Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire (1166–1801)
Free Imperial City of Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle
Freie Reichsstadt Aachen(German)
1166–1797
Flag
Coat of arms
Free Imperial City of Aachen
Status
Free Imperial City (State of the Holy Roman Empire)
Capital
Aachen
Government
Administrative republic
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Settlement founded
ca sixth millennium BC
• Gained Imp. immediacy
1166
• Fire devastated city
1656
• 1st Treaty ended War of Devolution
2 May 1668
• 2nd Treaty ended War of Austr. Succession
April – May 1748
• Annexed by France
1797
• to Kingdom of Prussia
1815
Succeeded by
Roer (department)
Today part of
Germany
The Free Imperial City of Aachen, also known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle and today known simply as Aachen, was a Free Imperial City and spa of the Holy Roman Empire west of Cologne[1] and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle.[2] The pilgrimages, the Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, flourishing industries and the privileges conferred by various emperors made it one of the most prosperous market towns of the Holy Roman Empire.[1]
^ abChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aix-la-Chapelle" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 448.
^Aachen. 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 19 June 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/200/Aachen
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