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Over the next 500 years, most kings of Germany destined to reign over the Holy Roman Empire were crowned in Aachen.
During the Middle Ages, Aachen remained a city of regional importance, due to its proximity to Flanders, achieving a modest position in the trade in woollen cloths, favoured by imperial privilege.
The city remained a Free Imperial City, subject to the Emperor only, but was politically far too weak to influence the policies of any of its neighbours.
The only dominion it had was over Burtscheid, a neighbouring territory ruled by a Benedictine abbess.
Even in the late 18th century the Abbess of Burtscheid was prevented from building a road linking her territory to the neighbouring estates of the duke of Jülich ; the city of Aachen even deployed its handful of soldiers to chase away the road-diggers.
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