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unusual facts about free imperial city



Hergensweiler

Hergensweiler was an Amt of the free imperial city of Lindau and was assigned to the sovereigns of Bretzenheim by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation) in 1803 as part of the new formed principality of Lindau.

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Most of the German federal states (Länder) have each their own order of merit as well, with the exception of the Free and Hanseatic Cities of Bremen and Hamburg, which reject any orders (by old tradition their citizens, particularly former or present senators, will refuse any decoration in the form of an order.

Schmalkaldic War

The war broke out in Swabia when a united army of several Lutheran Imperial cities occupied the Catholic town of Füssen, a possession of the Augsburg prince-bishops, and made the Imperial forces move toward the fortress of Ingolstadt in the Bavarian duchy.

Seltz

In 1357 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg raised Selz to an Imperial city, after which the town joined the Alsatian Décapole league.

Ulman Stromer

Ulman Stromer (6 January 1329 – 3 April 1407) was a German long-distance trader, factory owner and councillor of Nuremberg, then a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.


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Free City of Besançon

Besançon became part of the Holy Roman Empire in 1034 and in 1134, as the Archbishopric of Besançon, it gained autonomy as a free imperial city under the Holy Roman Emperor.