Right of attachment

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The fortification law , also known as castle building shelf, described in the Franconian-Germanic Empire the permission to be obtained from the king to provide a place with a defensive wall or other fortifications or to build a castle (castle building rights).

Such protective devices emerged in the Frankish Empire as early as the 8th century and were necessary to ward off attacks by the Wends , Danes and Hungarians. First of all, bishops and spiritual foundations obtained the right from the king to fortify their monasteries and cities. While there were still few city walls in the 10th century, these became more common from the 11th and 12th centuries. Since the cities lacked money, the first fortifications mostly consisted of board walls and piles enclosed by ditches, stone walls were only built later. Around 1230 the right of fortification passed from the king to the sovereigns .

Once a castle had been approved, the permit could only be withdrawn if a crime had been committed. In this case, the castle was razed and was not allowed to be rebuilt without royal re-licensing. Otherwise, the renovation and expansion of existing defense structures was possible without further approval. Noble lords built castles and fortifications sometimes without royal permission, as the kings lacked the power to prevent this.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KD Hüllmann: Staedtewesen of the Middle Ages . Volume 2, by Adolph Marcus, Bonn, 1827, pp. 165–170 ( [1] digitized version)
  2. ^ GP Rauschnick: The bourgeoisie and urban system of the Germans in the Middle Ages . Volumes 1–3, PG Hilscher'sche Buchhandlung, Dresden, 1829, pp. 29–30 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Wikiling - Fixing Rights (accessed June 17, 2014)
  4. ↑ Peter CA Schels: Small Encyclopedia of the German Middle Ages - Fastening Law ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 17, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / u01151612502.user.hosting-agency.de

literature

  • KD Hüllmann: Municipalities of the Middle Ages . Volume 2, Bei Adolph Marcus, Bonn, 1827, pp. 165-170
  • GP Rauschnick: The bourgeoisie and urbanism of the Germans in the Middle Ages . Volumes 1–3, PG Hilscher'sche Buchhandlung, Dresden, 1829, pp. 29–30
  • E. Schrader: The right of fortification in Germany from the beginning to the beginning of the 14th century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1909
  • A. Coulin: Fastening sovereignty and fastening rights . Leipzig, Veit, 1911