Imperial Circles (Reichskreise)

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administrative division of the Holy Roman Empire imperial estate grouping territorial organization

The Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) were regional groupings of territories within the Holy Roman Empire that served to organize imperial administration, defense, and taxation from the early 16th century onward.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Imperial Circles 8
Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire 2
Reichskreis system 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
imperial estate grouping ⓘ
territorial organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Reichskreise ⓘ
Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
surface form: imperial circles
appliesFrom reign of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
appliesTo imperial estates ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime 1806 ⓘ
excluded Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia and its crown lands

most Italian territories of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
some immediate imperial territories ⓘ
followed earlier, looser regional groupings ⓘ
governingBody circle diet ⓘ
circle director ⓘ
hasComponent abbeys ⓘ
counties ⓘ
duchies ⓘ
imperial cities ⓘ
prince-bishoprics ⓘ
hasPart Austrian Circle ⓘ
Bavarian Circle ⓘ
Burgundian Circle ⓘ
Rhenish Circle ⓘ
surface form: Electoral Rhenish Circle

Franconian Circle ⓘ
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
Lower Saxon Circle ⓘ
Swabian Circle ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
Upper Saxon Circle ⓘ
inception 1500 ⓘ
languageOfRecord German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalBasis imperial recesses of 1500 and 1512 ⓘ
numberOfSubdivisions 10 ⓘ
partOf imperial reform structure ⓘ
purpose collection of imperial taxes ⓘ
coordination of imperial defense ⓘ
enforcement of imperial law ⓘ
organization of imperial administration ⓘ
reorganized 1512 ⓘ
significantEvent Imperial Reform ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Reform of 1495–1512
startTime early 16th century ⓘ
territorialExtent German-speaking core of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
usedFor implementing imperial court decisions ⓘ
raising imperial contingents ⓘ
regional peacekeeping ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor Maximilian I → implementedReform → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle → partOf → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire → organizedIn → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Saxe-Coburg → partOf → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire
Rhenish Circle → partOfSystem → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Reform → hasPart → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Imperial Reform → relatedTo → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire → participatesIn → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Circles
this entity surface form: imperial circles
Upper Saxon Circle → partOf → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Swabian Circle → partOf → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial prelates → participatedIn → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Franconian Circle → partOf → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Circles
Imperial Circle → associatedWith → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichskreis system
Reichsarmee → organizedAccordingTo → Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichskreis system