List of Free Imperial Cities
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This is a list of Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire as of 1792:
- 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, 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)
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