Erection certificate

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An erection certificate ( lat. : Erigere erect = upright; ahd. : Urchundi = cognition) is Kirchenrecht one of a bishop signed document , which of a congregation the establishment of a rectory allowed. A congregation is raised to the status of an independent parish through the erection certificate, for example the Trinity Church in Hanover in 1876 or the Evangelical Church in Vohwinkel in 1886.

In the early modern period , the term was also used in connection with the documentation of secular property transactions.

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  1. ^ The Bünter Hofstelle in older documents September 12, 2015