Map of the Swabian Circle published in 1805 by the Geographical Institute of Weimar showing the new political configuration of Swabia following the February 1803 Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation (the so-called <i>Reichsdeputationshauptschluß</i>).The mass secularization and mediatization of 1802-1803 saw the abolition of nearly all the ecclesiastical principalities and imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire. Those located in the Swabian Circle were absorbed by Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria (the blue areas on the right), as well as by some of the local principalities such as Fürstenberg and Hohenzollern. In addition, some of the smaller imperial cities and secularized imperial abbeys of Swabia were transferred to princes who had lost their property on the left bank of the Rhine, such as Metternich and Ligne.<br>
This basic map was published before the Treaty of Pressburg of 26 December 1805. Following that treaty, all the areas in pink (the Austrian possessions of Swabia or <i>Vorderösterreich</i>) were transferred to Baden and Württemberg mostly.
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