free imperial city
nounEtymology
A calque of German Freie Reichsstadt (short singular form of Freie und Reichsstädte) or Latin urbs imperialis libera.
- derived from Freie Reichsstadt
Definitions
A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was…
A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
- The city-states of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire had their origins as free imperial cities, a term coined in the late eleventh century.
- Verdun was an ancient bishopric and a free imperial city, which France conquered in 1552 (together with Metz and Toul) and made into a fortress to protect its eastern borders.
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