Frederick partitioned Saxony among his allies into more than a dozen territories of imperial immediacy.

This privilege laid the foundation for Bremen's later status of imperial immediacy.

These states lost their imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit) and became part of other states.

From the Riechenberg Treaty to the end of the imperial immediacy (1552-1803)

In 1803 Goslar officially lost its imperial immediacy at the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss.

And also the city could and did not always cling to its claim of imperial immediacy, which made the city's status somewhat ambiguous.

This treaty left the main issue, accepting the city of Bremen's imperial immediacy, unresolved.

As a result, in 1543, the abbey lost its imperial immediacy to the Electorate of the Palatinate.

In 1377, Essen was granted imperial immediacy but had to abandon this privilege later on.

The same rights to imperial immediacy were secured by the major trading cities of Switzerland.