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:

    “The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct their lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings. ... they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)

    “I’m darned if I understand you city folks. Always rushing, rushing. Always thinking about the future. No wonder you have stomach trouble.”
    —James Poe (1921–1980)