Free Imperial City of Ulm
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The Free Imperial City of Ulm was a self-governing, economically significant city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, renowned for its medieval trade, autonomy, and the towering Ulm Minster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Free Imperial City of Ulm canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10870068 — 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 Ulm Context triple: [Evangelical Union, hasMember, Free Imperial City of Ulm]
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A.
Free Imperial City of Augsburg
The Free Imperial City of Augsburg was a significant self-governing city within the Holy Roman Empire, renowned as a major center of trade, finance, and religious politics in early modern Germany.
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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 Worms
The Free Imperial City of Worms was a self-governing city within the Holy Roman Empire, directly subject to the emperor and historically significant as a major political and religious center, including as the site of the Diet of Worms.
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D.
Free Imperial City of Regensburg
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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E.
Old Town of Ulm
The Old Town of Ulm is a historic city center in southern Germany renowned for its medieval architecture, narrow streets, and well-preserved quarters such as the picturesque Fishermen’s and Tanners’ Quarter along the Danube.
- 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 Ulm Target entity description: The Free Imperial City of Ulm was a self-governing, economically significant city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, renowned for its medieval trade, autonomy, and the towering Ulm Minster.
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A.
Free Imperial City of Augsburg
The Free Imperial City of Augsburg was a significant self-governing city within the Holy Roman Empire, renowned as a major center of trade, finance, and religious politics in early modern Germany.
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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 Worms
The Free Imperial City of Worms was a self-governing city within the Holy Roman Empire, directly subject to the emperor and historically significant as a major political and religious center, including as the site of the Diet of Worms.
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D.
Free Imperial City of Regensburg
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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E.
Old Town of Ulm
The Old Town of Ulm is a historic city center in southern Germany renowned for its medieval architecture, narrow streets, and well-preserved quarters such as the picturesque Fishermen’s and Tanners’ Quarter along the Danube.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former polity
ⓘ
free imperial city ⓘ |
| adoptedReligion | Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptedReligionDate | 1530s ⓘ |
| capital | Ulm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | black eagle on silver field ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
South German gulden
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Ulm gulden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
German mediatization
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Reichsdeputationshauptschluss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1803 ⓘ |
| economy |
craft guilds
ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ salt trade ⓘ textile production ⓘ |
| endTime | 1803 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Electorate of Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm |
free imperial city republic
ⓘ
republic ⓘ |
| hasCitizenship | citizen of Ulm ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasPart | Ulm Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSovereigntyLevel | imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | mayor of Ulm ⓘ |
| inception | 1181 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ulm Minster tower
NERFINISHED
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civic autonomy ⓘ medieval trade ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | city council of Ulm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Baden-Württemberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Blau River
NERFINISHED
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Danube River NERFINISHED ⓘ Iller River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Swabian League
NERFINISHED
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Upper Rhenish Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBuilding | Ulm Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Reformation in Ulm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holy Roman Empire imperial estates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swabian Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | subject only to the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1181 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Free Imperial City of Ulm Description of subject: The Free Imperial City of Ulm was a self-governing, economically significant city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, renowned for its medieval trade, autonomy, and the towering Ulm Minster.
Referenced by (3)
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