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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...other mountains? Or The Division Of GERMANY Into CIRCLES, As It WAS IN THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE. 1. The Divisions of this country having undergone so many changes at different periods, and its history relating chiefly to the time it subsisted as an Empire, and of its being divided into Circles, it is deemed proper, that an account of this Division should be given first; and secondly, that of its present political Division into Kingdoms and States. Obs.--In ancient times, the Rhine was reckoned the boundary between Germany and Gaul, and modern France has lately renewed that limit, although several districts on the western side of that river retain the German language and manners. The principal Princes of Germany first assumed the title of Electors, about the middle of the 13th century'; and at the same time appropriated to themselves the power of electing the head of the empire. 2. Germany was divided into ten parts, called Circles, by the Em. peror Maximilian, predecessor and grandfather to Charles V. But the Circle of Burgundy, or the 17 Provinces, (now the Kingdoms of Hoi. land and Belgium,) having been detached from the empire, there remained only nine Circles, viz: three in the north, three in the middle, and three in the south. 3. The three upper or northern Circles were, Upper Saxony, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The three in the middle were, the Upper Rhine, ihe Lower Rhine, and Franconia. The three in the south were, Austria, Bavaria, and Suabia. 4. Upper Saxony comprehended as follows: Pomerania, now subject to Prussia. Its chief Towns were, Stettin and Stralsund; 5. The late Electorate of Brandenburg, subject to its own sovereign, the King of Prussia. Its capital was Berlin. Its other Towns were, Potsdam, Brandenburg, and Frankfort on the Oder, &am...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...other mountains? Or The Division Of GERMANY Into CIRCLES, As It WAS IN THE TIME OF THE EMPIRE. 1. The Divisions of this country having undergone so many changes at different periods, and its history relating chiefly to the time it subsisted as an Empire, and of its being divided into Circles, it is deemed proper, that an account of this Division should be given first; and secondly, that of its present political Division into Kingdoms and States. Obs.--In ancient times, the Rhine was reckoned the boundary between Germany and Gaul, and modern France has lately renewed that limit, although several districts on the western side of that river retain the German language and manners. The principal Princes of Germany first assumed the title of Electors, about the middle of the 13th century'; and at the same time appropriated to themselves the power of electing the head of the empire. 2. Germany was divided into ten parts, called Circles, by the Em. peror Maximilian, predecessor and grandfather to Charles V. But the Circle of Burgundy, or the 17 Provinces, (now the Kingdoms of Hoi. land and Belgium,) having been detached from the empire, there remained only nine Circles, viz: three in the north, three in the middle, and three in the south. 3. The three upper or northern Circles were, Upper Saxony, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The three in the middle were, the Upper Rhine, ihe Lower Rhine, and Franconia. The three in the south were, Austria, Bavaria, and Suabia. 4. Upper Saxony comprehended as follows: Pomerania, now subject to Prussia. Its chief Towns were, Stettin and Stralsund; 5. The late Electorate of Brandenburg, subject to its own sovereign, the King of Prussia. Its capital was Berlin. Its other Towns were, Potsdam, Brandenburg, and Frankfort on the Oder, &am...
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