Free_royal_town

Royal free city

Royal free city

Cities in the Kingdom of Hungary


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 century[1][2][3] until the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. These cities were granted certain privileges by the king to rule out the possibility of the control of the Hungarian nobility, hence "royal", and exercised some self-government in relation to their internal affairs, hence "free". From the late 14th century, the elected envoys of the Royal free cities participated in the sessions of the Hungarian parliament, thus they became part of the legislature. The list include also cities in the Kingdom of Croatia and the Banate of Bosnia, which were part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown.

The term "royal free city" in the languages of the kingdom is:


The status was similar to the Free Cities in the Holy Roman Empire.

List of Free Royal Cities in the Kingdom of Hungary

Arad railway station
Rába at Győr
View from above Kežmarok (Késmárk)
Kleinhöflein (Kishöflány) im Burgenland at the foot of the Leitha Mountains (Lajta-hegység)
Levoča (Lőcse) from Mariánska hora (Máriahegy)
Novi Sad (Újvidék)
Zvolen (Zólyom)
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Towns with only partial privileges

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See also


References

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