Polity Imperial City of Donauwörth

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Was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1302: Establishment of the Imperial City of Donauwörth.

Chronology

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1. Bavarian War (1459-1463)

Was a war between the Duchy of Bavaria and the Hohenzollern domains of Ansbach and Bayreuth.

  • January 1460: Louis the Rich created the casus belli of the Bavarian War by taking the Free Imperial City of Donauwörth.
  • January 1464: A settlement was agreed in the Prague of Prague of 1463: Louis the Rich withdrew from the occupied territories and Albrecht Achilles renounced his claim to imperial jurisdiction.

Disestablishment

  • January 1537: In 1536 Donauwörth came under the control of the Fuggers.