Guest dish

A guest court (Dutch hospitable thing , Danish giesteting , even strangers court or purchase court called) was a medieval had (especially traders) to decide legal institution that disputes between locals and guests. If relevant cases existed, it was able to assemble quickly and briefly and summarily examine and decide on the complaints brought by strangers against locals. This was particularly necessary in disputes with merchants, as they could not stay in one place for too long and wait for a normal day of court. It can be seen as part of the hospitality law , which meant a certain strengthening of the rights of guests.

Guest dishes were common in the countries of Germany , Austria and Switzerland between the 14th and 18th centuries . According to the court letter of the city of Munich from 1540 - such a court was probably created around 1390 - the guest court was held every Wednesday at market time. The appointed instructor was chairman, judge finder and scribe all in one. In Amberg , the city council set up a guest court because the many traders could not wait until the normal city court, which was held every 14 days or every four weeks, met.

In some places, e.g. B. in Leipzig because of the fair , these courts have been given the name of the commercial courts in addition to an extension to all commercial matters.

literature

• Eduard Osenbrüggen: The guest dishes of the German Middle Ages. Vienna 1865.
• Alfred Schultze: About guest law and guest courts in the German cities of the Middle Ages . In: Historical magazine . Volume 101, Volume 5, 1908.
• Guest dish. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 4 : Forschel – retainer - (IV, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1878, Sp. 1479 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
• Hospitality . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 3 , Issue 8 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1935 and 1938).
• Guest dish . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 3 , Issue 8 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1935 and 1938).
• Guest dish . In: Adelung, Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 430.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guest court . In: Adelung, Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 430.
2. ↑ Guest court. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 4 : Forschel – retainer - (IV, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1878, Sp. 1479 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
3. ^ Legal and constitutional history of the Bavarian cities. In: Journal for Bavarian State History , Volume 73, Issue 2/2010, p. 192.
4. ↑ Felix Adam von Löwenthal: Document book on the history of the origin of the city of Amberg. Hübschmann, Munich 1801, OCLC 165431801 . (Reprint. RareBooksClub.com, 2013, ISBN 978-1-230-13324-9 )