Free Imperial City of Kempten
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The Free Imperial City of Kempten was a Free Imperial City in the Swabian Circle.[1]
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Imperial City of Kempten in the Allgäu Reichstadt Kempten im Allgäu | |||||||||
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1289–1802/3 | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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