Gelnhaus privilege from 1186
The Gelnhaus privilege or Barbarossaprivileg is a privilege with which Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa recognized the city of Bremen as a political body in 1186 , guaranteeing its protection and the rights of its citizens - the cives Bremensis civitatis (the "citizens of Bremen's citizenship") .
The Gelnhausen privilege, which was issued with the consent of Bishop Hartwig II , stipulated that government power in the city should only come from the emperor and the citizens, not from the church. The city was thus directly subordinate to the emperor and was formally a free imperial city . In addition, the document contained provisions on serfs who, according to the legal principle of urban air makes free, were considered to be free after a year and day's stay in the city, as well as clauses on the protection of inheritance and real estate.
The provisions of the privilege refer to rights allegedly already granted to the city of Bremen by Charlemagne at the instigation of Bishop Willehad .
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Thomas Hill: The city and its market . VSWG - Quarterly for Social and Economic History / Supplements No. 172, Franz Steiner Verlag, Bremen 2004, ISBN 3-515-080-68-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The name refers to the Kaiserpfalz Gelnhausen in which it was exhibited.
- ↑ D FI 955
- ↑ See Thomas Hill: The City and Its Market . VSWG - Quarterly Journal for Social and Economic History / Supplements No. 172, Franz Steiner Verlag, Bremen 2004, ISBN 3-515-080-68-6 , p. 235