The Austrian Circle (German: Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1512, and was largely coterminous with the hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg.
|
Name |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|
 On the Adige |
Bailiwick | Administrative bailiwick of the Teutonic Order |
| Austria |
Bailiwick | Administrative bailiwick of the Teutonic Order |
 Brixen |
Bishopric | |
 Carinthia |
Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Carniola |
Margraviate | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Chur |
Bishopric | |
 Friuli |
Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Further Austria |
Collective region of Habsburg hereditary lands | |
 Lower Austria |
Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Styria |
Duchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Tarasp |
Lordship | |
 Trent |
Bishopric | |
 Tyrol |
County | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Upper Austria |
Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
Former Estates of the Austrian Circle[]
|
Name |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|
| Austria |
Archduchy | Habsburg hereditary land |
 Gradisca |
Princely County | To Eggenberg from 1653 - 1717 |
 Gurk |
Bishopric | |
 Hardegg (Hardeck) |
County | |
 Lavant |
Bishopric | |
 Losenstein |
Barony | |
 Rogendorf |
Lordship | |
 Schaumberg |
County | |
 Seckau |
Bishopric | |
 Wolckenstein-Rodenegg |
Barony |
| Austrian Circle |
|---|
| on the Adige | Austria (bailiwick) | Breisgau | Brixen | Carinthia | Carniola | Chur | Friuli Further Austria | Gorizia | Lower Austria | Styria | Tarasp | Trent | Tyrol | Upper Austria |
| Earlier Members: |
| Austria (archduchy) | Gradisca | Gurk | Hardegg | Lavant | Losenstein | Rogendorf Schaunberg | Seckau | Wolkenstein-Rodenegg |
| Imperial Circles |
|---|
| Austrian | Bavarian | Burgundian | Electoral Rhenish | Franconian | Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Lower Saxon | Swabian | Upper Rhenish | Upper Saxon |