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changed cracow to krakow, nobody uses cracow and it annoys us polish people because it looks cancerous its not even harder to spell Tags: Reverted Visual edit |
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| common_name = Cracow
| 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
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| leader1 = {{ill|Stanisław Wodzicki|pl}}
| year_leader1 = 1815–1831
| legislature = [[Assembly of Representatives (Kraków)
| area_km2 = 1188.8
| image_flag = Flag of Kraków.svg
| flag = Symbols of Kraków
| image_coat = Coat of arms of the Free City of Cracow.svg
| symbol = Symbols of Kraków
▲| symbol_type = Coat of arms
| image_map = Free City of Kraków 1815.svg
| image_map_caption = Location of the Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory within Europe
| image_map2 = Rzeczpospolita Krakowska 1815 EN.png
| image_map2_caption = Territory of the Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory (orange) and its three neighbours (Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire and Russian Empire)|
| common_languages = {{ubl|[[Polish language|Polish]] (official)
| religion = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Judaism]]
| capital = [[Kraków|Cracow]] (Kraków)
| currency = {{plainlist|
*[[Polish zloty]] ''(to 1835)''
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| 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 Cracow was annexed by the Austrian Empire.{{sfn|Degan|1997|p=378}} It was a remnant of the [[Duchy of Warsaw]], which was [[Partitions of Poland|partitioned]] among the three states after the Congress in 1815.
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The Free City 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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