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Portraits of Historic Cities

  • Vetschau (Germany)

    A Small Town, which is Older than We Thought Vetschau, which is located in the Spree Forest, does not exactly offer a multitude of sources that allow a precise tracing of the town’s legal history in the Middle Ages and beyond. This circumstance led to striking misconceptions within the history of the town, which have... read more

  • Lenzen (Elbe) (Germany)

    Lenzen an der Elbe: Town Law with Hanseatic References Lenzen, which is favorably situated for shipping traffic between the Elbe and Elde rivers directly on the Löcknitz, adopted the law of the town of Salzwedel in the Middle Ages. When exactly this act of transfer took place cannot be determined with certainty. From the available... read more

  • Herzberg (Elster) (Germany)

    Herzberg an der Elster – Councilors Communicate Town Law As for so many towns, there is no town law granting document for Herzberg, which is located on the Elster River and today belongs to Brandenburg. However, the existing sources indicate clearly that the Counts of Brehna supported the early urban development of the settlement, which... read more

From the Glossary

  • Magdeburg (History of the City)

    The history of the present-day capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt began in the Carolingian era. The first mention of Magdeburg dates to 805, appearing as Magadoburg in Charlemagne’s Capitulary of Diedenhofen. At that time, Magdeburg was a center of long-distance trade and an outpost to the Slavic territories east of the Elbe. A sustained... read more

  • Weichbild (Weichbildrecht) and Sächsisches Weichbild

    The term Weichbild (municipal jurisdiction), stemming from the Middle Low German word wikbelde, spread into Northern and Central Germany from the 12th century onward. The word element wik refers to pre-urban origins and means something like village, estate or independent settlement. It frequently appears in place names, e.g. Brunswik (Braunschweig). The root word bild, in... read more

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