Bavarian Circle

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A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. The Bavarian Circle is shown in brown.

The Bavarian Circle (German: Bayerischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.

The most significant state by far in the circle was the Duchy of Bavaria (later also an electorate), with the states of the Upper Palatinate, the Archbishopric of Salzburg, and the imperial city of Regensburg having a secondary importance.

[edit] Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

Name	Type of entity	Comments
Bavaria	Duchy	Including the Upper Palatinate
Berchtesgaden	Provostry
Breitenegg	Lordship
Ehrenfels	Lordship
Freising	Bishopric
Haag	County	Held by the Dukes of Bavaria from 1567
Hohenwaldeck	Lordship
Leuchtenberg	Landgraviate
Niedermünster in Regensburg	Abbacy
Obermünster in Regensburg	Abbacy
Ortenburg	County
Palatinate-Neuburg	Duchy
Palatinate-Sulzbach	Duchy
Passau	Bishopric
Regensburg	Bishopric
Regensburg	Imperial City
Salzburg	Archbishopric
St Emmeram in Regensburg	Abbacy
Störnstein	County
Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum	Lordship	?

[edit] Sources

The list of states making up the Bavarian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Bayerischer Reichskreis.

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Bavarian Circle (1500–1806)

Ecclesiastical Bench	Berchtesgaden \| Freising \| Niedermünster \| Obermünster \| Passau \| Regensburg \| Salzburg \| St. Emmeram

Secular Bench	Bavaria \| Breitenegg \| Ehrenfels \| Haag \| Hohenwaldeck \| Leuchtenberg \| Neuburg \| Ortenburg \| Regensburg \| Störnstein \| Sulzbach \| Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum

v • d • e Circles of the Holy Roman Empire after the Imperial Reform

Created in 1500	Bavarian Circle · Franconian Circle · (Lower Rhenish) Westphalian Circle · Lower Saxon Circle · Swabian Circle · Upper Rhenish Circle

Created in 1512	Austrian Circle · Burgundian Circle · Electoral Rhenish Circle · Upper Saxon Circle