Imperial Regalia words. The regalia is composed of two different parts. The greater group are the so-called Nürnberger Kleinodien (roughly translated "Nuremberg jewels"), named after the town of Nuremberg, where the regalia were kept from 1424 to 1796. This part comprised the Imperial Crown, parts of the coronation vestments, the Imperial Orb (a "globus cruciger"), the Imperial Sceptre, the Imperial Sword, the Ceremonial Sword, the Imperial Cross, the Holy Lance, and all other reliquaries except St. Stephen's Purse. St. Stephen's Purse, the Imperial Bible, and the so-called Sabre of Charlemagne were kept in Aachen until 1794, which gave them the name Aachener
Imperial Regalia where they were exhibited in the Katharinenkirche. In the Second World War they were stored for protection from air raids in the "Historischer Kunstbunker" () beneath Nuremberg Castle. In 1945 the imperial regalia were found there by US soldiers and were brought back in 1946 to the Hofburg in Vienna. Imperial Regalia The Imperial Regalia, also Imperial Insignia (in German "Reichskleinodien", "Reichsinsignien" or "Reichsschatz"), are regalia of the Holy Roman Emperor. The most important parts are the Imperial Crown, the Holy Lance and the Imperial Sword. Today they are kept at the Imperial Treasury in the Hofburg palace in Vienna,