Upper Rhenish Circle

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Imperial Circle administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire

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.

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

County of Nassau → partOf → Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ

County of Nassau-Weilburg → partOf → Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ

Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz → partOf → Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ