Electoral Rhenish Circle
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A map of the Imperial Circles as at the beginning of the 16th century. The Electoral Rhenish Circle is shown in grey-brown.

The Electoral Rhenish Circle (German: Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512.

The circle derived its name from four of the seven prince-electors whose lands comprised the vast majority of its territory.

Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

Name	Type of entity	Comments
Arenberg	Principality
Beilstein	Lordship	original Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
Cologne	Archbishopric	An electorate
Koblenz	Bailiwick	An administrative grouping of lands held by the Teutonic Order around Koblenz
Lower Isenburg	County
Mainz	Archbishopric	An electorate
Electoral Palatinate	County palatine	An electorate
Rheineck	Burgraviate	Burg Rheineck, not Rheineck, St Gallen
Thurn and Taxis	County
Trier	Archbishopric	An electorate

Sources

The list of states making up the Electoral Rhenish Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Kurrheinischer Reichskreis.

v • d • e Electoral Rhenish Circle (1512–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire Electorates Cologne · Mainz · Palatinate · Trier Other territories Arenberg · Beilstein · Koblenz · Nieder-Isenburg · Rheineck · Thurn and Taxis

v • d • e Circles of the Holy Roman Empire after the Imperial Reform Created in 1500 Bavarian · Franconian · Westphalian (Lower Rhenish-Westphalian) · Lower Saxon · Swabian · Upper Rhenish Created in 1512 Austrian · Burgundian · Electoral Rhenish · Upper Saxon