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The Electoral Rhenish Circle (german: Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the
Imperial Circles in the 16th Century
– Historical Maps of Germany {{Authority control History of the Rhineland Circles of the Holy Roman Empire 1512 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
The Electoral Rhenish Circle (german: Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...
, created in 1512.
The circle derived its name from four of the seven prince-elector
The prince-electors (german: Kurfürst pl. , cz, Kurfiřt, la, Princeps Elector), or electors for short, were the members of the electoral college that elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
From the 13th century onwards, the princ ...
s whose lands along the Middle Rhine comprised the vast majority of its territory.
Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:References
Sources
*The list of states making up the Electoral Rhenish Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Kurrheinischer Reichskreis.External links
*Imperial Circles in the 16th Century
– Historical Maps of Germany {{Authority control History of the Rhineland Circles of the Holy Roman Empire 1512 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire