Imperial City of Gelnhausen

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The Imperial City of Gelnhausen was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire in present-day Hesse, Germany, historically notable as a medieval trading center and imperial residence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Free Imperial City ⓘ
former city-state ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currentLocation Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany

Main-Kinzig-Kreis ⓘ
state of Hesse ⓘ
economy crafts and guilds ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
foundedBy Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
founder Frederick I Barbarossa ⓘ
governmentForm free imperial city government ⓘ
hasBuilding Imperial Palace of Gelnhausen ⓘ
hasCapital Gelnhausen ⓘ
hasCityRight fortification rights ⓘ
market rights ⓘ
toll rights ⓘ
hasLandmark Kaiserpfalz Gelnhausen ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasPrivilege imperial immediacy ⓘ
historicalFunction imperial residence ⓘ
medieval trading center ⓘ
historicalRegion Franconia ⓘ
laterReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
present-day Hesse ⓘ
locatedOn Kinzig River ⓘ
linked to: Kinzig
namedAfter Gelnhausen ⓘ
partOf Reichsstädte (Free Imperial Cities) ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
politicalEntityType imperial estate ⓘ
politicalStatus imperial immediacy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
status lost imperial immediacy in the early modern period ⓘ
strategicLocation on trade routes between Frankfurt and Leipzig ⓘ
on trade routes between Frankfurt and Nuremberg ⓘ
successorTerritory Electorate of Hesse ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
usedAs imperial assembly site ⓘ
place of imperial diets ⓘ

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Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → Imperial City of Gelnhausen ⓘ
Evangelical Union → hasMember → Free Imperial City of Gelnhausen ⓘ
linked to: Imperial City of Gelnhausen