Magdeburg Law

…1261, when it adopted the Magdeburg Law (Magdeburger Recht), a civic constitution based on German law. Wrocław again flourished as an economic center. Nearby to the east a “new town” was developed; it was united with the older city in 1327. In 1335 Wrocław passed to Bohemia with the rest…

…already existing towns, the so-called Magdeburg Law, the privilege of self-government. Casimir built more than 50 castles, fostered church building, and embellished the royal castle at Kraków. A special court was established in Kraków to arbitrate in all quarrels and to administer the law codified in the Liber juris Teutonici…

…municipal administration, Magdeburger Recht (Magdeburg Law), that later was widely adopted throughout eastern Europe. Its citizens, in almost constant conflict with the archbishops, became nearly independent of them by the end of the 15th century. Magdeburg embraced the Reformation in 1524 and was thereafter governed by Protestant titular archbishops.…

Magdeburg’s, known as the Magdeburger Recht, was copied throughout Germany and eastern Europe. Although some of its provisions were assailed by theologians in the 14th century, its influence was felt in German territories for more than 300 years, until the reception of Roman law in the 16th century. Its…