Electoral Rhenish Circle

The Electoral Rhenish Circle (German: Kurrheinischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512.[1] The circle derived its name from four of the seven prince-electors whose lands along the Middle Rhine comprised the vast majority of its territory.The circle was made up of the following states:
The Electoral Rhenish Circle as at the beginning of the 16th century
map of the Electoral Rhenish Circle from Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis by Matthäus Merian , 1646
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