The Austrian Circle (German: Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. An Imperial Circle (Reichskreis, plural Reichskreise was a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire, primarily for the purpose of organizing The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in It was one of the four Imperial Circles created in 1512, 12 years after the original Reichsreform created six Circles. In 1495, an attempt was made at a Reichstag in the city of Worms to give the disintegrating Holy Roman Empire a new structure commonly referred
The Austrian Circle was largely coterminous with the so-called Erblande ("Hereditary Lands") of the Habsburg family. Habsburg Monarchy (alternatively Habsburg Empire) refers to the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor
Composition
The circle was made up of the following states:
| Name | Type of entity | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| An der Etsch | Bailiwick | An administrative grouping of lands held by the Teutonic Order; the name translates to On the Adige, referring to the river running from what is now northern Italy to the Adriatic. Deutschordensballei An der Etsch und im Gebirge ( German for the Teutonic Order 's Bailiwick on the Adige and in the mountains) A bailiwick is the area of jurisdiction of a Bailiff. The term was also applied to a territory in which the Sheriff 's functions were exercised by a privately appointed The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest |
| Austria | Archduchy | |
| Austria | Bailiwick | An administrative grouping of lands held by the Teutonic Order |
| Breisgau | Landgraviate | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Brixen | Bishopric | |
| Carinthia | Duchy | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Carniola | Duchy | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Chur | Bishopric | |
| Friuli | Duchy | Also known as Friaul, a formerly Lombardian territory in northern Italy |
| Styria | Duchy | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Swabian Austria | Landgraviate | A grouping of territories in south-western Germany including Breisgau, Burgau, Sundgau and parts of Vorarlberg. The Archduchy of Austria (Erzherzogtum Österreich one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire, was the center of the Habsburg Monarchy and The title of Archduke (feminine Archduchess) ( German: Erzherzog, feminine -also spousal- form Erzherzogin) denotes a rank above Duke Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg Landgrave ( Dutch landgraaf, German Landgraf; French landgrave; Latin comes magnus, comes patriae The Bishopric of Brixen (modern Brixen (Bressanone) in what is now the province of Bolzano-Bozen) is a former Roman Catholic Diocese and also The Duchy of Carinthia (Herzogtum Kärnten Vojvodina Koroška was a Duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. The Duchy of Carniola ( Vojvodina Kranjska, Herzogtum Krain) was an administrative unit of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1849 to 1918 The Bishop of Chur (German Bischof von Chur) is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland Friuli ( Friulian: The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from The Duchy of Styria (Herzogtum Steiermark Vojvodina Štajerska Stájerország was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. Further Austria or Anterior Austria ( Vorderösterreich, die Vorlande) was the collective name for the old possessions of the Habsburgs in Baden Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg For the town in Styria, see Burgau Austria. For the town in Portugal, see Burgau Portugal. Sundgau (suŋˈɡo in French;[http//mediala-basorg/mp3/020923/22-Alsace-Sundgau Vorarlberg is the westernmost state ( Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area ( Vienna is the smallest it borders Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Tarasp | Lordship | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
| Trent | Bishopric | |
| Tyrol | County | Held by the Archdukes of Austria |
Sources
The list of states making up the Austrian Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Österreichischer Reichskreis. Tarasp is a municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The Bishopric of Trent is a former territory of Northern Italy which was created in 1027 and existed until 1802 when it was absorbed into Habsburg Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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