Free City of Frankfurt
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Frankfurt was a major city of the Holy Roman Empire, serving as the seat of imperial elections since 885 and as the site of imperial coronations from 1562 until 1792. Frankfurt was declared an Imperia
Ceremonial acceptance of the civic oath for the Free City of Frankfurt on October 16, 1816, in front of the Römer. Contemporary lithograph, J. Susenbeth, Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main
The Alte Börse (Old Stock Exchange) in 1845
The Palais Thurn und Taxis, here a photo from around 1900, was the former seat of the Bundestag, the assembly of the German states.
Goethe memorial, established in 1844 by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
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The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former territories of the Archbishopric of Mainz along w
Free City of Frankfurt
…Empire in 1806, Frankfurt fell to the rule of Napoleon I, who granted the city to Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg; the city became known as the Principality of Frankfurt. The Catholic cleric Dalberg emancipated Catholics living with the city boundary. In 1810 Dalberg merged Frankfurt with the Principality of Aschaffenburg…
Karl Theodor von Dalberg as Grand Duke of Frankfurt
Battle of the Frankfurt Bridge between Austrian/Bavarian and French troops, 1813