Offenburg

Offenburg was a free imperial city at the mouth of the Kinzig valley on the Upper Rhine. It had held that status since 1240.

After 1525 it briefly embraced the Reformation but returned to Catholicism after 1530. French troops occupied the city in 1688 and burned it in 1689, sparing only the Capuchin monastery and two houses. Offenburg was rebuilt and retained its imperial status until 1803, when it passed to Baden.