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Nuremberg

Nuremberg is a city in Franconia, in southern Germany, which became one of the most important free imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire. Along with Frankfurt and Augsburg it grew wealthy as a commercial centre exploiting the empire's central European transit position. It was also a centre of crafts, printing and humanist learning.

Nuremberg
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Holy Roman EmpireSocioeconomyDuchy of LorraineGovernance, SummaryMargraviate of BrandenburgGovernanceCounty of HohenzollernFoundation, Impact, SummaryKingdom of BavariaFoundation, Socioeconomy, SummaryGerman ConfederationSocioeconomyNazi GermanySocioeconomy, Impact, Decline, SummaryLiberiaImpact

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Burgraviate of NurembergFree Imperial City of Nuremberg

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nuremberg. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nuremberg
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“Nuremberg.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nuremberg. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Nuremberg.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nuremberg.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Nuremberg’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nuremberg (Accessed: ).

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