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It’s legislated in Germany ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_town_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_town_law https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtr
by Semaphor 6y ago
It’s legislated in Germany ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_town_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_town_law
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtrecht https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtrecht
- Freak_NL 6y agoThe Stadtrecht phenomenon is what makes people call Dutch cities cities too. Legally, the term 'city' ('stad') doesn't even exist nowadays here, so it mostly a term used intuitively and according to historical legacy. Interestingly, the Dutch province of Frisia famously features eleven cities (all historically holders of Dutch stadsrechten) of which the smallest has just over 700 inhabitants, whilst the biggest 'village' in the province boasts over 45,000.