Imperiya shaharlari

Imperiya shaharlari (nemischa Reichsstadt)-Muqaddas Rim imperiyasida bevosita imperatorga bo’ysungan shaharlar. Ya’ni bunday shaharlar aholisi mahalliy feodallar-knyaz va gertsoglarga emas, to’g’ridan-to’g’ri imperatorga soliq to’laganlar. XIII asrdan Imperiya shaharlari o’zini o’zi boshqarish yuzasidan keng huquqlarni qo’lga kiritganlar, amalda deyarli to’liq siyosiy mustaqillikka ega bo’lganlar. Imperiya shahri maqomi goh berilgan, goh qaytarib olingan. Shu sababli ularning soni doim o’zgarib turgan. Eng ko’p miqdori 83 tani (1521 yili) tashkil etadi. 1800 yilga kelib Muqaddas Rim imperiyasida 51 ta Imperiya shaharlari qolgan: Axen, Aalen, Autsburg, Risdagi Bibirax, Bolfingen, Bremen, Bad-Buxau, Bokxorn, Dinkelsbyul, Dortmund, Nekkardagi Esspingen, Mayndagi Frankfurt, Fridberg, Gengenbax, Brentsdagi Gingen, Goslar, Gamburg, Xaylbron,, Isni, Kayfboyren, Kempten, Kyoln, Loytkirx, Lindau, Lyubek, Memmingen, Myulxauzen, Nerdlingen, Nyurnberg, Offenburg, Pfullendorf, Ravensburg, Regensburg, Roytlingen, Rotenberg-ob-der-Tauber, Rotvail, Shvebish-Gmyund, Shvebish-Xall, Shvaynfurt, Shpayer, Yuberlingen, Ulm, Vanger, Vayl-der-Shtadt, Bavariyadagi Vaysenburg, Vetslar, Bad-Vimpfen, bad-Vindexaym, Vorms, Xarmersbaxdagi Tsell, Elzasdagi Vaysenburg.