Imperial City of Wetzlar

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The Imperial City of Wetzlar was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire, historically notable as a legal and administrative center that hosted the Empire’s highest court, the Reichskammergericht.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Free Imperial City ⓘ
former city-state ⓘ
capital Wetzlar ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1803 ⓘ
endTime 1803 ⓘ
followedBy Wetzlar (Prussian city) ⓘ
linked to: Wetzlar
governmentType republic ⓘ
hasHeritage medieval urban law ⓘ
hasHighestCourtOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasHistoricalEra Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction imperial estate with voting rights ⓘ
seat of imperial justice ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Rhenish Franconia ⓘ
linked to: Kurpfalz
hasJurisdictionOver Reichskammergericht ⓘ
hasLegalInstitution Imperial Chamber Court ⓘ
hasLegalStatus immediate territory of the emperor ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding Wetzlar Cathedral ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage German ⓘ
hasPoliticalSystem oligarchic city council ⓘ
hasRole administrative center ⓘ
legal center ⓘ
hasStatus imperial immediacy ⓘ
hasTypeOfAutonomy territorial autonomy under emperor ⓘ
hosted Reichskammergericht ⓘ
languageUsedInAdministration Early New High German ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Hesse ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ
locatedOn River Lahn ⓘ
linked to: Lahn
notableFor early legal career of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
precededBy Wetzlar (imperial fief under local lords) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
significantEvent Mediatization to Prussia ⓘ
Relocation of Reichskammergericht to Wetzlar ⓘ
startTime 1180 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
usedCurrency Gulden ⓘ
Reichsthaler ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Imperial City of Wetzlar ⓘ
Imperial City of Wetzlar → precededBy → Wetzlar (imperial fief under local lords) ⓘ
linked to: Imperial City of Wetzlar
Evangelical Union → hasMember → Free Imperial City of Wetzlar ⓘ
linked to: Imperial City of Wetzlar
Rheinischer Kreis → hasPart → Free Imperial City of Wetzlar ⓘ
linked to: Imperial City of Wetzlar