Swabian Circle
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The Swabian Circle (in German, Schwäbischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire.
The circle was made up of a great number of mainly very small states; only the duchy of Württemberg, the margraviates of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach, and the bishopric of Augsburg were of any significance.
[edit] Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Aalen | Imperial City | |
| Augsburg | Bishopric | |
| Augsburg | Imperial City | |
| Aulendorf | Lordship | |
| Baar | Landgraviate | |
| Baden | Margraviate | |
| Baden-Baden | Margraviate | |
| Baden-Durlach | Margraviate | |
| Baden-Hochberg | Margraviate | |
| Baindt | Abbacy | |
| Biberach an der Riß | Imperial City | |
| Bonndorf | County | |
| Bopfingen | Imperial City | |
| Buchau | Abbacy | |
| Buchau | Imperial City | |
| Buchhorn | Imperial City | |
| Constance | Bishopric | |
| Dinkelsbühl | Imperial City | |
| Eberstein | County | |
| Eglingen | Lordship | |
| Eglofs | Lordship | |
| Elchingen | Abbacy | |
| Ellwangen | Provostry | |
| Esslingen am Neckar | Imperial City | |
| Fugger | Various counties | |
| Gengenbach | Abbacy | |
| Gengenbach | Imperial City | |
| Giengen an der Brenz | Imperial City | |
| Gundelfingen | Lordship | |
| Gutenzell | Abbacy | |
| Hachberg | Margraviate | |
| Hausen | Lordship | |
| Heggbach | Abbacy | |
| Heilbronn | Imperial City | |
| Heiligenberg | County | |
| Hohenems | County | |
| Hohengeroldsegg | County | |
| Hohenhöwen | Lordship | |
| Hohenzollern-Hechingen | County | |
| Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | County | |
| Irsee | Abbacy | |
| Isny im Allgäu | Imperial City | |
| Justingen | County | |
| Kaisheim (Kaisersheim) |
Abbacy | |
| Kaufbeuren | Imperial City | |
| Kempten | Abbacy | |
| Kempten im Allgäu | Imperial City | |
| Kinzigtal | Lordship | |
| Klettgau | Landgraviate | |
| Königsegg | County | |
| Leutkirch im Allgäu | Imperial City | |
| Liechtenstein | Principality | |
| Lindau | Abbacy | |
| Lindau | Imperial City | |
| Mainau | Commandery | An administrative grouping of lands held by the Teutonic Order |
| Marchtal | Abbacy | |
| Memmingen | Imperial City | |
| Meßkirch | Lordship | |
| Mindelheim and Schwabegg | Lordship | |
| Neresheim | Abbacy | |
| Nördlingen | Imperial City | |
| Ochsenhausen | Abbacy | |
| Offenburg | Imperial City | |
| Öttingen | County | |
| Öttingen-Baldern | County | |
| Öttingen-Öttingen | County | |
| Öttingen-Wallerstein | County | |
| Petershausen | Abbacy | |
| Pfullendorf | Imperial City | |
| Ravensburg | Imperial City | |
| Reutlingen | Imperial City | |
| Roggenburg | Abbacy | |
| Rot | Abbacy | |
| Rothenfels | County | |
| Rottenmünster | Abbacy | |
| Rottweil | Imperial City | |
| Salmansweiler | Abbacy | |
| Schussenried | Abbacy | |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | Imperial City | |
| Schwäbisch Hall | Imperial City | |
| Sickingen | County | |
| Söfflingen | Abbacy | |
| St Georg in Isny | Abbacy | |
| Stauffen | Lordship | |
| Stühlingen | Landgraviate | |
| Tannhausen | Lordship | |
| Teck | Duchy | |
| Tettnang and Argen | Lordship | |
| Thannhausen | Lordship | |
| Thengen | County | |
| Überlingen | Imperial City | |
| Ulm | Imperial City | |
| Ursberg | Abbacy | |
| Waldburg-Scheer-Scheer | Archstewardship | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee | Archstewardship | |
| Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg | Archstewardship | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Trachburg | Archstewardship | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach | Archstewardship | |
| Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil | Archstewardship | |
| Wangen im Allgäu | Imperial City | |
| Weil der Stadt | Imperial City | |
| Weingarten | Abbacy | |
| Weißenau | Abbacy | |
| Wettenhausen | Provostry | |
| Wiesensteig | Lordship | |
| Wimpfen | Imperial City | |
| Württemberg | Duchy | |
| Zell am Harmersbach | Imperial City | |
| Zwiefalten | Abbacy |
[edit] Sources
The list of states making up the Swabian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Schwäbischer Reichskreis.
