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Line 6: \| 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 Line 22: \| 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_type~~coa_size = ~~Coat~~ of ~~arms~~= 95px▼ \| 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), \|[[Yiddish]], \|[[German language\|German]]}} \| religion = [[Roman Catholic Church\|Roman Catholic]], [[Judaism]] \| capital = [[Kraków\|Cracow]] (Kraków) \| currency = {{plainlist\| *[[Polish zloty]] ''(to 1835)'' Line 40 ⟶ 41: \| today = [[Poland]] }} {{History of Poland}} The '''Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of ~~Krakow~~Cracow with its Territory''',{{efn\|[[Polish language\|Polish]]: ''Wolne, Niepodległe i Ściśle Neutralne Miasto Kraków z Okręgiem''}}{{Efn\|The [[Polish language\|Polish]] variant of name Kraków is occasionally retroactively applied in English to the historical Free City.\|name=\|group=}} more commonly known as the '''Free City of ~~Krakow~~Cracow''',{{efn\|[[Polish language\|Polish]]: ''Wolne Miasto Kraków''; [[German language\|German]]: ''Freie Stadt Krakau''}} and the '''Republic of ~~Krakow~~Cracow''',{{efn\|[[Polish language\|Polish]]: ''Rzeczpospolita Krakowska''; {{lang-de\|Republik Krakau}}}} was a [[city-state\|city republic]] created by the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815, which included the Polish city of [[Cracow~~\|Krakow~~]] and its surrounding areas. 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. Line 61 ⟶ 63: {{unreferenced section\|date=December 2012}} The Free City of ~~Krakow~~Cracow was created from the southwest part of the [[Duchy of Warsaw]] (part of the former [[Kraków Department]] on the left bank of the [[Vistula]] river). ~~The~~At ~~territory~~is ofsmallest, the city ~~was~~encompassed atan area of ~~its~~1164 ~~least~~to ~~1164–1234~~1234 km²<sup>2</sup> (sources vary). It bordered the [[Russian Empire]], the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and the [[Austrian Empire]]. It comprised the city of Kraków and its environs; the other settlements in the area administered by the Free City included 224 villages and three towns ([[Chrzanów]], [[Trzebinia]] and [[Nowa Góra, Lesser Poland Voivodeship\|Nowa Góra]]). 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]].