Talk:German town law

ring
The Ring is a German dialect word for a central place. Is the ring here a right worg for a quadratic square? Xx236 08:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

From Magocsi's Historical Atlas of Central Europe, p. 37:

"One part contained the oldest seat of the local rulers (the Burg), which was often set off geographically on a hill or separated by a river. This area was dominated by the ruler's residence (secular or religious) and the cathedral church. Another part was the city proper, built around a central market square (Markplatz), or ring (Ring/rynek/náměstí), where the wealthiest merchants resided, where artisans conducted their business, and where a church was either built or restored to serve specifically this element of the city's population. Around the ring, streets fanned out in a grid or in concentric circles (semicircles if the city was on a river), and along these and other cross streets were built the residences of artisans and other townspeople. The city was surrounded by a wall and/or moat with gates that may have been entirely new or a continuation or enlargement of an earlier defense system."

The names for the types of law/rights were taken verbatim from the same publication. If additional names are known, please add and source them. Olessi 14:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Should be Marktplatz.

The cities I know (Lower Silesia) have rectangular rings and grids of streets. Which German type cities are circular? Xx236 15:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Magocsi doesn't give any examples of that specific type, so I'll remove it in the absence of further information. Olessi 15:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I can only add that the commonly used German Name for the Old Town Square in Prague is "Altstädter Ring", and I was always wondering about that... --BjKa (talk) 14:49, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Error in Picture
File:Date-of-charter-timeline.png : Should be Halle an der Saale and not "Salle". --BjKa (talk) 14:49, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Litoměřice Law

 * Litoměřice law and codes based on that of Nuremberg, such as Old Prague and Cheb law, were introduced into Bohemia during the reign of King Wenceslaus I, while German colonists introduced Brünn (Brno) and Olmütz (Olomouc) law in Moravia.

Please,, because in my opinion, this is completely wrong. Yes, most of the Bohemia (meaning, not Moravia nor Silesia) used Nuremberg law (i.e., NOT the Magdeburg one), except for the group of cities in the North of the country, mainly exactly Litoměřice, Louny, and Žatec, which were based on the Magdeburg Law. When in 1579 the Emperor Rudolf II. approved Koldínův zákoník as the universal code of the municipal law, which was based on the Prague law (based on the Nuremberg one), these Magdeburg-oriented cities objected and delayed using of the code until 1610. (see the linked Czech page with your preferred translator, they do rather decent job on it). Koldín’s Code of the Urban Law was in parts effective in the Czech lands until 1811, when ABGB finally took over.

Ceplm (talk) 07:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)