List of Free Imperial Cities

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This is a list of Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire as of 1792:

Coat of Arms of the Free Imperial Cities (of 1605) - part 1

Coat of Arms of the Free Imperial Cities (of 1605) - part 2

Other cities which were once Free Imperial cities, but had ceased to be so by 1792, include:

1. Baden (formally only?)
2. Basel (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence from the Empire recognized 1648)
3. Berne (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)
4. Bisanz (annexed by Spain, 1648)
5. Brakel (annexed by the bishop of Paderborn)
6. Bremgarten (formally only?)
7. Kamerich (to France, 1677)
8. Diessenhofen
9. Deventer
10. Donauwörth (to Bavaria, 1617)
11. Duisburg (to Cleves, 1290)
12. Düren (to Jülich)
13. Frauenfeld
14. Fribourg (became a Swiss Canton)
15. Gelnhausen (to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), 1745)
16. Hagenau (annexed by France, 1670s)
17. Herford (to Brandenburg)
18. Kolmar (annexed by France, 1673, confirmed 1697)
19. Kampen
20. Kaisersberg (annexed by France, 1648)
21. Kessenich
22. Konstanz (annexed by Austria, 1548)
23. Landau (annexed by France, 1648)
24. Lemgo (to Lippe)
25. Lucerne (became a Swiss Canton, independence recognized 1648)
26. Mainz (returned to the control of its archbishop, 1462)
27. Metz (annexed by France, 1552)
28. Münster im Elsass (annexed by France, 1648)
29. Murten (to Savoy, 1255)
30. Nijmegen (to Guelders, 1247)
31. Oberehnheim (annexed by France, 1648)
32. Rapperswil
33. Rheinfelden (to the Habsburgs, 1330)
34. Rosheim (annexed by France, 1648)
35. Saarburg (Sarrebourg) (annexed by France)
36. Schaffhausen (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence recognized 1648)
37. Schmalkalden (to Hesse, 1581)
38. Schlettstadt (annexed by France, 1670s)
39. Soest (to Duchy of Cleves/Brandenburg, 1609)
40. Solothurn (became a Swiss Canton, 1481, independence recognized 1648)
41. Strassburg (annexed by France, 1681, confirmed 1697)
42. Toul (annexed by France, 1552)
43. Türkheim (annexed by France, 1648)
44. Verden (to Duchy of Verden, 1648)
45. Verdun (annexed by France, 1552)
46. Warburg (annexed by the prince-bishop of Paderborn)
47. Winterthur
48. Weißenburg (annexed by France, 1648)
49. Zug (became a Swiss Canton, independence recognized 1648)
50. Zürich (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)

See also

• Hanseatic League
• Décapole

List of states in the Holy Roman Empire
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Free Imperial Cities - Imperial abbeys

v • d • e Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire   As of 1792 Aachen · Aalen · Augsburg · Biberach · Bopfingen · Bremen1 · Buchau · Buchhorn · Cologne1 · Dinkelsbühl · Dortmund1 · Esslingen · Frankfurt · Friedberg · Gengenbach · Giengen · Goslar1 · Hamburg1 · Heilbronn · Isny · Kaufbeuren · Kempten · Kessenich · Leutkirch · Lindau · Lübeck1 · Memmingen · Mühlhausen · Mülhausen2, 3 · Nordhausen · Nördlingen · Nuremberg · Offenburg · Pfullendorf · Ravensburg · Regensburg · Reutlingen · Rothenburg · Rottweil3 · Schwäbisch Gmünd · Schwäbisch Hall · Schweinfurt · Speyer · Überlingen · Ulm · Wangen · Weil · Weißenburg · Wetzlar · Wimpfen · Windsheim · Worms · Zell Free Imperial Cities as at 1648   Cities that lost Reichsfreiheit status before 1792 or gained independence Basel3 · Berne3 · Besançon · Brakel · Cambrai · Diessenhofen · Donauwörth · Duisburg · Düren · Gelnhausen · Hagenau2 · Herford · Kolmar2 · Kaysersberg2 · Konstanz · Landau2 · Lemgo · Lucerne3 · Mainz · Metz · Munster2 · Obernai2 · Pfeddersheim · Rheinfelden · Rosheim2 · St. Gallen3 · Sarrebourg · Schaffhausen3 · Schmalkalden · Schlettstadt2 · Soest1 · Solothurn3 · Strassburg · Toul · Turckheim2 · Verden · Verdun · Warburg · Wissembourg2 · Zürich3 1 Member of the Hanseatic League.   2 Member of the Décapole.   3 Member or associate of the Swiss Confederacy.