Free Imperial City of Heilbronn

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The Free Imperial City of Heilbronn was an autonomous, Protestant-leaning city-state within the Holy Roman Empire that played a role in early 17th-century German religious and political alliances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
free imperial city
capital Heilbronn NERFINISHED
coatOfArms arms of the city of Heilbronn
confessionalOrientation Protestant-leaning
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause mediatisation
economy trade
wine production
governmentType city republic
republic
hasMunicipalCouncil city council of Heilbronn NERFINISHED
hasStatus imperial immediacy
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Reformation era NERFINISHED
Thirty Years' War period NERFINISHED
judicialAuthority own courts
language Early New High German NERFINISHED
German
legalStatus imperial estate
locatedIn Heilbronn NERFINISHED
Swabia NERFINISHED
present-day Baden-Württemberg
militaryObligations contingent service to the Holy Roman Empire
notableEvent participation in Protestant leagues
notableFor autonomous status within the Holy Roman Empire
role in early 17th-century German alliances
partOf Swabian Circle NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn Protestant alliances in the Holy Roman Empire
Thirty Years' War era alliances
early 17th-century German religious politics
politicalAlignment Protestant
politicalRole participant in regional Protestant leagues
region southwestern Germany
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
religiousPolicy favored Protestant causes
representationIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
sovereignty limited territorial sovereignty within the Holy Roman Empire
subordination directly subject to the Holy Roman Emperor
successorState Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED
taxStatus paid taxes directly to the emperor
typeOfAutonomy internal self-government
urbanCharacter fortified city

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Evangelical Union hasMember Free Imperial City of Heilbronn