Free Imperial City of Regensburg
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The Free Imperial City of Regensburg was a self-governing city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, located on the Danube in present-day Bavaria and known as an important political and commercial center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free Imperial City of Regensburg canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7453105 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Free Imperial City of Regensburg Context triple: [Truce of Ratisbon, signedAt, Free Imperial City of Regensburg]
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A.
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed medieval cityscape in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved architecture and testimony to the region’s trading and cultural history.
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B.
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
The Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire was a self-governing urban polity that owed allegiance directly to the emperor rather than to any intermediate territorial lord.
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C.
Free Imperial City of Speyer
The Free Imperial City of Speyer was a self-governing city-state of the Holy Roman Empire, notable as a major medieval ecclesiastical and judicial center on the Upper Rhine.
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D.
Imperial City of Friedberg
The Imperial City of Friedberg was a self-governing Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire located in what is now the German state of Hesse.
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E.
Imperial City of Wetzlar
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Free Imperial City of Regensburg Target entity description: The Free Imperial City of Regensburg was a self-governing city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, located on the Danube in present-day Bavaria and known as an important political and commercial center.
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A.
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed medieval cityscape in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved architecture and testimony to the region’s trading and cultural history.
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B.
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
The Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire was a self-governing urban polity that owed allegiance directly to the emperor rather than to any intermediate territorial lord.
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C.
Free Imperial City of Speyer
The Free Imperial City of Speyer was a self-governing city-state of the Holy Roman Empire, notable as a major medieval ecclesiastical and judicial center on the Upper Rhine.
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D.
Imperial City of Friedberg
The Imperial City of Friedberg was a self-governing Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire located in what is now the German state of Hesse.
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E.
Imperial City of Wetzlar
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former state
ⓘ
free imperial city ⓘ |
| capital | Regensburg ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | coat of arms of Regensburg ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
South German gulden
ⓘ
kreuzer ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1803 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1803 ⓘ |
| event | German mediatization ⓘ |
| followedBy | Principality of Regensburg ⓘ |
| governmentType |
free imperial city government
ⓘ
republic ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | urban territory of Regensburg ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | Reichsstadt ⓘ |
| hasLegislature | city council of Regensburg ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commercial center
ⓘ
political center ⓘ trading hub on the Danube ⓘ |
| hasStatus | Imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Bürgermeister of Regensburg ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Regensburg ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Danube River
ⓘ
linked to:
Danube
|
| memberOf |
Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
|
| notableFor |
Imperial Diet sessions in Regensburg
ⓘ
long-distance trade on the Danube ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Circles (Reichskreise)
Swabian Circle ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Bishopric of Regensburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereign | Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| startTime |
1245
ⓘ
13th century ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early modern period
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| todayPartOf |
Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Germany
Free State of Bavaria ⓘ
linked to:
Federal state of Bavaria
|
| usedLanguage |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Free Imperial City of Regensburg Description of subject: The Free Imperial City of Regensburg was a self-governing city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, located on the Danube in present-day Bavaria and known as an important political and commercial center.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.