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Giengen is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge of the Swabi
Giengen from the Bruckersberg
The Marktplatz
The Brenz River at Giengen, circa 1910
Giengen circa 1910
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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
Giengen
…Giengen (German pronunciation: ; full name: Giengen an der Brenz , lit. 'Giengen on the Brenz'; Swabian: Gẽänge) is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge…
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.