Ban (area)
The ban is a term for an area to be specified . It has appeared in the German language since the 10th century and mostly refers to the dominion , district , urban area or administrative district . In this context, the terms Bannwald , Wildbann and Bannmeile appear.
Municipal area
Especially in Switzerland , South Baden , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland and Alsace , the municipal area is still referred to as a ban or community ban. In the adjoining areas, the terms marking and district are predominantly used.
In north - western Switzerland, so-called ban days take place once a year , on which the municipal boundary is crossed and the process is monitored (ban walk).
literature
- SPELL. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 1 : A - Beer whey - (I). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1854, Sp. 1113 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- Ban . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 1 , Issue 8 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1962, OCLC 934824402 , Sp. 1192–1204 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - first edition: 1931 or 1932).