Yard protection

In the 17th and 18th centuries, court protection was an important motivation to seek employment at German courts, including the Bavarian court in Munich.

He secured the artists and artisans the exemption from all tax payments to the city ​​magistrate and gave them many other privileges such as the exemption from the guild obligation , sometimes also an apartment and workshop in a building belonging to the courtyard. In addition, they were the only jurisdiction in charge of the chief stewardship.

Artists under court protection (selection)

• Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680–1758)
• François de Cuvilliés the Elder (1695–1768)
• François de Cuvilliés the Younger (1731–1777)
• Guillielmus de Grof (1676–1742)

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• Christina Thon: Johann Baptist Zimmermann as stucco . Schnell and Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-7954-0406-1 .
• Ludwig Hüttl: Max Emanuel. The Blue Elector, 1679–1726 . A political biography. 3. Edition. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-7991-5863-4 .

Web links

• Yard protection. In: German legal dictionary . Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , accessed April 6, 2013 .