Weisthümer
Weisthümer is a collection of partially oral legal traditions from rural German-speaking Europe by Jacob Grimm, published in four volumes (1840–1863), intended for use in research into Germanic law. [1]
The German term Weisthum (post-1901 spelling Weistum) in the sense of "historical legal text" originates in Middle German. In southern Germany, equivalent terms were Ehaft or Ehafttaiding, in the Alsace Dinghofrodel, in Switzerland Offnung, in Austria Banntaiding, and in Low German Willkür or Beliebung. Rural oral legal traditions are found primarily in the Alamannic and Austro-Bavarian regions of German-speaking Europe.
See also
References
- Dieter Werkmüller, Über Aufkommen und Verbreitung der Weistümer: nach der Sammlung von Jacob Grimm (1972).
- Jacob Grimm (ed.) Weisthümer 6 vols. (1840–1863), index volume ed. Richard Schröder (1878); reprinted Darmstadt 1957.
- Anne-Marie Dubler: Offnungen in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2011.
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