List of Imperial Free Cities

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

  1. Aachen
  2. Aalen
  3. Augsburg
  4. Biberach
  5. Bopfingen
  6. Bremen
  7. Buchau
  8. Buchhorn
  9. Cologne (Köln)
  10. Dinkelsbühl
  11. Dortmund
  12. Esslingen am Neckar
  13. Frankfurt am Main
  14. Friedberg
  15. Gengenbach
  16. Giengen
  17. Goslar
  18. Hamburg
  19. Heilbronn
  20. Isny im Allgäu
  21. Kaufbeuren
  22. Kempten
  23. Leutkirch im Allgäu
  24. Lindau
  25. Lübeck
  26. Memmingen
  27. Mühlhausen
  28. Nordhausen
  29. Nördlingen
  30. Nuremberg
  31. Offenburg
  32. Pfullendorf
  33. Ravensburg
  34. Regensburg
  35. Reutlingen
  36. Rothenburg ob der Tauber
  37. Rottweil
  38. Schwäbisch Gmünd
  39. Schwäbisch Hall
  40. Schweinfurt
  41. Speyer
  42. Überlingen
  43. Ulm
  44. Wangen
  45. Weil
  46. Weißenburg in Bayern (Nordgau)
  47. Wetzlar
  48. Wimpfen
  49. Windsheim
  50. Worms
  51. Zell am Harmersbach

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

  1. Basel (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence from the Empire recognized 1648)
  2. Bern (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)
  3. Besançon (annexed by Spain, 1648)
  4. Brakel (annexed by the bishop of Paderborn)
  5. Cambrai (to France, 1677)
  6. Donauwörth (to Bavaria, 1617)
  7. Duisburg (to Cleves, 1290)
  8. Düren (to Jülich)
  9. Gelnhausen (to Hesse-Kassel, 1745)
  10. Hagenau (annexed by France, 1670s)
  11. Herford (to Brandenburg)
  12. Kolmar (annexed by France, 1673, confirmed 1697)
  13. Kaysersberg (annexed by France, 1648)
  14. Konstanz (annexed by Austria, 1548)
  15. Landau (annexed by France, 1648)
  16. Lemgo (to Lippe)
  17. Mainz (returned to the control of its archbishop, 1462)
  18. Metz (annexed by France, 1552)
  19. Mülhausen (annexed by France, 1798)
  20. Munster (annexed by France, 1648)
  21. Obernai (annexed by France, 1648)
  22. Rosheim (annexed by France, 1648)
  23. Sarrebourg (annexed by France)
  24. Schaffhausen (became a Swiss Canton, 1501, independence recognized 1648)
  25. Schmalkalden (to Hesse, 1581)
  26. Schlettstadt (annexed by France, 1670s)
  27. Soest (to Duchy of Cleves/Brandenburg, 1609)
  28. Solothurn (became a Swiss Canton, 1481, independence recognized 1648)
  29. Strassburg (annexed by France, 1681, confirmed 1697)
  30. Toul (annexed by France, 1552)
  31. Turckheim (annexed by France, 1648)
  32. Verden (to Duchy of Verden, 1648)
  33. Verdun (annexed by France, 1552)
  34. Warburg (annexed by the bishop of Paderborn)
  35. Wesel (to Cleves, 1609)
  36. Wissembourg (annexed by France, 1648)
  37. Zürich (became a Swiss Canton, 1351, independence recognized 1648)
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