Free Imperial City of Kempten
Imperial City of Kempten in the Allgäu Reichstadt Kempten im Allgäu | |||||||||
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| 1289–1802/3 | |||||||||
Mediatised to Bavaria | 1802/3 | ||||||||
• Abbey united with city | 1819 | ||||||||
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The Free Imperial City of Kempten was a
Free Imperial City in the Swabian Circle.[1]
History
In 1213,
Imperial Ducal Abbey of Kempten
.
In 1289, King
Imperial City
. In 1525 the last property rights of the abbots in the Imperial City were sold in the so-called "Great Purchase", marking the start of the co-existence of two independent cities bearing the same name next to each other.
The Imperial City converted to
Catholic monastery in 1527, signing the Augsburg Confession
.
During the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War (1632–33), the city was destroyed by imperial forces.
During the Napoleonic Wars the Imperial City came under Bavarian rule (1802–03). In 1819, the city was united with the properties of the Abbey into a single communal entity.
References
- ^ "Kempten". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2012 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/314674/Kempten
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Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories | ||||