City servant

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A bailiff (begging judges, begging Vogt) was in medieval and early modern cities, especially the former imperial cities and royal free cities , the lowest rank of the police and the city courts.

The duties of the city servants included the arrest of criminals, troublemakers, etc., they watched over the safety and quiet of the streets and performed other lowly duties. They were also involved in executions (removal of the corpse, burial). Another common name for city servants was "henchman".

See also

• Bailiff
• servant
• Constable

literature

• City servant, m.. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
• Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia . 167th part. Pauli, Berlin 1837, p. 684 ( digitized in the Google book search; online version ).
• Péter G. Tóth: A magyarországi boszorkányság forrásai IV. [Sources on the Hungarian witchcraft]. Balassi, Kiadó 2005.