The Franconian Circle (German: Fränkischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle established in 1500 in the centre of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised...

[ˈfʁaŋkn̩] ; East Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German:...

Imperial Circles. The Franconian Circle, which was formed as a result of this restructuring, became decisive in the creation of a Franconian national...

imperial circles as part of the Imperial Reform: the Bavarian Circle the Franconian Circle the Saxon Circle the Swabian Circle the Upper Rhenish Circle the...

Electorate itself remained officially Protestant. Entries are listed by Imperial Circle (introduced 1500, 1512) even for territories that ceased to exist prior...

derived names of Francia and Franconia (and the adjectives Frankish and Franconian), are derived from the name given to a group of related Germanic peoples...

is nowhere near Brandenburg). Kulmbach-Bayreuth became part of the Franconian Circle in 1500. After in 1541 the ambitious Margrave Albert Alcibiades assumed...

Mergentheim (German: [baːt ˈmɛʁɡn̩thaɪm] ; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian: Märchedol) is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German...

Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtn̩bʊʁk ʔɔp deːɐ̯ ˈtaʊbɐ] ) is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia)...

Weißenburg in Bayern, formerly also Weißenburg im Nordgau, Weißenburg am Sand, is a town in Middle Franconia, Germany. It is the capital of the district...

a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Franconian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known...

current Bavarian region of Franconia ("Main Franconia"). Part of the Franconian Circle (territories grouped together within the Holy Roman Empire for defensive...

Löwenstein-Wertheim was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, part of the Franconian Circle. It was formed from the counties of Löwenstein (based in the town...

Diet (or Assembly, called Kreistag) of the Franconian Circle. They also had six voices in the Franconian College of Imperial Counts (Fränkisches Reichsgrafenkollegium)...

Hausen is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden...

Seinsheim is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It is best known for its connection with the comital Seinsheim family (german)...

Wertheim (East Franconian: Wärde) is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of around 23,400. It is located...

accredited as ambassador to the Electoral Rhenish Circle, Upper Rhenish Circle, Swabian Circle, Franconian Circle, Electorate of Mainz, Electorate of Cologne...

• Prince-Bishops styled Dukes in Franconia 1441 • Ecclesiastical Prince of Franconian Circle 1500 • Secularised and annexed by Bavaria 25 February 1803 • Ceded...

Nuremberg. Nuremberg was one of the founding 27 territories of the Franconian Circle at the Diet of Augsburg on 2 July 1500. At the beginning of the 16th...

Welzheim is a town in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 35 km east of Stuttgart, and 15 km northwest of Schwäbisch Gmünd...

Unterfranken of Bavaria. They were a member of the Fränkische Grafenkolleg ("Franconian Counts College"). The two main branches of the House of Castell were Protestant...

knights organized themselves into three circles (Ritterkreise): the Franconian, Swabian, and Rhenish Circles. The Circles in turn were divided into cantons...

Reich troops Type Commander Unit Strength Franconian Circle Infantry Regiments [de] Johann Wilhelm Köth von Wanscheid Koth Infantry Regiment 7,000 Philipp...

international airports. Schweinfurt also has a natural location in the Franconian wine country, at the Schweinfurter Rhön, with the National Natural Heritage...

The House of Schwarzenberg is a German (Franconian) and Czech (Bohemian) aristocratic family, formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses...

Erbach (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁbax] ) is a town and the district seat of the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of around...

The Franconian flag (German: Frankenfahne or Frankenflagge) is a symbol of Franconia, a region in North Bavaria and parts of Thuringia, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg...

The County of Rieneck was a comital domain within the Holy Roman Empire that lay in what is now northwestern Bavaria (in the west of Lower Franconia)....

triplum. The figures for the contingents to be supplied by each Imperial Circle were little altered until the demise of the Empire. In practice, they were...