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The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire ((ドイツ語:Reichskrone)) was the hoop crown ((ドイツ語:Bügelkrone)) of the Holy Roman Emperor from the 11th century to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. The crown was used in the coronation of the King of the Romans, the title assumed by the Emperor-elect immediately after his election. It was made in the late 10th or early 11th century. Unlike many other crowns, it has an octagonal rather than a circular shape, and is constructed from eight hinged plates. The plate in the front of the crown is surmounted by a cross, with a single arch linking it to a plate at the rear of the crown. The crown is now exhibited at the Hofburg in Vienna. ==History== The crown was made probably somewhere in Western Germany, either under Otto I (with additions by Conrad II),〔The Encyclopædia Britannica states that the Imperial Crown was probably made for Otto I in the workshops of Reichenau Abbey,〕 by Conrad II or Conrad III during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The first preserved mention of it is from the 12th century—assuming it is the same crown, which seems very probable. Most of the Kings of the Romans of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned with it. Along with the Imperial Cross ((ドイツ語:Reichskreuz)), the Imperial Sword ((ドイツ語:Reichsschwert)), and the Holy Lance ((ドイツ語:Heilige Lanze)), the crown was the most important part of the Imperial Regalia ((ドイツ語:Reichskleinodien)). During the coronation, it was given to the new king along with the sceptre ((ドイツ語:Reichszepter)) and the Imperial Orb ((ドイツ語:Reichsapfel)). The Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, especially the Imperial Crown, were kept from 1349–1421 in Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), where the Carlstein Castle was built to protect them. Between 1424–1796 they were all kept in Nuremberg, Franconia—and could only leave the city for the coronation. Currently, the crown and the rest of the Imperial Regalia are exhibited at the Hofburg in Vienna—officially "until there is again a Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation". An identical copy is in Aachen in Germany in the ''Krönungssaal'' of Charlemagne's former palace, now the town hall. There are also copies of the crown and regalia in the historic museum of Frankfurt, as most of the later Emperors were crowned in the cathedral of the city, as well in the fortress of Trifels in the Electorate of the Palatinate, where the Imperial Crown was stored in medieval times. The newest authorised copy is kept in the Czech castle of Karlštejn along with a copy of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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