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In the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, Frankfurt was confirmed as an Imperial Free City, and soon reached new heights of prosperity. The Palais Barckhaus at Zeil in Frankfurt even served as residence of Emperor Charles VII until 1744. [citation needed]
Frankfurt was declared an Imperial Free City (Freie und Reichsstadt) in 1372, making the city an entity of Imperial immediacy, meaning immediately subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor and not to a regional ruler or a local nobleman.
In 1220, Frankfurt became a free imperial city. From 1356 onwards, the Golden Bull declared Frankfurt as the permanent city of choice for the Roman kings. From 1562, the Emperor was also crowned in Frankfurt, the last one being the Habsburg Franz II.
By 1811, all of the Imperial Cities had lost their independence – Augsburg and Nuremberg had been annexed by Bavaria, Frankfurt had become the center of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, a Napoleonic puppet state, and the three Hanseatic cities had been directly annexed by France as part of its effort to enforce the Continental Blockade against ...
Oct 4, 2024 · Frankfurt am Main was a free imperial city from 1372 until 1806, when Napoleon I made it the seat of government for the prince primate of the Confederation of the Rhine. In 1810 the city became the capital of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, created by Napoleon.
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In 1372, Frankfurt had made such a name for itself that it was granted the title of 'Free Imperial City'. As a member of the Reichstag, it was essentially a self-governing entity, answerable only to the Emperor himself.
Frankfurt becomes free imperial city and thus member of the Reichstag [Imperial Diet], i.e. a self-administering city-state ruled by the Emperor only. 1405 The city council acquires the houses “Zum Römer” and “Zum Goldenen Schwan” and converts them into a town hall.
