Nuremberg

Free Imperial City of Nuremberg

Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire (1219-1806)

Location: Bavaria

Capital City: Nuremberg

Government type: Republic

Main languages: German

Main religions: Protestant Christianity

Chronology

1219: Nuremberg becomes a Free Imperial City, separated from the Burgraviate of Nuremberg

1427: The Free City absorbs the remaining territories of the Burgraviate

1803: Reduced to the city proper, former Burgraviate territories split between Bavaria and Prussia

1806: Annexed to Bavaria

Currency

Schilling (1422-1526)

1 Schilling = 2 Heller = 252 Pfennig • 1 Goldgulden = 1.5 Schilling

Reichsguldiner (1527-1619)

1 Reichsguldiner = 3 Zwanziger = 6 Zehner = 21 Groschen = 70 Dreier = 210 Pfennig • 1 Thaler = 1.25 Reichsguldiner •1 Goldgulden = 3.5 Reichsguldiner

Thaler (1620-1753)

1 Thaler = 60 Kreuzer = 80 Dreier = 240 Pfennig = 480 Heller • 1 Ducat = 3.5 Thaler

Konventionsthaler (1754-1806)

1 Konventionsthaler = 120 Kreuzer = 480 Pfennig

Coins from Nuremberg in the collection

•1 Kreuzer, 1773 (silver, KM#367)