Resultado de búsqueda
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 fifteenth century to denote a self-ruling city that had a certain amount of autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet. [1]
Imperial city, any of the cities and towns of the Holy Roman Empire that were subject only to the authority of the emperor, or German king, on whose demesne (personal estate) the earliest of them originated. The term freie Reichsstadt, or Free Imperial City, was sometimes used interchangeably with.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. Territory of the Imperial City, with modern district borders in yellow. City lands in darker pink, condominiums in paler pink. The Free Imperial City of Nuremberg ( German: Freie Reichsstadt Nürnberg) was a free imperial city – independent city-state – within the Holy Roman Empire.
- Nuremberg
- Free Imperial City
- Oligarchic republic
- Middle Ages
The free and imperial cities (Freie und Reichsst ä dte) were a privileged elite among the 2,500 or so towns within the Holy Roman Empire. The term "free city" originally applied to towns founded by a bishop that later won self-governance, whereas "imperial cities" dated back to royal settlements established by the emperor or developing under ...
List of the Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire. There were 51 Free Imperial Cities in the Holy Roman Empire as of 1792. They are listed here with their official confessional status after the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Aachen (Catholic) Aalen (Lutheran) Augsburg (bi-denominational) Biberach (bi-denominational)
There were 51 Free Imperial Cities in the Holy Roman Empire as of 1792. [1] . They are listed here with their official confessional status confirmed by the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Aachen (Catholic) Aalen (Lutheran) Augsburg (bi-denominational) Biberach (bi-denominational) Bopfingen (Lutheran) Bremen (Calvinist) Buchau (Catholic)
15th–16th Century. The term “free imperial city” (Reichsstadt) was coined in the fifteenth century, but the concept had roots extending back for centuries. Such cities were free from any territorial lord, secular or religious.
