Free Imperial City of Biberach

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The Free Imperial City of Biberach was a self-governing city-state within the Holy Roman Empire that later aligned with the Protestant Evangelical Union during the early 17th century religious conflicts.

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Free Imperial City of Biberach canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
free imperial city
alignedWith Protestant Evangelical Union
linked to: Evangelical Union
coatOfArms arms of Biberach an der Riß
confessionalPolicy parity between Catholics and Protestants
country Holy Roman Empire
economy regional trade center
event mediatisation
geographicalFeature Riß River NERFINISHED
governmentForm republic
hadInstitution city church of St. Martin
guild system
hadLegislature city council of Biberach
hadMixedConfession yes
hadRepresentationIn College of Free Cities of the Reichstag
linked to: Reichsstadt
hadRight Reichstag representation
self-governance
hadUrbanFortifications yes
hasCapital Biberach an der Riß
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
knownFor bi-confessional governance
craft guilds
textile trade
language German
legalStatus immediate imperial estate
locatedIn Swabia
linked to: Swabia (Bavaria)

present-day Baden-Württemberg
lostStatusIn early 19th century
namedAfter Biberach an der Riß
participatedIn Thirty Years' War
partOf Swabian Circle
politicalAlignment Protestant estates of the Empire
politicalStructure council-led city republic
region Upper Swabia
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor
status imperial immediacy
successorState Kingdom of Württemberg
todayPartOf Germany
district of Biberach
typeOfAutonomy imperial city autonomy
wasSubjectTo Imperial Chamber Court

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Evangelical Union hasMember Free Imperial City of Biberach