Free Imperial City of Kempten

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The Free Imperial City of Kempten was an autonomous city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, notable as a Protestant stronghold and active participant in early modern religious and political alliances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous city-state
former state
free imperial city
capital Kempten NERFINISHED
circleOfEmpire Swabian Circle NERFINISHED
coexistedWith Prince-Abbey of Kempten NERFINISHED
confessionalCharacter Protestant city
conflictWith Prince-Abbey of Kempten NERFINISHED
dissolvedOrAbolished 1802
endOfExistence 1802
governmentType city-state
republic
hadLegalStatus immediate to the Emperor
hadRulingBody city council of Kempten NERFINISHED
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
historicalRegion Swabian Circle NERFINISHED
language German
locatedIn Allgäu NERFINISHED
Swabia NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Bavaria NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
mergedInto Kempten (Bavaria) NERFINISHED
mergedWith Prince-Abbey of Kempten NERFINISHED
participatedIn Protestant alliances
early modern political alliances
early modern religious alliances
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalAlignment Protestant stronghold
reasonForEnd German mediatization NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
representedIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
sovereigntyType imperial immediacy
startOfExistence 1289
status imperial free city
successor Electorate of Bavaria NERFINISHED
todayPartOf Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
Free State of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Kempten (Allgäu) NERFINISHED
typeOfState imperial city-state

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Evangelical Union hasMember Free Imperial City of Kempten