Ammeister
Ammeister or Ammanmeister was an office that was common in Alsatian and Alemannic cities, especially in Strasbourg , and goes back to the term ambahtmeister ( magistrate ). Originally the title was used for the elected chairmen of the respective guilds . In Strasbourg, later also in Basel and Zurich , Ammeister was the name for an office that is partly comparable to the current office of mayor , but the election was made by the guild masters, and ammeister accordingly represented the interests of the guilds. Ammeister took over at least a rudimentary task of today's municipal council .
Strasbourg was ruled by a council from 1332 until the French Revolution , one of which was an ammeister, representing the guilds, with different terms of office and two or more Stettmeister (city masters) presiding over.
In Basel there was the office of the municipal authorities from 1385 to 1390 and from 1410 to 1417 based on the Strasbourg model, as the third head of the council for the "control of the pro-Austrian mayor". The ammeister presided over the small council .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Leyer: amman master. In: Middle High German Concise Dictionary. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
- ^ Johann Christoph Adelung . Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. S. 255. after: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect . Bavarian State Library. accessed on May 25, 2020
- ^ History of the City of Basel. First volume / 3. The development of the city to rule / 5. Imer von Ramstein - Wikisource. Retrieved May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Eberhard Isenmann: The German city in the Middle Ages 1150-1550: city structure, law, constitution, city regiment, church, society, economy . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2014, ISBN 978-3-412-22358-8 , pp. 229 ( google.de [accessed on May 25, 2020]).
- ^ Josef Rosen: Financial history of Basel in the late Middle Ages: collected contributions 1971-1987 . Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989, ISBN 978-3-515-05390-7 , pp. 301 ( google.de [accessed on May 25, 2020]).