Free Imperial City of Rottweil

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The Free Imperial City of Rottweil was an autonomous city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, notable for its strategic location in southwestern Germany and its later alignment with Protestant political alliances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
free imperial city
capital Rottweil
category City-states in Europe
Former republics
Free imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire
History of Baden-Württemberg
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionCause German mediatization
dissolvedIn 1802
governmentType city republic
republic
hadAlliance Old Swiss Confederacy
Swiss Confederation
hadInstitution city council of Rottweil
hadPrivilege imperial immediacy
hadRight imperial representation at the Imperial Diet
hasLegalSystem city law of Rottweil
hasStatus imperial immediacy
historicalTerritoryOf Germany
knownFor legal code influential in southwestern Germany
medieval fortifications
strategic location on trade routes
language German
locatedIn Duchy of Swabia
Holy Roman Empire
Southwestern Germany
partOf Swabian Circle
Upper Rhine region
politicalAlignment Protestant Union
Protestant alliances
presentIn Baden-Württemberg
region Swabia
linked to: Swabia (Bavaria)
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor
succeededBy Duchy of Württemberg
Electorate of Württemberg
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages
todayPartOf Baden-Württemberg
Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
typeOfAutonomy imperial city autonomy

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Evangelical Union hasMember Free Imperial City of Rottweil
Schiltach historicalAffiliation Free Imperial City of Rottweil (historical ties)
linked to: Free Imperial City of Rottweil