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A partial list of the Free Imperial Cities of Swabia based on the Reichsmatrikel of 1521. It indicates the number of horsemen (left hand column) and infantry (right hand column) which each Imperial Estate had to contribute to the defence of the Empire.
Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. Freie Reichsstadt Nürnberg ( German) 1219–1806. Coat of arms. Nuremberg, shown within the Holy Roman Empire as at 1648. Territory of the Imperial City, with modern district borders in yellow. City lands in darker pink, condominiums in paler pink. Status.
- Nuremberg
- Free Imperial City
- Oligarchic republic
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The German Confederation as the Free City of Frankfurt (Freie Stadt Frankfurt) (1815–66) Frankfurt was a major city of the Holy Roman Empire, being the seat of imperial elections since 885 and the city for imperial coronations from 1562 (previously in Free Imperial City of Aachen) until 1792.
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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 ...
In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city ( Template:Lang-de) was a city formally ruled by the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which were governed by one of the many princes of the Empire, such as dukes or prince-bishops.
Free imperial cities (also tranlated: “Imperial free city”, or “Free and Imperial City”, from German Freie [und] Reichsstädte) were all towns in the Holy Roman Empire that were immediately under the authority of the king or emperor and had a seat and vote in the Reichstag (Reichsstandschaft, status as an imperial estate).
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.