Imperial circle of the Holy Roman Empire
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- During the early modern period, the Holy Roman Empire was divided into imperial circles (Latin: Circuli imperii, German: Reichskreise; singular: Circulus imperii, Reichskreis), administrative groupings whose primary purposes were the organization of common defensive structure and the collection of imperial taxes. They were also used as a means of organization within the Imperial Diet and the Imperial Chamber Court. Each circle had a circle diet, although not every member of the circle diet would hold membership of the Imperial Diet as well.
Six imperial circles were introduced at the Diet of Augsburg in 1500. In 1512, three more circles were added, and the large Saxon Circle was split into two, so that from 1512 until the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in the Napoleonic era, there were ten imperial circles. The Crown of Bohemia, the Swiss Confederacy and Italy remained unencircled, as did various minor territories which held imperial immediacy.
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Landkarte Karte des Westfälischen Kreises
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Landkarte Karte des Westfälischen Kreises
Hochrechteckiger, grenz- und...
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Landkarte "Circulus Bavaricus"
Die Landkarte zeigt den...
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Landkarte "Bavariae Circulus et Electorat in suas quasque insertis Regionibus"
Die Karte zeigt den...
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Landkarte "Charte den Bayerischen Kreis vorstellend"
Die flächenkolorierte Karte...
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Image: Kreismuseum Grimma - RR-F
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