Upper Saxon Circle

Upper Saxon Circle

The Upper Saxon Circle ( _de. Obersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512.

The circle was dominated by the two electorates of Brandenburg and Saxony.

Composition

The circle was made up of the following states:

Sources

The list of states making up the Upper Saxon Circle is based on that in the German Wikipedia article Obersächsischer Reichskreis.

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