Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg rights Flemish Law, which regulated a degree of internal autonomy within cities as well as villages granted by the local ruler. Named after the German city of Magdeburg, these town charters were perhaps the most important race of medieval laws in Central Europe. They became the basis for the German town laws developed during many centuries in the Holy Roman Empire. The Magdeburg rights were adopted as well as adapted by numerous monarchs, including the rulers of Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania, a milestone in the urbanization of the region which prompted the development of thousands of villages and cities.