Lower Saxon Circle
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Imperial Circle
administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire
military district of the Holy Roman Empire
The Lower Saxon Circle was an administrative and military district of the Holy Roman Empire in northern Germany, grouping together various principalities and cities for regional governance and defense.
Aliases (1)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Circle
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administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire → military district of the Holy Roman Empire → |
| borderedBy |
Burgundian Circle (via coastal and Low Countries proximity)
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Upper Saxon Circle → Westphalian Circle → |
| contains |
County of East Frisia
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County of Oldenburg → County of Schaumburg → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg → Duchy of Holstein (imperial fiefs) → Free Imperial City of Bremen → Free Imperial City of Goslar → Free Imperial City of Hamburg → Free Imperial City of Lübeck → Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen → Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck → Prince-Bishopric of Verden → various imperial abbeys → |
| country |
Holy Roman Empire
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| dissolvedAsConsequenceOf |
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
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| dissolvedInPeriod |
early 19th century
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| establishedInPeriod |
early 16th century
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| governanceStructure |
assembly of estates of the circle
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| hasCapital |
no single fixed capital
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| hasFunction |
coordination of imperial taxation
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implementation of imperial law → organization of regional military contingents → representation of member estates at the imperial level → |
| hasRole |
regional defense unit
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regional governance unit → |
| historicalRegionOverlap |
modern German state of Lower Saxony
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parts of Bremen → parts of Hamburg → parts of Saxony-Anhalt → parts of Schleswig-Holstein → |
| languageUsed |
German
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| locatedIn |
northern Germany
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| memberOf |
system of Imperial Circles
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| militaryObligation |
to raise troops for imperial defense
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| namedAfter |
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) region
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| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
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| religion |
Roman Catholicism (minority territories)
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predominantly Lutheranism → |
| taxObligation |
to collect and remit imperial taxes from member territories
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
→
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → |
partOf |
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Duchy of Mecklenburg
("Lower Saxon Circle of the Holy Roman Empire")
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memberOf |