Aarburgund County
The Landgraviate of Aarburgund (lat. Burgundia circa Ararim ) existed from the 13th to the 15th century in today's cantons of Bern and, to a lesser extent, Solothurn . It covered the area to the left of the Aare between the Stockhorn chain and the Jura as far as the Siggern . The name "Burgundy" refers to the fact that this area was part of the Kingdom of Burgundy .
history
The Landgraviate of Aarburgund was created at the same time as the Landgraviate of Burgundy , probably only after the dissolution of the Duchy of the Zähringer and the Rectorate of Burgundy , i.e. after 1218. Its most important function was the registry court for the nobility, clergy and free farmers. It also served to secure the peace and preserve the imperial property.
The regional court met at different places of jurisdiction, so-called Thingstätten . The court, the so-called Landtag, was convened by the Landgrave and exercised blood jurisdiction in the case of charges of robbery, murder, manslaughter or arson.
The Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau served as landgraves in Aarburgund between 1276 and 1375 . The term "Landgraviate Aarburgund" then disappeared and was replaced by the term "Grafschaft Nidau". After the counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau died out, the title and the rights associated with it were transferred to the imperial city of Bern in 1388/93 together with the rule of Nidau . The areas of today's Solothurn at the southern foot of the Jura were also gradually transferred to the imperial city of Solothurn from 1344 .
The legal title served Bern as the basis of its sovereignty until the 17th century , although the Landgraviate lost its function as an imperial office in the 15th century.
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Individual proof
- ^ B. Amiet, Solothurn History , Volume 1