Center judge

A center judge was the highest official of a center office and in this function also the presiding judge of a center court .

definition

The task of a center judge in the Holy Roman Empire (HRR) consisted in the exercise of high jurisdiction . As is customary in the HRR, there was no separation of the judiciary from the administration , so the center judge performed both judicial and executive tasks. The central judge was originally appointed by the bishop, later mostly the bailiffs of the respective offices took this function in personal union. With the involvement of a college of lay judges, the center judge, as presiding judge of the cent court, held regular court sessions in which residents of the cent districts who had committed criminal offenses were tried. As executive body the judge cent of up botene of him stood Committee are available. This paramilitary group of troops was used in the context of law enforcement to arrest criminals. The term “Centrichter” is derived from the Latin centum (“hundred”), which goes back to the time of the Franconian conquest . Because during this time the colonists settled in hundreds .

literature

• Hanns Hubert Hofmann : Höchstadt-Herzogenaurach (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part Franconia . I, 1). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1951, DNB  452071143 ( digitized version ).
• Helmut Demattio: Kronach - The Altlandkreis (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 32). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7696-9698-0 .
• Wilhelm Schwemmer, Gustav Voit: Lauf-Hersbruck (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 14). Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1967, DNB  456999256 ( digitized version ).
• Richard Winkler: Bayreuth - City and Altlandkreis (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 30). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7696-9696-4 .
• Helmut Demattio: Kronach - The Altlandkreis (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 32). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7696-9698-0 .
• Hanns Hubert Hofmann : Nuremberg-Fürth (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part Franconia I, 4). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1954, DNB  452071224 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Höchstadt-Herzogenaurach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 25 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de [accessed on May 27, 2020]).
2. ↑ Kronach - The Altland District . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 127 .
3. ↑ Stadtsteinach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 18 ( digital-sammlungen.de [accessed on May 27, 2020]).
4. ↑ Stadtsteinach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 13 ( digital-sammlungen.de [accessed on May 27, 2020]).
5. ↑ Höchstadt-Herzogenaurach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 28 ( digital-sammlungen.de [accessed on May 27, 2020]).
6. ↑ Kitzingen . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 33 ( digital-sammlungen.de [accessed on May 27, 2020]).