Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire

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city-state imperial estate political entity

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.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire canonical 10
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg 5
Free Imperial City of Ulm 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state ⓘ
imperial estate ⓘ
political entity ⓘ
couldBeMediatizedBy Reichsdeputationshauptschluss ⓘ
surface form: 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 Imperial City of Esslingen ⓘ
surface form: 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 the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Augsburg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Cologne

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg

Strasbourg ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Strasbourg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: College of Cities of the Imperial Diet

Imperial Diet ⓘ
subjectTo imperial courts ⓘ
imperial law ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ulm → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Johannes Kepler → placeOfDeath → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Regensburg
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → placeOfBirth → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
Nuremberg Castle → ownedBy → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt am Main
Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Speyer
Albrecht Dürer → placeOfBirth → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire → includesExamples → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire → includesExamples → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire → includesExamples → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Augsburg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire → includesExamples → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Ulm
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire → includesExamples → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Cologne
Ulm Minster → wasCityChurchOf → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Ulm
Lübeck → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire → included → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free and Imperial Cities
Weil der Stadt → historicalAffiliation → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Martin Behaim → birthPlace → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Swabian League → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Ulm
Swabian League → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Augsburg
Swabian League → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Aachen
Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Worms
Regensburg → historicalRole → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Waiblingen, Germany → historicalAffiliation → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Waiblingen
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City (medieval context)
Rothenburg ob der Tauber → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Imperial City of Friedberg → sovereigntyType → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free imperial city
Imperial City of Friedberg → partOf → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsstädte (imperial cities)
Schwäbisch Gmünd → historicalAffiliation → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Ravensburg → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Offenburg → historicalAffiliation → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Evangelical Union → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Idstein
Evangelical Union → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Neuweilnau
Evangelical Union → hasMember → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial City of Merenberg
Memmingen → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Imperial law → appliesTo → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Imperial Cities
Rottweil → historicalStatus → Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ