Free city may refer to:
Historical places
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Free city (antiquity)
A free city (; ) was a self-governed city during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial eras. The status was given by the king or emperor, who nevertheless supervised the city's affairs through his or (Greek: ''epimeletes'') respectively. Several a ...
a self-governed city during the Hellenistic and Roman imperial eras
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City-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world throughout history, including cities such as Rome, ...
, an independent sovereign city
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Free imperial city, self-governed city in the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
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Free City of Augsburg
Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...
, for over 500 years in what is now Germany
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Free City of Besançon
The Free City of Besançon was a self-governing free city surrounded by Franche-Comté.
After losing its status as a free imperial city within the Holy Roman Empire in 1654, the City of Besançon refused to recognise the sovereignty of a new pro ...
, in what is now eastern France
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Free City of Bremen
Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (; ), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called ('State of Bremen'), although the term is sometimes used in official contexts. The state consists ...
, from 1646 to 1871, with the name still officially surviving, in what is now Germany
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Free City of Frankfurt
Frankfurt was a major city of the Holy Roman Empire, being the seat of imperial elections since 885 and the city for Coronation of the Holy Roman emperor, imperial coronations from 1562 (previously in Free Imperial City of Aachen) until 1792. F ...
, for almost five centuries until 1866, in what is now Germany
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Free City of Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
, until 1871, with the name still officially surviving, in what is now Germany
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Free City of Lübeck
Free may refer to:
Concept
* Freedom, the ability to act or change without constraint or restriction
* Emancipate, attaining civil and political rights or equality
* Free (gratis), Free (''gratis''), free of charge
* Gratis versus libre, the di ...
, from 1226 to 1937 in what is now Germany
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Free City of Cracow, 1815–1846, in what is now Poland
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Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic)
The Free City of Danzig ( French: ''Ville libre de Dantzig''; ; ), sometimes referred to as the Republic of Danzig (French: ''République de Dantzig''; German: ''Republik Danzig''), was a semi-independent city-state established by Napoleon on 21 ...
, established by Napoleon, and
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig (; ) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrou ...
, created after World War I, two historical city-states that existed in what is now Gdańsk, Poland
Other uses
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''Free City'' (album), a 2001 album by the St. Lunatics
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Free City of Greyhawk
The Free City of Greyhawk, also known as Greyhawk City and the "Gem of the Flanaess", is a fictional city-state in the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. Since the setting was original ...
, a fictional city-state
* ''Free City'', a fictional MMO game in the 2021 film ''
Free Guy
''Free Guy'' is a 2021 American action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn, and a story by Lieberman. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudk ...
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* The Nine Free Cities of
Essos
The fictional world in which the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World.
Most of the story takes place on the continent of Westeros and in ...
, fictional cities from the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' book series
See also
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:de:Freie Stadt, literally "free city", discusses the term it its generality
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Free state (disambiguation)
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Freetown (disambiguation)
Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone.
Freetown may also refer to:
Places
*Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda
* Freetown, Bahamas
*Freetown (Belize House constituency), in the Belize District of Belize
United States
*Freetown, Alabama
*Freetown, In ...
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Independent city
An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province).
Historical precursors
In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor states ...
, a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity
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Royal free city
A royal free city, or free royal city (Latin: ''libera regia civitas''), was the official term for the most important cities in the Kingdom of Hungary from the late 12th centuryBácskai Vera – Nagy Lajos: Piackörzetek, piacközpontok és város ...
, in the Kingdom of Hungary
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Special economic zone
A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country. SEZs are located within a country's national borders, and their aims include increasing trade balance, employment, increas ...
, an area in which the business and trade laws are different from the rest of the country
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Free economic zone
A free-trade zone (FTZ) is a class of special economic zone. It is a geographic area where goods may be imported, stored, handled, manufactured, or reconfigured and re- exported under specific customs regulation and generally not subjec ...
, a type of special economic zone
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Pact of Free Cities
Pact, The Pact or PACT may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''The Pact'' (novel), by Jodi Picoult, 1998
* ''The Pact'' (2002 film), adaptation of Picoult's '' The Pact''
* ''The Pact'' (2003 film), Australian film
* ''The Pact'' (2006 film), Americ ...
, 2019 pact between Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Budapest
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