The free imperial city of Nürnberg, situated in the middle of Germany, had the privilege to preserve the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire, and it was the only German free imperial city which had a university on its territory (at Altdorf). It used to celebrate special events in the imperial history by the issue of medals and by festivals with orations and poems in the town hall of Nürnberg or in the University of Altdorf. In this respect, the article covers the time of 1711, the death of Emperor Joseph I, to 1746, the start of Emperor Francis I. Special historical and literary attention is given to several occasions of that sort, namely to the issue of a Nürnberg medal on occasion of the homage to Emperor Charles VI in 1712, to the Latin dissertation on the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire, written by Johann Peter Ludewig, Professor at the University of Halle, and defended by a student from Nürnberg in 1713, to the Latin oration of Christian Gottlieb Schwartz, Professor at the university of Altdorf (1675‒1751), who was the official Latin orator and poet of the city of Nürnberg, on the occasion of the birth of Archduke Leopold, the son of Emperor Charles VI, in 1716, to the Latin ode of Schwartz on the occasion of the conquest of the city of Belgrade by Prince Eugen of Savoy in 1717, to the Latin poem of Schwartz on the occasion of the festival for the 300 th anniversary of the invention of printing in 1740, to the Latin oration of Schwartz on the occasion of the death of Emperor Charles VI in 1741, to the Latin oration of Schwartz on the occasion of the death of Emperor Charles VII in 1745, and to Schwartz’ commented edition of Pliny’s panegyrical oration for the Emperor Traianus, dedicated by him to Emperor Francis I in 1746. Thus, the article represents celebrations of important historical events in an imperial city of Germany during the first half of the 18 th century which were accompanied by Latin texts. These are elucidated and observed in regard to their panegyrical function with the help of editions, translations, and interpretations.