Court arbor
A court arbor is a roofed-over, but externally visible medieval court building.
function
According to the Saxon law recorded in the Sachsenspiegel, court was to be held in the open air so that it could be done in front of the public. Courts lived up to this principle, which was supposed to avoid secrecy and arbitrariness, and at the same time offered the court assembly protection from the rigors of the weather.
Examples of court arbors in northern Germany
- Judicial arbor (Berlin) , 13th century extension to the old town hall , later moved to the Babelsberg park and reshaped, "copy" in the city's Nikolaiviertel
- Market arcade of the Bremen town hall
- Porch of the old town hall of Hanover
- Courthouse of the town hall of Lemgo
- Porch of the Lübeck town hall
- Court arbor of the Lüneburg town hall
See also
- Court linden tree
- Court arbor (Freiburg im Breisgau) , oldest town hall in Freiburg, occupied as a council chamber in 1328
literature
- Yearbook for house research, Vol. 60: Town halls and other municipal buildings - Jan. 17, 2011, ISBN 978-3894454449
- Christina Niemann, Iustitia Enim Inmortalis Est , BoD - Books on Demand, 2012