Free Imperial City of Speyer

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The Free Imperial City of Speyer was a self-governing city-state of the Holy Roman Empire, notable as a major medieval ecclesiastical and judicial center on the Upper Rhine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former polity
free imperial city
associatedWith Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
Protestation at Speyer NERFINISHED
dissolvedBy German mediatization NERFINISHED
economyBasedOn crafts
trade
wine trade
endTime 1803
governmentType republican city-state
hasCapital Speyer NERFINISHED
hasCathedral Speyer Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasCityRight fortification rights
market rights
toll rights
hasDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED
hasEcclesiasticalRole seat of a bishopric
hasEthnicGroup Germans
hasFortification city gates
city walls
hasJudicialRole site of imperial courts
hasLanguage Early New High German NERFINISHED
Latin
hasLegalInstitution Reichskammergericht sessions
hasSymbol coat of arms of Speyer
hostedEvent Diet of Speyer (1526) NERFINISHED
Diet of Speyer (1529) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Rhineland NERFINISHED
Upper Rhine NERFINISHED
present-day Germany
locatedOn Rhine River NERFINISHED
namedAfter city of Speyer NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalStatus imperial city
self-governing
religion Roman Catholicism
significantFor ecclesiastical center
imperial diets
judicial center
medieval trade
sovereigntyType imperial immediacy
startTime 13th century
successorState Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
UNESCOWorldHeritageRelatedSite Speyer Cathedral NERFINISHED

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Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Free Imperial City of Speyer
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer hasEnclave Free Imperial City of Speyer
Evangelical Union hasMember Free Imperial City of Speyer