Corpus separatum (Fiume)
City of Fiume and its District | |||||||||
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| 1779–1918 | |||||||||
| Motto: Indeficienter (Latin) Inexhaustible (without deficiency) | |||||||||
Territory of the corpus separatum before 1918 | |||||||||
| Status | Corpus separatum of the Kingdom of Hungary Part of the Illyrian Provinces (1809–1816) and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1822) Part of the Kingdom of Croatia (1849–1868) | ||||||||
| Capital | Fiume (Rijeka) | ||||||||
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| Religion | |||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1779–1783 | József Majláth | ||||||||
• 1917–1918 | Zoltán Jekelfalussy | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
• Established | 23 April 1779 | ||||||||
| 5 April – 17 October 1797 | |||||||||
| 3 October 1805 – 1806 | |||||||||
| 31 August 1848 | |||||||||
| 17 November 1868 | |||||||||
| 29 October 1918 | |||||||||
| 4 June 1920 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1869 | 19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1880 | 19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1890 | 19.57 km2 (7.56 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1900 | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1910 | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1869 | 17,884 | ||||||||
• 1880 | 20,981 | ||||||||
• 1890 | 29,494 | ||||||||
• 1900 | 38,057 | ||||||||
• 1910 | 49,608 | ||||||||
| Currency | Gulden (1779–1892) Krone (1892–1918) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Croatia | ||||||||
Corpus separatum, a Latin term meaning "separated body", refers to the status of the City of Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia) while given a special legal and political status different from its environment under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary. Formally known as City of Fiume and its District (Hungarian: Fiume város és kerülete), it was instituted by Empress Maria Theresa in 1779, determining the semi-autonomous status of Fiume within the Habsburg monarchy until the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.