Frankfurt Reformation

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The Frankfurt Reformation is a systematic recording of the city ​​law of Frankfurt am Main in the 16th century .

history

As early as the 14th and 15th centuries, numerous ordinances of the City Council of Frankfurt am Main were repeatedly summarized in so-called “statutes”.

But only the reception of Roman law and the related reinforced systematic thinking of legal practitioners led in 1509 to a first systematic registration of the Frankfurt city law, the Frankfurt Reformation, through the Frankfurt City Counsel Adam fair weather Heimbach .

This was expanded and revised in 1578 by Johann Fichard , the so-called Renewed Frankfurt Reformation . The Frankfurt Reformation was one of the most comprehensive urban law modifications in Germany. Compared to other codifications , the proportion of Roman law is particularly pronounced here.

In 1611 it was expanded again.

scope

The Frankfurt Reformation was a particular right until the introduction of the Civil Code on January 1, 1900 and, due to the transitional provisions contained in the Introductory Act to the Civil Code, in individual parts even beyond this point in time.

Since the city-oriented Frankfurt Reformation was only partially suitable for the rural area, the city council of Frankfurt decided on August 20, 1726 to introduce the Solms land law for the villages that belonged to the dominion of the city of Frankfurt. It was subsidiary to the extent that the Frankfurt Reformation contained no regulation.

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  1. ↑ Arthur B. Schmidt: The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 75, note 65.