Franconian Circle

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

The Franconian Circle as at 1789, before the Great French War and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, captioned in German

Flag of Franconia, used by the troops of the Franconian Circle when fighting with the Imperial Army

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

[edit] Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

Name	Type of entity	Comments
Ansbach	Margraviate
Bamberg	Bishopric
Bayreuth	Margraviate
Castell	County
Eichstätt	Bishopric
Erbach	County
Franconia	Teutonic bailiwick	Based around Bad Mergentheim (de)
Hausen	Lordship
Henneberg	County
Hohenlohe	County
Limpurg	Lordship
Löwenstein-Wertheim	Principality
Nuremberg	Imperial City
Reichelsberg	Lordship
Rieneck	County
Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Imperial City
Schwarzenberg	County
Schweinfurt	Imperial City
Seinsheim	Lordship
Weißenburg im Nordgau	Imperial City
Welzheim	Lordship
Wertheim	County
Wiesentheid	Lordship
Windsheim	Imperial City
Würzburg	Bishopric

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

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

Bench of Ecclesiastical Princes	Bamberg \| Eichstädt \| Mergentheim \| Würzburg

Bench of Secular Princes	Ansbach \| Bayreuth \| Henneberg-Römhild \| Henneberg-Schleusingen \| Henneberg-Schmalkalden \| Hohenlohe-Waldenburg \| Löwenstein-Wertheim \| Schwarzenberg

Bench of Counts and Lords	Castell \| Erbach \| Hausen \| Hohenlohe-Neuenstein \| Limpurg-Gaildorf \| Limpurg-Speckfeld \| Reichelsberg \| Rieneck \| Seinsheim \| Welzheim \| Wertheim \| Wiesentheid

Bench of Cities	Nuremberg \| Rothenburg \| Schweinfurt \| Weißenburg \| Windsheim

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