Imperial Circle

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The Imperial Circle was an administrative and military district of the Holy Roman Empire that grouped together various territories for purposes such as taxation, defense, and imperial governance.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
imperial circle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
military district ⓘ
aimedAt coordinating military contingents ⓘ
improving collection of imperial taxes ⓘ
strengthening imperial authority in the territories ⓘ
appliesTo multiple imperial territories ⓘ
associatedWith Reichskreis system ⓘ
belongsToCategory administrative divisions of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
military organization of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
taxation in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
developedInContextOf imperial reforms of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
distinguishedFrom individual imperial estates ⓘ
existedWithin imperial constitutional framework ⓘ
governedBy circle assembly ⓘ
circle director ⓘ
hasCompetence apportioning imperial taxes among member territories ⓘ
enforcement of imperial law at regional level ⓘ
raising troops for imperial campaigns ⓘ
hasFiscalRole assessment of imperial taxes ⓘ
hasFunction imperial defense ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
imperial taxation ⓘ
hasGermanName Reichskreis ⓘ
linked to: Reichskreise
hasLatinName circulus imperii ⓘ
hasMember ecclesiastical territories ⓘ
imperial cities ⓘ
imperial estates ⓘ
princely territories ⓘ
hasMilitaryRole organization of regional defense ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole coordination of imperial policy at regional level ⓘ
hasPurpose maintenance of public peace ⓘ
organization of imperial circles’ contingents for the imperial army ⓘ
regional implementation of imperial decisions ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
legalStatus public-law corporation within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet

imperial military obligations ⓘ
imperial tax registers ⓘ
typeOfDivision supra-territorial regional unit ⓘ
usedFor grouping territories for administration ⓘ
grouping territories for defense ⓘ
grouping territories for taxation ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim → partOf → Imperial Circle ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Trent → partOf → Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
Prince-Bishopric of Verden → partOf → Imperial Circle ⓘ
Reichsstand → relatedConcept → Imperial Circle ⓘ
Offices of the Holy Roman Empire → appliesToJurisdiction → Imperial circles ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
Margraviate of Bayreuth → participatedIn → Imperial Circle system ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
County of Hohenstein → partOf → Imperial Circle ⓘ
Jülich-Berg → partOf → Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
Pomerania-Wolgast → partOf → Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire → partOf → Imperial Circle ⓘ
Nassau-Weilburg-Hachenburg → partOf → Imperial Circle (Holy Roman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle
Obersächsischer Reichskreis → partOf → Imperial Circle system ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Circle