neutrality. Besançon became part of the Holy Roman Empire in 1034 as the Archbishopric of Besançon, and in 1184 it gained autonomy as a free imperial city under...
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The Free Imperial City of Besançon was a self-governing free imperial city that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Besançon. From 1184...
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for over 500 years in what is now Germany Free City of Besançon, in what is now eastern France Free City of Bremen, from 1646 to 1871, with the name still...
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Saint-Ferjeux Chailluz As of 2021, the population of the City of Besançon was 119,198. It is the 33rd most populous city of France. Grand Besançon Métropole covers...
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up the previously democratic form of government of the formerly Free City of Besançon. As part of the deal the city became the administrative centre for...
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Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (German: Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt, Latin: urbs...
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district of Belfort was withdrawn from the bishopric of Strasburg and attached to the diocese of Besançon. The metropolitan jurisdiction of Besançon also...
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of the HRE, the county was granted a high degree of autonomy. The largest city, Besançon, was granted the status of free imperial city. The rest of the...
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diocese of Besançon active. 11th C. – Church of Notre-Dame, Besançon [fr] built. 1184 - Frederick I made it a free imperial city. 1393 – Besançon Town Hall [fr]...
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Besançon-les-Bains, then and now Besançon-les-Bains was a former thermal establishment in Besançon during the 19th century. The term "Besançon-les-Bains"...
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Wikipedia (redirect from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
In 2015, French researchers José Lages of the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon and Dima Shepelyansky of Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse published...
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in Besançon History of Jews in France and Judaism Timeline of Besançon History of watchmaking in Besançon [fr] Judaicultures.info, on the life of Jews...
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of Besançon is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 23 Quai de Strasbourg, in the Battant area, near the old part of town, in the city of Besançon...
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botanique de Besançon (Botanical Garden of Besançon), more formally the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Franche-Comté et de la Ville de Besançon, is a botanical...
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people of Besançon joined in the clockmaking fever, definitively transforming Besançon into the Capitale française de l'horlogerie (French capital of clockmaking)...
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The siege of Besançon took place from 25 April to 22 May 1674 during the Franco-Dutch War, when French forces nominally led by Louis XIV of France invaded...
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51 Free Imperial Cities in the Holy Roman Empire as of 1792. They are listed here with their official confessional status confirmed by the Peace of Westphalia...
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religion in Besançon after Catholicism. According to a report by France Bleu Besançon in 2010, 15,000 Muslims live in Besançon and comprise about 13% of the city's...
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The Diet of Besançon was a Hoftag (diet) of the Holy Roman Empire held in the city of Besançon by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in October 1157. The...
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Stephen of Besançon, O.P., (ca. 1250, Free Imperial City of Besançon—22 November 1294, Republic of Lucca) was a French Dominican friar, who served briefly...
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (category Regions of France)
Its prefecture and largest city is Dijon, although the regional council sits in Besançon, making Bourgogne-Franche-Comté one of two regions in France (along...
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military engineer in Spanish service who was in charge of the fortification of Free City of Besançon and of Dole, Jura in France.[citation needed] Verboom obtained...
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Franche-Comté (redirect from Free County)
today it is masculine. The principal cities are the capital Besançon, Belfort and Montbéliard. Other important cities are Dole (the capital before the region...
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Maurice Dubourg (category Archbishops of Besançon)
art within the diocese of Besançon. Louis Maurice Dubourg was born on August 8, 1878 in Besançon (Doubs). In the autumn of 1882, little Dubourg entered...
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (category Politicians from Besançon)
born in the Free Imperial City of Besançon, now in France, then a self-governing city surrounded by the Imperial territory of the County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté)...
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Paris (redirect from The City of Love (city))
the capital and largest city of France. With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi)...
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the free dictionary. A butte is an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. Butte may also refer to: Butte (Besançon), area of Besançon, France...
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Worms, Germany (redirect from Free Imperial City of Worms)
imperial free city. Among more than a hundred imperial diets held at Worms, the Diet of 1521 (commonly known as the Diet of Worms) ended with the Edict of Worms...
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Centre-Chapelle des Buis (category Besançon)
corresponding to the historic center of the city of Besançon. The name La Boucle comes from the meander of the Doubs in which the city originally developed, and...
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Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle (category Politicians from Besançon)
made suzerain of the imperial city of Besançon and held an influential position in the Netherlands. From 1530 until his death he was one of the emperor's...
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