Oath day

The Schwörtag was a day by the citizens of a city a solemn oath is filed ( oath of citizenship ). In the Upper German language area, it is known as the "homage day". The date and course of the day of the oath and the oaths to be taken were precisely defined by the authorities of a city in "oath articles".

See also

• Oath Monday
• Esslingen am Neckar # Citizens' Festival and Oath Day

Web links

• Literature on days of oaths in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
• Michele Luminati: Oath: 1.2 - Legal and political oaths. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Katharina Simon-Muscheid : Bourgeoisie: 1.1 - Medieval town bourgeoisie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adelung, Johann Christoph: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect (1811), Vol. III, 1758, sv Schwörtag
2. ↑ Gengenbach City Archives, File C, X / 1: Oath Article 1698–1750.