Free Imperial City of Ulm Freie Reichsstadt Ulm (German) | |||||||||
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| 1181–1803 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 The Free Imperial City of Ulm (lower center) and surrounding area | |||||||||
| Status | Free Imperial City | ||||||||
| Capital | Ulm | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
• Settlement founded | around 5000 BC | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1181 | ||||||||
• Großer Schwörbrief | 1397 | ||||||||
• Reformed to Protestantism | 1530 | ||||||||
| 1647 | |||||||||
• Mediatised to Bavaria | 1803 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Württemberg | 1809 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Free Imperial City of Ulm was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube, in a fertile plain at the foot of the Swabian Jura.[1]
- ^ Ulm. 2012. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 19 June 2012, from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/613251/Ulm