Free imperial city
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In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities, briefly worded free imperial city, was used from the 15th century to denote a self-ruling city that had a certain amount of auto
The Swabian city of Rottweil maintained its independence up to the mediatisation of 1802–03. (Rottweil, c. 1435).
A partial list of the Free Imperial Cities of Swabia based on the Reichsmatrikel of 1521. It indicates the number of horsemen (left hand column) and infantry (right hand column) which each Imperial Estate had to contribute to the defence of the Empire.
Weißenburg im Nordgau in 1725
Württemberg more than doubled its size when it absorbed some 15 Imperial Cities (in orange) and other territories during the mediatisations of 1803 and 1806.
Holy Roman Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity comprised of and controlling much of Central Europe and Western Europe, headed by the Holy Roma
Free imperial city
…In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (German: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt, Latin: urbs…
The Holy Roman Empire during the Ottonian dynasty
Henry begging Matilda of Tuscany and Hugh of Cluny in Canossa Castle (miniature in an illuminated manuscript kept in the Vatican Library, 1115)
Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor