Circle of Upper Saxony

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The Circle of Upper Saxony was an administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire in northern and eastern Germany, grouping together several important principalities and electorates for regional governance and defense.

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Circle of Upper Saxony canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Circle
administrative district
appliesTo imperial military contingents
imperial taxation
borderedBy Bavarian Circle
Circle of Lower Saxony
Circle of the Upper Rhine
linked to: Rheinbund
dissolvedIn early 19th century
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
establishedIn early 16th century
formedPartOf imperial circle system
governanceType collective administration of imperial estates
hadAssembly circle diet
hadElector Elector of Brandenburg
Elector of Saxony
hadFiscalRole collecting and apportioning imperial taxes
hadMilitaryRole raising troops for imperial wars
hasCapital Magdeburg
hasMember Anhalt principalities
Brandenburg (bishopric)
Duchy of Mecklenburg
Duchy of Pomerania
Electorate of Brandenburg
Electorate of Saxony
Halberstadt
Halle
linked to: Halle (Saale)

Havelberg
Lusatia
Magdeburg
Merseburg
Naumburg-Zeitz
linked to: Naumburg

Smaller imperial cities
hasPurpose regional defense
regional governance
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
includedTerritory Brandenburg
Mecklenburg
Pomerania
Saxony
languageUsed German
locatedIn eastern Germany
northern Germany
linked to: Northern Germany
partOf Holy Roman Empire
religion predominantly Lutheran
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor

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Electorate of Brandenburg partOf Circle of Upper Saxony