Reichskammergericht
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The Reichskammergericht was one of the two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms
Session of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar, 1750
Imperial Chamber Court building in Wetzlar, 2014
Wetzlar
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Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is the twelfth largest city in Hesse with currently 55,371 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019. As an important cultural, industrial and commercia
Reichskammergericht
…seated in Frankfurt. It was later moved to Worms, Augsburg, Nürnberg, Regensburg, Speyer, Esslingen, Speyer again (from 1527 to 1689), and finally to Wetzlar until it was dissolved in 1806. From the early Middle Ages, there had been a supreme court for the Empire, the Hofgericht, in which the Emperor himself…
The old town and the old Lahnbridge
On the Lahn
Wetzlar
Kalsmunt castle ruins.