Corpus separatum (Fiume)

Corpus separatum, a Latin term meaning "separated body", refers to the status of the City of Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia) while given a special legal and political status different from its environment under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary. Formally known as City of Fiume and its District (Hungarian: Fiume város és kerülete), it was instituted by Empress Maria Theresa in 1779, determining the semi-autonomous status of Fiume within the Habsburg monarchy until the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.

City of Fiume and its District
Fiume város és kerülete (Hungarian)
Stadt Fiume mit Gebiet (German)
Città di Fiume e dintorni (Italian)
Grad Rijeka i okolica (Croatian)
1779–1918
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: Indeficienter (Latin)
Inexhaustible
(without deficiency)
Territory of the corpus separatum before 1918
StatusCorpus separatum of the Kingdom of Hungary
Part of the Illyrian Provinces (1809–1816) and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1822)
Part of the Kingdom of Croatia (1849–1868)
CapitalFiume (Rijeka)
Common languages
Religion
Governor 
 1779–1783
József Majláth
 1917–1918
Zoltán Jekelfalussy
Historical era
  • Late modern Europe
  • World War I
 Established
23 April 1779
 French occupation
5 April – 17 October 1797
 French occupation
3 October 1805 – 1806
31 August 1848
17 November 1868
29 October 1918
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Area
186919.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
188019.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
189019.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi)
190021 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
191021 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Population
 1869
17,884
 1880
20,981
 1890
29,494
 1900
38,057
 1910
49,608
CurrencyGulden
(1779–1892)
Krone
(1892–1918)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)
Italian Regency of Carnaro
Today part ofCroatia
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