Austrian Circle

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Austrian Circle Österreichischer Reichskreis
Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire
1512–1806
The Austrian Circle as at the beginning of the 16th century within the Holy Roman Empire
History
• Established	1512
• Disestablished	1806
Today part of	Austria Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Italy Liechtenstein Slovenia Switzerland

The Austrian Circle (German: Österreichischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. It was one of the four Imperial Circles created by decree after the 1512 Diet at Cologne, twelve years after the original six Circles were established in the course of the Imperial Reform. It roughly corresponds to present-day Austria (except for Salzburg and Burgenland), Slovenia, and the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Venezia Giulia regions of Northern Italy, but also comprised the Further Austrian territories in the former Swabian stem duchy.