Free City

Free city may refer to:

  • City-state, region controlled exclusively by a sovereign city
  • Free city (antiquity) a self-governed city during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial eras
  • Free City a special economic zone with a distinct legal structure.
  • Free City (album), album by the St. Lunatics
  • Free City of Danzig, two historical city-states that existed in what is now Gdańsk, Poland
  • Free Imperial City, self-governed city in the Holy Roman Empire subordinate only to the emperor
  • Royal free city, or free royal city, a term for a self-governed city in the Kingdom of Hungary

Famous quotes containing the words free and/or city:

    “In action, the English have the advantage enjoyed by free men always entitled to free discussion: of having a ready judgment on every question. We Germans, on the other hand, are always thinking. We think so much that we never form a judgment.”
    —Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)

    “Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardroom, the classroom, or on the city streets.”
    —Barbara Coloroso (20th century)