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The Burgraviate of Nuremberg ( German: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries passed before the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219.
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The Free Imperial City of Nuremberg (German: Freie Reichsstadt Nürnberg) was a free imperial city – independent city-state – within the Holy Roman Empire.After Nuremberg gained piecemeal independence from the Burgraviate of Nuremberg in the High Middle Ages and considerable territory from Bavaria in the Landshut War of Succession, it grew to become one of the largest and most important ...
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Between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, Nuremberg flourished on the basis of craftsmanship and trade. At the same time, the city progressively ossified in a rigid system of five strictly separated social classes. In 1525, Nuremberg was the first imperial city to implement the Reformation.
History. First mentioned in 1050, Nuremberg received a charter in 1219 and was made a free imperial city by the end of the 13th cent. The city was independent of the burgraviate of Nuremberg, which included a large part of Franconia and which came (1192) under the control of the Hohenzollern family. Nuremberg soon became, with Augsburg, one of ...
Jan 21, 2019 · Before 1921 the entire island, along with Wales, England and Scotland, formed the United Kingdom. However, in January 1919 a group of Irish politicians declared Ireland an independent country ...
Nurnberg, city, Bavaria state, southern Germany. Bavaria’s second largest city (after Munich), Nurnberg is located on the Pegnitz River where it emerges from the uplands of Franconia. The city was first mentioned in 1050 in official records as Noremberg, but it had its origin in a castle built about 10 years earlier.
Apr 16, 2023 · April 16, 2023. A devastated nuremberg, looking towards the old city center across the Pegnitz at the end of the war. Photo: wikipedia. By mid-April 1945, the end of the war in Europe was in sight. However, that did not stop ardent Nazis from holding out until the very end. In the southern state of Bavaria, the old German city of Nuremberg ...
