Royal free city

Cities in the Kingdom of Hungary

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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 century[1][2][3] to the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

The cities were granted certain privileges by the King of Hungary to prevent their control by the Hungarian nobility, hence "royal", and exercised some self-government in relation to their internal affairs and so were "free". From the late 14th century, the elected envoys of the royal free cities participated in the sessions of the Hungarian Diet and so they became part of the legislature. This list also includes 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 kingdom's languages is as follows:

* Latin: Libera regia civitas
* Hungarian: Szabad királyi város
* German: Königliche Freistadt
* Romanian: Oraș liber regesc
* Slovak: Slobodné kráľovské mesto
* Croatian: Slobodni kraljevski grad
* Serbian: Слободни краљевски град, romanized: Slobodni kraljevski grad

They had a status similar to the free imperial cities in the Holy Roman Empire.

## List of royal free cities in Kingdom of Hungary

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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) Current English name  | Hungarian name  | Other historical names

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Alba Iulia | Gyulafehérvár  | Karlsburg
Arad | Arad  |
Baia Mare | Nagybánya  | Frauenbach
Baia Sprie | Felsőbánya  | Mittelstadt
Banská Bystrica | Besztercebánya[4] |
Banská Štiavnica[5] | Selmecbánya  |
Bardejov | Bártfa[6] |
Bihać | Bihács  | Bišće, Bić
Bistrița | Beszterce  | Bistritz
Braşov | Brassó  | Kronstadt
Bratislava[7] | Pozsony  | Pressburg, Prešporok, Požun
Brezno | Breznóbánya  |
Budapest | Buda[8][9] |
Cluj-Napoca | Kolozsvár  | Klausenburg, Cluj
Debrecen | Debrecen  |
Eisenstadt | Kismarton  |
Erzsébetváros | Erzsébetváros[10] |
Esztergom | Esztergom  |
Gherla | Szamosújvár  | Neuschloss
Győr | Győr  |
Kežmarok[11] | Késmárk  |
Komárom | Komárom  |
Košice[12] | Kassa  | Kasschau
Kőszeg | Kőszeg  |
Krapina | Korpona[13] |
Kremnica | Körmöcbánya[14] |
Levoča[15] | Lőcse  |
Ľubietová | Libetbánya[16] |
Mediaș | Medgyes[17] | Mediasch
Modra | Modor  |
Nová Baňa[18] | Újbánya  |
Novi Sad | Újvidék  |
Orăștie | Szászváros  | Broos
Pécs | Pécs  |
Budapest | Pest[19] |
Pezinok | Bazin[20] |
Prešov[18] | Eperjes  |
Pukanec | Bakabánya[21] |
Rijeka | Fiume  |
Rust | Ruszt  |
Sabinov | Kisszeben  |
Satu Mare | Szatmárnémeti  | Sătmar
Sebeș | Szászsebes  | Mühlbach
Sfântu Gheorghe | Sepsiszentgyörgy  | Sankt Georg
Sibiu | Nagyszeben  | Hermannstadt
Sighișoara | Segesvár[22] | Schäßburg
Skalica[23] | Szakolca  |
Sombor | Zombor  |
Sopron | Sopron  |
Subotica | Szabadka  |
Szeged | Szeged  |
Székesfehérvár | Székesfehérvár[24] |
Târgu-Mureș | Marosvásárhely  | Neumarkt am Marosch
Timișoara | Temesvár  | Temeschvar
Trenčín | Trencsén  |
Trnava[7] | Nagyszombat  |
Veľký Šariš | Nagysáros  |
Vukovar | Vukovár  | Valkóvár
Zvolen[25] | Zólyom  |
Zagreb[26] | Zágráb  | Gradec, Agram

### Towns with only partial privileges

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Current English name  | Hungarian name  | Other historical names

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Banská Belá | Bélabánya  |
Belá-Dulice | Turócbéla  |
Berehove | Beregszász  |
Nitra | Nyitra  |
Podolínec | Podolin  |
Sighetu Marmatiei | Máramarossziget  | Marmaroschsiget
Šamorín | Somorja  | Zent Maria, Samaria
Uzhhorod | Ungvár  |
Vasvár | Vasvár  |
Vršac | Versec  |

## See also

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* Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary
* Free city (disambiguation)
* Free Royal Cities Act
* List of free royal cities of Croatia
* Royal city in Poland (Polish: Miasto Królewskie)

## References

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1. ^ Katalin Prajda: Rapporti tra la Repubblica Fiorentina e il Regno d’Ungheriaa livello di diplomazia, migrazione umana, reti mercantili e mediazione culturale nell’età del regime oligarchico (1382-1434), che corrisponde al regno di Sigismondo di Lussemburgo (1387-1437)(Florence, 2011)[1]
2. ^ Magyar történelmi fogalomtár, szerk. Bán Péter, Bp., Gondolat, 1989. ISBN 9632822021
3. ^ Bácskai Vera – Nagy Lajos: Piackörzetek, piacközpontok és városok Magyarországon 1828-ban. Budapest, 1984.
4. ^ Az 1876. évi XX. törvénycikk megfosztotta törvényhatósági jogától.
5. ^ Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak and English). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. p. 77\. ISBN 978-80-89396-11-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
6. ^ Az 1876. évi XX. törvénycikk megfosztotta törvényhatósági jogától.
7. ^ a b Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 549.
8. ^ Budapest, one of the most beautiful towns in the World Archived 2016-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
9. ^ Buda és Pest az 1872. évi XXXVI. törvénycikk alapján egyesült Budapest néven.
10. ^ 1876\. évi XX. törvénycikk : némely városi törvényhatóságok megszüntetéséről.
11. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 181.
12. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 213.
13. ^ 1876\. évi XX. törvénycikk : némely városi törvényhatóságok megszüntetéséről.
14. ^ 1876\. évi XX. törvénycikk : némely városi törvényhatóságok megszüntetéséről.
15. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 261.
16. ^ 1876\. évi XX. törvénycikk : némely városi törvényhatóságok megszüntetéséről.
17. ^ A Királyföldön fekvő szabad királyi városok soha nem alakultak önálló törvényhatósággá.
18. ^ a b Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 305.
19. ^ Jaroslav Miller, Urban Societies in East-Central Europe: 1500-1700 (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008).page 157.
20. ^ Az 1876. évi XX. törvénycikk megfosztotta törvényhatósági jogától.
21. ^ 1876\. évi XX. törvénycikk : némely városi törvényhatóságok megszüntetéséről.
22. ^ A Királyföldön fekvő szabad királyi városok soha nem alakultak önálló törvényhatósággá.
23. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 434.
24. ^ Szekesfehervar (Hungary)
25. ^ Štefánik & Lukačka 2010, p. 575.
26. ^ "Zlatna bula Bele IV". www.enciklopedija.hr. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

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