Free Imperial City of Kempten
The Free Imperial City of Kempten was a Free Imperial City in the Swabian Circle.
Imperial City of Kempten in the Allgäu Reichstadt Kempten im Allgäu | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1289–1802/3 | |||||||||
A view of Kempten in 1650 | |||||||||
| Status | Free Imperial City (State of the Holy Roman Empire) | ||||||||
| Capital | Kempten im Allgäu | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• City founded | before 50 BC | ||||||||
• City gained Imperial immediacy | 1289 | ||||||||
• Abbey sold property within Imperial City | 1525 | ||||||||
• City converted to Protestantism | 1527 | ||||||||
| 1802/3 | |||||||||
• Abbey united with city | 1819 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.