List of Free Imperial Cities

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

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#Aachen
#Aalen
#Augsburg
#Biberach
#Bopfingen
#Bremen
#Buchau
#Buchhorn
#Cologne (Köln)
#Dinkelsbühl
#Dortmund
#Esslingen am Neckar
#Frankfurt am Main
#Friedberg
#Gengenbach
#Giengen
#Goslar
#Hamburg
#Heilbronn
#Isny im Allgäu
#Kaufbeuren
#Kempten
#Leutkirch im Allgäu
#Lindau
#Lübeck
#Memmingen
#Mühlhausen
#Mülhausen
#Nordhausen
#Nördlingen
#Nuremberg
#Offenburg
#Pfullendorf
#Ravensburg
#Regensburg
#Reutlingen
#Rothenburg ob der Tauber
#Rottweil
#Schwäbisch Gmünd
#Schwäbisch Hall
#Schweinfurt
#Speyer
#Überlingen
#Ulm
#Wangen
#Weil
#Weißenburg in Bayern (Nordgau)
#Wetzlar
#Wimpfen
#Windsheim
#Worms
#Zell am Harmersbach

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

#Baden (formally only?)
#Basel (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence from the Empire recognized 1648)
#Berne (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)
#Besançon (annexed by Spain, 1648)
#Brakel (annexed by the bishop of Paderborn)
#Bremgarten (formally only?)
#Cambrai (to France, 1677)
#Diessenhofen
#Donauwörth (to Bavaria, 1617)
#Duisburg (to Cleves, 1290)
#Düren (to Jülich)
#Frauenfeld
#Fribourg (became a Swiss Canton)
#Gelnhausen (to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), 1745)
#Hagenau (annexed by France, 1670s)
#Herford (to Brandenburg)
#Kolmar (annexed by France, 1673, confirmed 1697)
#Kaysersberg (annexed by France, 1648)
#Konstanz (annexed by Austria, 1548)
#Landau (annexed by France, 1648)
#Lemgo (to Lippe)
#Lucerne (became a Swiss Canton, independence recognized 1648)
#Mainz (returned to the control of its archbishop, 1462)
#Metz (annexed by France, 1552)
#Munster (annexed by France, 1648)
#Murten (to Savoy, 1255)
#Obernai (annexed by France, 1648)
#Rapperswil
#Rheinfelden (to the Hapsburgs, 1330)
#Rosheim (annexed by France, 1648)
#Sarrebourg (annexed by France)
#Schaffhausen (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence recognized 1648)
#Schmalkalden (to Hesse, 1581)
#Schlettstadt (annexed by France, 1670s)
#Soest (to Duchy of Cleves/Brandenburg, 1609)
#Solothurn (became a Swiss Canton, 1481, independence recognized 1648)
#Strassburg (annexed by France, 1681, confirmed 1697)
#Toul (annexed by France, 1552)
#Turckheim (annexed by France, 1648)
#Verden (to Duchy of Verden, 1648)
#Verdun (annexed by France, 1552)
#Warburg (annexed by the bishop of Paderborn)
#Winterthur
#Wissembourg (annexed by France, 1648)
#Zug (became a Swiss Canton, independence recognized 1648)
#Zürich (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)

ee also

*Hanseatic League
*Décapole