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The free imperial cities in the 18th century. In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (German: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt, Latin: urbs imperialis libera), was used from the 15th century to denote a self-ruling city that had a certain amount of autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
Coats of Arms of the Free Imperial Cities (of 1605) – part 1 Coats of Arms of the Free Imperial Cities (of 1605) – part 2 (two top rows only). In many of these coats of arms, an eagle reflects the direct association with the Holy Roman Emperor, whose own standard was that of an imperial eagle.
Imperial Free City (freie Reichsstadt): a city formally responsible to the emperor only – as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to the territory of one of the many princes (Fürsten) of the Empire, such as dukes or prince-bishops. Free cities also had independent representation in the Imperial Diet of the Holy ...
1664: HRE Princely Count 1791: Acquired Gottschee 1806: Tengen to Baden: Augsburg: Bishopric Swab EC 4th Century: Diocese established 8th Century: First mention of historical mention of diocese c. 888: Imperial immediacy 1276: City of Augsburg acquired independence 1802: To Bavaria: Augsburg: Free Imperial City Swab SW 1276: Free Imperial City ...
The Free Imperial City of Aachen, also known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle and today known simply as Aachen, was a Free Imperial City and spa of the Holy Roman Empire west of Cologne [1] and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. [2]
Free imperial cities and Imperial villages, which were subject only to the jurisdiction of the emperor. The scattered estates of the free Imperial Knights and Imperial Counts, immediate subject to the Emperor but unrepresented in the Imperial Diet. A sum total of 1,500 Imperial estates has been reckoned. [211]
Harmersbach was attached to the Free City of Zell. However the legal basis for doing so was shaky, and a bailiwick was established in the valley; 1689: Legally attached to Zell; 1718: Free Imperial Valley; 1803: To Baden
Examples of free cities include Amphipolis, which after 357 BC remained permanently a free and autonomous city inside the Macedonian kingdom; [2] and probably also Cassandreia and Philippi. Under Seleucid rule, numerous cities enjoyed autonomy and issued coins; some of them, like Seleucia and Tarsus continued to be free cities, even after the ...