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    neighboring Reichsstadt Friedberg and the Freigericht Kaichen, included a narrow strip of land in the southern Wetterau. Consequently, Friedberg Castle can...
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    Friedberg (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːtˌbɛʁk] ; official name: Friedberg (Hessen)) is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse...
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    (German: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt, Latin: urbs imperialis libera), was used from the 15th century to denote...
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    council presided over a majority Protestant population; see Paritätische Reichsstadt. Augsburg's economic boom years occurred during the 15th and 16th centuries...
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    members; neither qualified as Imperial States. Imperial Free City (freie Reichsstadt): a city formally responsible to the emperor only – as opposed to the...
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    administration together with other imperial castles such as Frankfurt, Friedberg, Wetzlar, Trebur and Seligenstadt. The Gelnhausen palace also controlled...
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    independent state as part of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1232 Wiesbaden became a Reichsstadt, an imperial city, of the Holy Roman Empire. However, in 1242, during...
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    around 1380. Book trade fairs began in 1478. In 1372, Frankfurt became a Reichsstadt (Imperial Free City), i.e., directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor...
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  • federation of cities with Mainz, Worms, Bingen, Frankfurt, Gelnhausen and Friedberg. Yet, mainly at the instigation of the church, this federation was prohibited...
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    Alterthumskunde, Frankfurt am Main 1920. Eduard Pelissier: Die Landwehren der Reichsstadt Frankfurt am Main. Topographisch-historische Untersuchung. Völcker, Frankfurt...
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