- In the Holy
Roman Empire,
imperial immediacy (German:
Reichsunmittelbarkeit or Reichsfreiheit) was the
status of an
individual or a
territory which was...
-
Hohenstaufen emperors had
granted these valleys reichsfrei status in the
early 13th century. As
reichsfrei regions, the
cantons (or regions) of Uri, Schwyz...
-
Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, Danish: Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Lauenborg), was a
reichsfrei duchy that
existed from 1296 to 1803 and
again from 1814 to 1876 in the...
-
black eagle in a gold
field (in
reference to the region's old
status as
reichsfrei) over two
fields in the
cantonal colours of red and black. The
Swiss German...
-
Lavant (1225)
sometimes used the Fürstbischof title, but
never held any
reichsfrei territory. However, all bishops'
princely titles were
abolished by the...
- the
death of
Berchtold V in 1218, and
their cities subsequently became reichsfrei (essentially a city-state
within the Holy
Roman Empire),
while the dukes...
- Zürich
became reichsfrei in 1218.
While some of the "Forest Communities" (Waldstätten, i.e. Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden) were
reichsfrei the Habsburgs...
- Altena. The
United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a
combination of
reichsfrei states within the Holy
Roman Empire.
Johann Wilhelm was
first married...
- Aalen. It's the home of the
Neresheim Abbey,
which still hosts monks, was
Reichsfrei until the
German Mediatisation and was
built by
Balthasar Neumann. Another...
-
corresponds to the
lands acquired by the city of
Zurich after it
became reichsfrei in 1218.
Zurich pursued a
policy of
aggressive territorial expansion especially...
