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{{Short description|
<span class="plainlinks"></span>{{EngvarB|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name =
| conventional_long_name = Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of
| common_name
| status = City-state
| government_type = [[Constitutional republic]]
| status_text = [[Protectorate]] of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]|
| p1 = Duchy of Warsaw
| s1 = Grand Duchy of Kraków▼
| s2 = Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria▼
▲| s1 = Grand Duchy of Kraków
| year_start = 1815▼
| date_start = 3 May▼
▲| s2 = Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
| event_start = [[Congress of Vienna|Established]]▼
| event1 = [[November Uprising]]▼
▲| year_start = 1815
| date_event1 = 29 November 1830▼
▲| date_start = 3 May
| year_end = 1846▼
▲| event_start = [[Congress of Vienna|Established]]
| date_end = 16 November▼
▲| event1 = [[November Uprising]]
| event_end = [[Kraków Uprising]]|▼
▲| date_event1 = 29 November 1830
| title_leader = [[President of the Senate]]
▲| year_end = 1846
| leader1 = {{ill|Stanisław Wodzicki|pl}}▼
▲| date_end = 16 November
| year_leader1 = 1815–1831▼
▲| event_end = [[Kraków Uprising]]|
|
| area_km2 = 1188.8
▲| leader1 = {{ill|Stanisław Wodzicki|pl}}
| image_flag = Flag of Kraków.svg▼
▲| year_leader1 = 1815–1831
|
| image_coat = Coat of arms of the Free City of Cracow.svg
▲| image_flag = Flag of Kraków.svg
| coa_size = 95px
|
|
| image_map_caption = Location of the Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of
| image_map2 = Rzeczpospolita Krakowska 1815 EN.png▼
| image_map2_caption = Territory of the Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of
▲| image_map_caption = Location of the Free City of Kraków within Europe
| common_languages = {{ubl|[[Polish language|Polish]] (official)
▲| image_map2 = Rzeczpospolita Krakowska 1815 EN.png
| religion = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Judaism]]▼
▲| image_map2_caption = Territory of the Free City of Kraków (orange) and its three neighbours (Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire and Russian Empire)|
| capital = [[Kraków|Cracow]] (Kraków)
▲| common_languages = [[Polish language|Polish]] (official), [[Yiddish]], [[German language|German]]
| currency = {{plainlist|▼
▲| religion = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Judaism]]
▲| currency = {{plainlist|
▲*[[Złoty|Polish złoty]] ''(to 1835)''
*[[Kraków złoty]] ''(from 1835)''}}
| today = [[Poland]]
}}
{{History of Poland}}
The '''Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of
It was [[Condominium (international law)|jointly controlled]] by its three neighbours ([[Russian Empire|Russia]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], and [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]), and was a centre of agitation for an independent Poland. In 1846, in the aftermath of the unsuccessful [[Kraków Uprising]], the Free City of
The Free City of
==History==
The Free City was approved and guaranteed by [[Wikisource:Final Act of the Congress of Vienna/Act III#Article VII|Article VII]] of the [[Wikisource:Final Act of the Congress of Vienna/Act II|Treaty between Austria, Prussia, and Russia]] of 3 May 1815.{{sfn|Hertslet|1875|p=127}} The statelet received an [[Wikisource:Final Act of the Congress of Vienna/Constitution of the Free City of Kraków|initial constitution]] at the same time,{{sfn|Hertslet|1875|p=127}} revised and expanded in 1818, establishing significant autonomy for the city. The [[Jagiellonian University]] could accept students from the partitioned territory of Poland. The Free City thus became a centre of Polish political activity on the territories of [[partitioned Poland]].
During the [[November Uprising]] of
{{Polish statehood}}
<gallery>
File:Józef Brodowski 001.JPG|Granting of the constitution of the Free City of Kraków,
File:Rabacja galicyjska.JPG|[[Galician slaughter]] (''Polish'' "Rzeź galicyjska") by [[Jan Lewicki]] (
</gallery>
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{{unreferenced section|date=December 2012}}
The Free City of Cracow was created from the southwest part of the [[Duchy of
In 1815, its population was 95,000; as of 1843, it had a population of 146,000. 85% of them were Catholics, 14% Jews, while other religions comprised 1%. The most notable [[szlachta]] family was the [[Potocki]] family of [[magnates]], who had a mansion in [[Krzeszowice]].
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==References==
*{{Citation |last=Degan |first=Vladimir Đuro |year=1997 |title=Developments in International Law: Sources of Internat'l |volume=27 |series=Developments in International Law Series |edition=illustrated |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=9789041104212 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=K0pTp1qCc9UC&pg=PA378
*{{Citation |last=Feuchtwanger|first=E. J.|title=Prussia: Myth and Reality |year=1970 |publisher=Henry Regnery Company |location=Chicago |pages=262 |isbn=0-85496-108-9}}
*{{Citation |last=Hertslet |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Hertslet |year=1875 |chapter=No.15 |title=The map of Europe by treaty; showing the various political and territorial changes which have taken place since the general peace of 1814 |location=London |publisher=Butterworths. (No. 12)|page= [https://archive.org/details/mapofeuropebytre01hertuoft 127]}}
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==Further reading==
{{Wikisource|Final Act of the Congress of Vienna/Act III|Congress of Vienna: Treaty relative to Kraków, between Austria, Prussia, and Russia (3 May 1815)}}
{{Wikisource|Final Act of the Congress of Vienna/Constitution of the Free City of
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*{{Citation|author=EB staff |chapter-url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026723/Republic-of-Kraków |chapter=Republic of Kraków |title=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] online |access-date=12 December 2012}}
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