Free City of Kraków

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The Free City of Kraków was a semi-independent city-state centered on Kraków that existed from 1815 to 1846 under the joint protection of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state
former polity
republic
annexationYear 1846
annexedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire
area approximately 1164 square kilometers
capital Kraków
coatOfArms coat of arms of Kraków with three-towered red brick gate
commonLanguage Polish
constitutionAdopted 1815
constitutionRevised 1818
continent Europe
createdBy Congress of Vienna
currency Austrian gulden
Polish złoty
dissolutionYear 1846
endDate 1846
era Partitions of Poland
Post-Napoleonic Europe
executiveBody Senate of the Free City of Kraków
flagUsed horizontally divided blue and white flag
governmentType oligarchic republic
republic
headOfStateTitle President of the Senate
internationalAgreementBasis Treaty of Vienna (Final Act of the Congress of Vienna)
surface form: Final Act of the Congress of Vienna
legalStatus protectorate
legalSystem Napoleonic Code influenced law
legislature Assembly of Representatives
locatedIn Central Europe
Kraków region
former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth territory
namedAfter Kraków
officialName Free City of Kraków self-linksurface differs
surface form: Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków with its Territory
population about 140000 in the 1840s
predecessor Duchy of Warsaw
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
protector Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
recognizedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
religion Roman Catholicism
shortName Grand Duchy of Cracow
surface form: Republic of Kraków
significantEvent Kraków Uprising of 1846
startDate 1815
status neutral
semi-independent
successorState Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
territoryIncludes Kraków
surface form: city of Kraków

surrounding rural areas

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Duchy of Warsaw successor Free City of Kraków
Austrian Partition of Poland includes Free City of Kraków
Free City of Kraków officialName Free City of Kraków self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków with its Territory
Kraków Uprising of 1846 hasLocation Free City of Kraków
Karol Estreicher Sr. placeOfBirth Free City of Kraków