Keywords: Kempten Reichsstadt-Fürststift 1823.jpg en Section of an 1823 cadastral map of Kempten with the blue line representing the old border between the Protestant Free Imperial City and the Catholic Princely Abbey of Kempten before the two entities were annexed by Bavaria in 1802 As can be seen the grounds of the prince-abbot's palace Residenz almost touched the walls of the Free City <br> After the town of Kempten seceded from the Princely Abbey in the late Middle Ages to become a free imperial city a Reichsstadt a new smaller town a Stiftsstadt shown top left developed to service the Abbey 2009-12-11 21 05 04 http //www sueddeutscher-barock ch/In-Werke/h-r/Kempten_Kloster html Bavarian government 1823 Original in the Bayrischen Landesbibliothek PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Old maps of Kempten Allgäu Maps by Royal Bavarian Land Tax Commission |