The Free Imperial City of Nuremberg was a free imperial city – independent city-state – within the Holy Roman Empire. After Nuremberg gained piecemeal independence from the Burgraviate of Nuremberg in
Old fortifications of Nuremberg
Imperial Castle at Nuremberg
St. Lorenz Church
Wolffscher Bau of the old city hall
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
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The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centurie
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
…Nürnberg) was a free imperial city – independent city-state – within the Holy Roman Empire. After Nuremberg gained piecemeal independence from the Burgraviate of Nuremberg in the High Middle Ages and considerable territory from Bavaria in the Landshut War of Succession, it grew to become one of the largest and most important…
Coat of arms of the Hohenzollern as burgraves, in a stained glass window at Hohenzollern Castle
Nuremberg Imperial Castle
The Burgrave's Castle
Cadolzburg Castle (from 1260 seat of the Burgraves)