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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 and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle.
From the coronation of Otto I in 936 until the 16th century, more than 30 German emperors and kings were crowned at Aachen. Aachen was fortified in the late 12th century and granted municipal rights in 1166 and 1215, and it became a free imperial city about 1250. Aachen began to decline in the 16th century.
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All coins from the Free imperial City of Aachen, presented with pictures, descriptions and more useful information: metal, size, weight, date, mintage...
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 fifteenth century to denote a self-ruling city that had a certain amount of autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
Detailed information about the coin 12 Heller, Free imperial city of Aachen, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data.
- Free imperial city of Aachen (German States)
- Standard circulation coin
- Free city (1166-1801)
- 1757-1798
During the Middle Ages, Aachen remained a city of regional importance, due to its proximity to Flanders; it achieved a modest position in the trade in woollen cloths, favoured by imperial privilege. The city remained a free imperial city, subject to the emperor only, but was politically far too weak to influence the policies of any of its ...
Detailed information about the coin 16 Mark (Ratszeichen), Free imperial city of Aachen, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data.
