Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
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The Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire was a self-governing urban polity that owed allegiance directly to the emperor rather than to any intermediate territorial lord.
Aliases (9)
- Free Imperial City of Nuremberg ×3
- Free Imperial City of Frankfurt ×2
- Free Imperial City of Ulm ×2
- Free Imperial City of Augsburg ×1
- Free Imperial City of Cologne ×1
- Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main ×1
- Free Imperial City of Regensburg ×1
- Free Imperial City of Speyer ×1
- Free and Imperial Cities ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city-state
→
imperial estate → political entity → |
| couldBeMediatizedBy |
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803
→
|
| declinedWith |
centralization of territorial states
→
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 → |
| developedDuring |
High Middle Ages
→
Late Middle Ages → |
| emergedFrom |
communal movements in medieval towns
→
medieval town privileges → |
| flourishedDuring |
early modern period
→
|
| governedBy |
city council
→
urban patriciate → |
| hasCharacteristic |
corporate membership in the Empire
→
direct relationship with the emperor → economic orientation toward trade and crafts → mixed republican and oligarchic institutions → often Protestant after the Reformation → often member of regional city leagues → urban autonomy → |
| hasEstateType |
Reichsstadt
→
|
| hasPoliticalStatus |
imperial immediacy
→
|
| hasRight |
coinage in many cases
→
fortification of the city → high jurisdiction → legislation within its territory → low jurisdiction → self-government → taxation within its territory → |
| includesExamples |
Free Imperial City of Augsburg
→
Free Imperial City of Cologne → Free Imperial City of Frankfurt → Free Imperial City of Nuremberg → Free Imperial City of Strasbourg → Free Imperial City of Ulm → |
| languageOfAdministration |
German
→
Latin → |
| legalBasis |
imperial charter
→
privileges granted by the emperor → |
| notSubjectTo |
count
→
duke → local bishop as territorial lord → territorial prince → |
| owedAllegianceTo |
Empire as a whole
→
Holy Roman Emperor → |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
→
|
| representedIn |
College of Cities of the Imperial Diet
→
Imperial Diet → |
| subjectTo |
imperial courts
→
imperial law → |