Free Imperial City of Memmingen
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The Free Imperial City of Memmingen was an autonomous, self-governing city within the Holy Roman Empire, notable as a Protestant stronghold and active participant in early modern religious and political alliances.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former city-state
ⓘ
free imperial city ⓘ imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| capital | Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | early 19th century ⓘ |
| governmentForm |
city-state
ⓘ
republic ⓘ |
| hasAutonomyLevel | high municipal autonomy ⓘ |
| hasConstitutionalPosition | estate of the Holy Roman Empire GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion | Upper Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiplomaticRole | signatory to inter-city alliances ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveBody | city council of Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortified medieval city
ⓘ
independent urban jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
Protestant stronghold
ⓘ
autonomous self-governing city ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
example of Protestant imperial city governance
ⓘ
participant in confessional politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasJudicialStatus | high degree of legal autonomy ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | immediate to the emperor ⓘ |
| hasLegislature | city council of Memmingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | contributed troops to imperial and alliance armies ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalRights | imperial city rights ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment | Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalStatus | imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| hasReligiousPolicy | supported Protestant Reformation ⓘ |
| hasSovereigntyType | imperial city ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEconomy |
craft-based economy
ⓘ
urban trade economy ⓘ |
| hasUrbanSociety | guild-based citizenry ⓘ |
| hasUrbanStatus | imperial city with city-state character ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notSubordinateTo | territorial princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Protestant alliances in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
early modern political alliances ⓘ early modern religious alliances ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swabian Circle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper German Imperial Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| subordinateTo | Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorState | Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Reformation era
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.