free cities — Hanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. [1913 Webster] {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany Germany † … Catholic encyclopedia
GERMANY — GERMANY, country in north central Europe. The Talmud and the Midrash use Germania (or Germamia ) as a designation for northern European countries, and also refer to the military prowess of these peoples and to the threat they posed to the Roman… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Free state (government) — Free state is a term occasionally used in the official titles of some states. In principle the title asserts and emphasises the freedom of the state in question, but what this actually means varies greatly in different contexts: *Sometimes it… … Wikipedia
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
Germany — This article is about the country. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see Germany (disambiguation) and Deutschland (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Free imperial city — In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt ) was a city formally ruled by the emperor only mdash; as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and so were governed by one of… … Wikipedia
Germany–Netherlands football rivalry — Two German fans wave their flag at a group of Dutch supporters during EURO 2008 in Basel. The football rivalry between Germany and the Netherlands is one of the few longstanding football rivalries at a national level. Beginning in 1974 when the… … Wikipedia
free city — noun : a self governing city or city state usually possessing sovereign power: as a. : an Italian city state of the 11th century and later b. : certain cities of Germany since the 13th century having free institutions c. : a territorial unit (as… … Useful english dictionary
Free daily newspaper — Free daily newspapers trace their history back to the 1940s when Walnut Creek, California publisher Dean Lesher began what is widely believed to be the first free daily, now known as the Contra Costa Times . In the 1960s, he converted that… … Wikipedia
