more and more to the Confederation (excluded from the district constitution) and did not participate in the tasks of the district. Therefore, the district endeavored to delete it (district council 1544). Schaffhausen, which joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501, was a nominal part of the district until 1545, some abbeys even until 1571. They are no longer included in later lists. See Dotzauer p. 36.
  10. ↑ The status of Kaisheim was controversial in two respects: On the one hand, Pfalz-Neuburg denied the imperial immediacy of the monastery, on the other hand, the district membership fluctuated between Swabia and Bavaria. In 1521 the monastery was a member of the Swabian Federation , but was regarded as a Bavarian district. In 1589 the Imperial Court of Justice ruled that Kaisheim belonged to the Swabian District. It was not until 1656 that the monastery was able to enforce the imperial estate. Since 1757 it was definitely considered a member of the Swabian Circle. (HBG p. 328ff)
  11. ↑ Wettenhausen initially oriented itself towards the imperial knighthood , was a member of the Sankt Jörgenschild , later of the knightly canton of Danube. In 1566 the monastery was recognized as an imperial estate and accepted into the Swabian prelate college. (HBG p. 333ff)
  12. ^ According to the treaty with Württemberg, which had held the bailiwick since the 14th century (and tried in vain to abolish the monastery during the Reformation). (HBWG p. 608f)
  13. ↑ Asserted the imperial estate based closely on Austria . (HBWG, p. 579ff)
  14. ↑ Imperial directness after comparison with Oettingen 1764. (HBWG p. 585ff)
  15. ^ After comparison with the city of Ulm, which renounced the bailiwick. (HBWG p. 603f)
  16. ↑ The monastery was listed in the registers in the 16th century, but was represented by its governors, the Truchsessen von Waldburg. It was not included in the execution order (1563) and the seating order of 1669. By treaty of 1781 the monastery was given bailiff freedom and imperial status. (HBWG p. 583ff) In matriculation also “St. Jörgen ”.
  17. ↑ In 1540 incorporated into the Constance bishopric and converted into a priory.
  18. ↑ Although the monastery already belonged to the Upper Austrian rulers in the 14th century, it was listed in the imperial register. The Swabian Circle claimed St. Blasien several times, but could not prevail against Austria. (HBWG p. 539ff)
  19. ↑ In 1526 Habsburg acquired the Vogtei, the monastery became a state estate in Breisgau. ( The Benedictine monasteries in Baden-Württemberg , ISBN 3-8043-0070-7 , p. 475ff)
  20. ↑ In 1507 Habsburg acquired the bailiwick, the monastery lost its imperial immediacy. ( The Benedictine monasteries in Baden-Württemberg , ISBN 3-8043-0070-7 , p. 562ff)
  21. ↑ The position of the monastery has been since its foundation - as an imperial abbey or Habsburg house monastery? - controversial. As an accessory to the Heidenheim rule, the bailiwick came to Württemberg in 1504. In 1553 the Württemberg position prevailed and the monastery was closed. ( The district of Heidenheim , Volume 2, ISBN 3-7995-1359-0 , p. 375ff)
  22. ↑ Maulbronn, since 1325 under the Palatinate Bailiwick, was conquered by Württemberg in the War of Landshut Succession in 1504, subsequently incorporated into the duchy as a state and abolished in the course of the Reformation.
  23. ↑ 1524 converted into a canon monastery, abolished in 1529
  24. ↑ Participated in the Reichstag for the last time in 1542, see Anton Hopp: Kreuzlingen (Stift). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  25. ↑ 1555 converted into the priory of the prince abbey of St. Gallen
  26. ↑ Repealed in 1525 by Zurich in the course of the Reformation
  27. ↑ Although the areas of the Baden-Hachberg sideline had already reverted to the main line in 1503, Baden was able to claim its own district vote for this.
  28. ↑ a b Count Karl von Hohenzollern was listed twice in the quarter division of 1563 : on the one hand as the owner of his home country, on the other hand for "half" of the Werdenberg heritage, which meant the county of Sigmaringen. The lines Hechingen and Sigmaringen, which were created after Karl's death in 1576, therefore each received a vote. In addition to the eponymous county, whose status was disputed with Austria, the property of the Sigmaringer line also included the allodial rule Haigerloch (since 1634) and Veringen and Wehrstein, which were under Austrian fiefdom and sovereignty. (HBWG p. 360ff)
  29. ↑ a b The bank affiliation of the free-worldly ladies' monasteries Buchau and Lindau fluctuated. Until 1622 Buchau was mostly assigned to the prelates, sometimes also to the clergy princes; sometimes the monastery was represented by counts. From the late 17th century onwards, the two estates - alternating in rank since 1669 - belonged to the secular princely bank. (HBWG p. 576ff, HBG p. 382, ​​as well as Bernhard Theil: Das (free worldly) women's monastery Buchau am Federsee , ISBN 3-11-014214-7 , p. 72)
  30. ↑ The Lords of Tengen inherited the Counts of (Veringen-) Nellenburg in 1422 and have since held the title of Counts of Tengen and Nellenburg . In 1465 they sold the Landgraviate of Nellenburg, and in 1522 the last remainder of their rulership to Austria. In 1663, the Count of Auersperg acquired the "Grafschaft Tengen", which in 1664 was raised to the status of a princely county. Since Austria reserved the state sovereignty, a curiosity under imperial law arose : Tengen was both a Swabian district and an Upper Austrian state. ( Der Landkreis Konstanz , Volume 1, Konstanz 1968, pp. 300f, 312)
  31. ↑ with the annexes Jungnau and Trochtelfingen
  32. ↑ a b c d e f After the death of Count Friedrich in 1559, the Fürstenberg “old property” (Baar, Kinzigtal) was divided into two lines, each of which received a vote. The territories of Heiligenberg, Meßkirch, Gundelfingen and Stühlingen acquired after 1500 were each associated with a separate district voice. After the Heiligenberg line was princes in 1664, this vote moved up to the prince's bench. When the Heiligenberg line was extinguished in 1716, the remaining lines of Meßkirch and Stühlingen were elevated to the rank of prince without any change in the rank of the district votes. In 1744 Prince Josef Wilhelm Ernst (from the Stühlinger line) united the entire property in one hand to form the Principality of Fürstenberg . (HBWG p. 334ff)
  33. ↑ a b Around 1500 the two sub-counties of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Wallerstein were consolidated. The Oettingen line, which was prince in 1674, moved up to the Fürstenbank, but was extinguished in 1731. Its place was initially taken over by the Spielberg line (branched off from the Wallerstein line). In 1767, the Wallerstein and Spielberg lines were compared to the effect that the eldest of the family should have the princely vote. (HBG p. 367ff and Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Schwaben II, 3, p. 141f)
  34. ↑ HBWG p. 423ff
  35. ↑ In 1707 Prince Johann Adam I of Liechtenstein received a seat and vote after depositing a capital of 250,000 guilders with the Swabian District. In 1719 the lordships of Schellenberg and Vaduz (acquired in 1699 and 1712 respectively) were raised to the status of the Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein and the district vote was linked to this territory. (Peter Kaiser: History of the Principality of Liechtenstein , p. 443ff)
  36. ↑ The comers on the left bank of the Rhine were lost by the 17th century, and Beuggen and Freiburg were under Austrian sovereignty. The remaining comedians who were geographically part of Swabia (Kapfenburg, Dinkelsbühl, Oettingen, Ulm) belonged to the Deutschordensballei Franken .
  37. ↑ a b from 1777 Electoral Palatinate Bavaria
  38. ↑ The territory grew out of several parts with different legal titles (Grafschaft Friedberg, Herrschaften Scheer, Bussen and Dürmentingen), which had belonged to the Waldburg family since the Middle Ages. After the Waldburg-Scheer-Trauchburg line expired in 1772, the heirs sold these lords to Thurn und Taxis, while Trauchburg fell to the Waldburg-Zeil line.
  39. ↑ Members of the two lines of Aulendorf and Königseggerberg are listed in the register of the Reich in 1521. A district vote was later linked to the county of Rothenfels.
  40. ↑ HBWG p. 350ff
  41. ↑ Frundsberg is mentioned in the district ordinance of 1563, but not in the register of the Reich in 1521. In the 16th century, Schwabegg was directly part of the Duchy of Bavaria , was temporarily awarded in the 17th century and in 1682 was raised to imperial rule for Duke Maximilian Philipp . After his death, the rule fell back to the Bavarian Kurhaus in 1714. (For details on the history of the rulers see the Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Schwaben I, 7, pp. 1ff, 68ff)
  42. ↑ In 1387 the Counts of Eberstein sold half of the county to Baden. After the Ebersteiners were on the Palatinate side in the Landshut War of Succession, they had to give Baden sovereignty over the entire county, so they were factually mediated as early as 1505 . ( Der Landkreis Rastatt , Volume 1, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , pp. 87ff)
  43. ↑ Lustenau developed its own after 1759, see there.
  44. ↑ Ludwig Welti: Count Kaspar von Hohenems , p. 49
  45. ↑ From the 12th century, St. Blasien acquired extensive property within the Landgraviate of Stühlingen, which was initially only associated with landlord and lower court rights. After disputes with the owners of the county (Lupfen, later Pappenheim), the monastery was also given state sovereignty in 1612. The territory, which was recorded as a district in 1662, was called Grafschaft Bonndorf from 1699 . (HBWG p. 539ff)
  46. ↑ HBG p. 385
  47. ↑ HBWG p. 412ff
  48. ↑ Ludwig von Grafeneck, the owner of the estate, refused in 1547 to join the knightly canton of Kocher . In 1555 he was accepted into the Swabian district, but until 1615 Pfalz-Neuburg claimed sovereignty for itself. ( Der Landkreis Heidenheim , Volume 1, ISBN 3-7995-1358-2 , pp. 540ff)
  49. ↑ In 1791 Count Franz von Sickingen was accepted into the Swabian Imperial Counts College. In order to be able to provide him with a district voting territory, the Sickingen manor belonging to the Kraichgau canton was unceremoniously raised to the status of Sickingen County .
  50. ↑ The Grafschaft Löwenstein established for Ludwig , the unequal son of the Palatinate Elector, came under Württemberg sovereignty in 1504. The territories acquired later (Grafschaft Wertheim) belonged to the Franconian Empire . (HBWG p. 389ff)
  51. ↑ The Count Palatine of Tübingen had already sold their ancestral property to Württemberg in the 14th century. At the beginning of the 16th century they owned the castle and rule Lichteneck im Breisgau. In 1529 imperial immediacy was lost; Lichteneck became an Austrian state. ( Der Landkreis Emmendingen , Volume 2, ISBN 3-7995-1362-0 , p. 441f)
  52. ↑ Kirchberg and Weißenhorn came to Bavaria-Landshut in 1481/98 and were drafted in 1504 by King Maximilian . Austria gave the rulers to the Fugger in 1507, but retained sovereignty, so that Kirchberg subsequently belonged to the Austrian Empire . (HBG p. 375ff)
  53. ↑ The Lords of Brandis sold their possessions in 1509-10: Maienfeld to the Drei Bünde , Blumenegg, Schellenberg and Vaduz to the Counts of Sulz. The latter, at the same time Landgraves in Klettgau, are explicitly listed as the owner of Brandiss in the execution order of 1563 . After the gentlemen changed hands again in 1613 - Blumenegg was sold to Weingarten Monastery, Schellenberg and Vaduz to the Counts of Hohenems - the district vote was apparently not continued.
  54. ↑ The Lords of Staufen gave up their imperial immediacy in return for assurances of certain privileges and submitted to the sovereignty of Austria. (Friedrich Metz (Hrsg.): Vorderösterreich , 2nd edition, Freiburg 1967, p. 302) Already around 1500 they were de facto one of the Upper Austrian provinces. (Dieter Speck: The Upper Austrian Estates , ISBN 3-87640-433-9 , p. 248)
  55. ↑ Sigmund von Falkenstein, mentioned in 1521 as a district estate, came from the family of the Barons von Falkenstein from Buchsgau. He was an Austrian councilor and owned the Schneeburg rule from 1499 to 1506 , and the Heidburg until 1519 . (Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden Gender Book , Volume 1, p. 335f)
  56. ↑ The family had already lost their original property in Hegau in 1398, the county of Werdenberg acquired in 1498 was sold to Glarus in 1517 . The last possession of Hohentrin remained in the Three Leagues. (Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden Gender Book, Volume 2, p. 59ff)
  57. ↑ The Baumgartner patrician family from Augsburg acquired the imperial rule of Schwangau in 1535. In 1567 David Baumgartner, listed as Paungarten in the execution order in 1563 , sold the rule to Albrecht of Bavaria . Schwangau was incorporated into the Duchy of Bavaria as a neighboring country. An attempt by the Swabian district to regain power was rejected in 1704. ( Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Schwaben I, 9, p. 339ff)
  58. ↑ a b c d Osnabrück Peace Treaty (Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis, IPO) Art. V § 3: “The cities of Augsburg, Dinkelsbühl, Biberach and Ravensburg retain their property, rights and religious practice after this deadline [1. January 1624]. With regard to the occupation of the council and other public offices, there should be equality and numerical parity among the relatives of both religions. ”See also Paritätische Reichsstadt
  59. ↑ 1528 Reichsacht, after the Schmalkaldic War 1548 execution by King Ferdinand . Constance was degraded to a regional town in front of Austria. ( Der Landkreis Konstanz , Volume 3, ISBN 3-7995-6183-8 , p. 404ff)
  60. ↑ 1607 as a result of the cross and flag battles Reichsacht, execution by Maximilian of Bavaria . (This procedure contradicted the current Imperial Execution Code: Measures against the Swabian district of Donauwörth would have been the responsibility of the Swabian district.) The Swabian district subsequently claimed the city (which was incorporated into the Duchy of Bavaria after 1607) for itself, but was only able to defend itself in 1705-14 prevail when Bavaria was under Austrian occupation. It was not until 1782 that the Swabian Circle formally waived its claims.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Imperial register of 1521
Wikisource: Afterwards, the ten Krayß  - Imperial circles and associated territories, 1532