Greater German Empire

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The Greater German Empire (German: Großdeutsches Kaiserreich), often unofficially referred to as the German Empire, or simply Germany, and also in the most official of documents known as the Holy Empire of the Greater German Nation, is a multi-ethnic complex of territories that developed during the Bellum Unificare I and has continued till present.

## Administrative Divisions: Imperial Circles

The Greater German Empire is divided into Imperial Circles (Latin: Circuli imperii, German: Reichskreise; singular Circulus imperii, Reichskreis), administrative groupings according to planet (compare Dominions) whose primary purposes are the organization of common defensive structure and the collection of imperial taxes. They were also used as a means of organization within the Imperial Diet and the Imperial Chamber Court. Each circle had a Circle Diet, and every member of the Circle Diet holds membership of the Imperial Diet as well.

* Imperial Circle of Austria
* Imperial Circle of Bohemia
* Imperial Circle of Burgundy
* Imperial Circle of Swabia
* Imperial Circle of the Rhine
* Imperial Circle of Lower Saxony
* States of the Church (Titular Circle; part of the Imperium Romanum)
* Imperial Circle of Saxony
* Imerial Circle of Franconia
* Imperial Circle of Bavaria
* Imperial Circle of Italy (Titular Circle; part of the Imperium Romanum)
* Imperial Circle of Westfalia
* Imperial Circle of Prussia

### Imperial Circle of Austria

The **Austrian Circle** (German: *Österreichischer Reichskreis*), also known as the **Austrian Empire** (Austrian German: *Kaiserthum Oesterreich*, modern spelling '**Kaisertum Österreich'**) is an Imperial Circle of the Greater German Empire. It is 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.

### Imperial Circle of Bohemia

The **Bohemian Imperial Circle** (German: *Böhmischer Reichskreis*), also known as the **Lands of the Bohemian Crown** (German: *Länder der Böhmischen Krone*), is an Imperial Circle of the Greater German Empire. It is one of the Imperial Circles created by decree after the Bellum Unificare I, established in course after the Second Imperial Reform.

* Bechyně
* Boleslav
* Čáslav
* Chrudim
* Hradec Králové
* Kladsko
* Litoměřice
* Loket
* Vltava
* Plzeň
* Rakovník
* Slaný
* Žatec
* Brno
* Hradiště
* Jihlava
* Olomouc
* Přerov
* Znojmo
* Brzeg
* Bytom
* Cieszyn
* Głogów
* Jawor
* Legnica
* Mysa
* Oleśnica
* Opava
* Opole
* Pszczyna
* Racibórz
* Ścinawa
* Świdnica
* Wrocław
* Żagań
* Ziębice
* Upper Lusatia at Bautzen
* Lower Lusatia at Lübben

### Imperial Circle of Burgundy

Seventeen Provinces

1. the County of Artois
2. the Duchy of Brabant
3. the County of Drenthe
4. the County of Flanders
5. the Lordship of Friesland
6. the Lordship of Groningen
7. the Duchy of Guelders
8. the County of Hainaut
9. the County of Holland
10. the Duchy of Limburg
11. the Duchy of Luxembourg
12. the Lordship of Mechelen
13. the County of Namur
14. the Lordship of Overijssel
15. the Prince-Bishopric, later Lordship of Utrecht
16. the County of Zeeland
17. the County of Zutphen

County of Burgundy

1. the Free County of Burgundy and
2. the Imperial City of Besançon