Upper Rhenish Circle

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The Upper Rhenish Circle was an administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire in western and southwestern Germany, grouping together various secular and ecclesiastical territories for purposes such as defense, taxation, and imperial governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Circle
administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedIn early 19th century
hasCapital Mainz
hasLanguage German
hasRole defense coordination
imperial governance
taxation coordination
includesTerritory Abbey of Schwarzach
surface form: Abbey of Ettenheimmünster

Fulda
surface form: Abbey of Fulda

Abbey of Gengenbach
Abbey of Hersfeld
Abbey of Lorsch
Abbey of Salem
Abbey of Schuttern
Abbey of Schwarzach
Abbey of Selz
Abbey of St. Trudpert
County of Erbach
County of Hanau
County of Hohenlohe
County of Isenburg
County of Leiningen
County of Nassau
County of Wertheim
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz
surface form: Electorate of Mainz

Electoral Palatinate
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate

Basel-Stadt
surface form: Free Imperial City of Basel

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Free Imperial City of Speyer

Strasbourg
surface form: Free Imperial City of Strasbourg

Worms, Germany
surface form: Free Imperial City of Worms

Colmar
surface form: Imperial City of Colmar

Imperial City of Esslingen
Imperial City of Friedberg
Imperial City of Gelnhausen
Haguenau
surface form: Imperial City of Hagenau

Imperial City of Offenburg
Imperial City of Seltz
Imperial City of Wetzlar
Landgraviate of Hesse
Margraviate of Baden
Prince-Bishopric of Basel
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg
Prince-Bishopric of Worms
locatedIn southwestern Germany
western Germany
partOf Imperial Circles (Reichskreise)
surface form: Imperial Circles
religion Roman Catholicism

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County of Nassau partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
County of Nassau-Weilburg partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Prince-Bishopric of Basel memberOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Prince-Bishopric of Constance partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) hasPart Upper Rhenish Circle
subject surface form: Imperial Circles
Landgraviate of Hesse partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Imperial City of Wetzlar partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Prince-Bishopric of Worms partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Imperial City of Friedberg partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
County of Hanau partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Imperial City of Gelnhausen partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
County of Leiningen partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Imperial City of Seltz partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Principality of Waldeck partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
House of Nassau-Usingen memberOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau historicalRegion Upper Rhenish Circle
Baden-Durlach partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Hesse-Butzbach partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
County of Waldeck partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Margrave of Baden partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Electorate of Trier partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
County of Solms-Braunfels partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Duchy of Zweibrücken partOf Upper Rhenish Circle
Count of Nassau-Weilburg existedWithin Upper Rhenish Circle
this entity surface form: Upper Rhenish Circle of the Holy Roman Empire