Königsboden (Royal Land)

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Königsboden (Royal Land) was a historically autonomous region in Transylvania granted special self-governing rights to the Transylvanian Saxon community within the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

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Königsboden (Royal Land) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Transylvanian Saxon settlement area
autonomous territory
historical region
administrativeCenter Hermannstadt
associatedWith Transylvanian Saxon Universitas Saxonum
country Kingdom of Hungary
ethnicCommunity Transylvanian Saxons
governmentType self-governing community
grantDate 1224
grantedBy King Andrew II of Hungary
grantedTo Transylvanian Saxons
hasAlternativeName Fundus Regius
Königsboden der Siebenbürger Sachsen
Royal Land
hasLanguage German
Transylvanian Saxon dialect
hasPrivilege autonomous administration
collective land rights
own legal system
tax privileges
historicalFunction colonization area for German settlers
defensive frontier region
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
includesTown Bistritz
Fogarasch
Hermannstadt
Kronstadt
Mediasch
Mühlbach
Reps
Schäßburg
integratedInto modern Hungarian and Romanian administrative structures
legalBasis Andreanum
locatedIn Transylvania
locatedInPresentDay Romania
lostAutonomyCentury 19th century
modernNameOfTown Bistritz – Bistrița
linked to: Bistrița (Romania)

Fogarasch – Făgăraș
linked to: Făgăraș

Hermannstadt – Sibiu
linked to: Sibiu, Romania

Kronstadt – Brașov
linked to: Brașov

Mediasch – Mediaș
Mühlbach – Sebeș
Reps – Rupea
Schäßburg – Sighișoara
linked to: Sighișoara
partOf medieval Kingdom of Hungary
linked to: Kingdom of Hungary
religionHistoricallyDominant Roman Catholicism
religionLaterDominant Lutheranism

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Transylvanian Saxons autonomousDistrict Königsboden (Royal Land)