!!!Weistümer

Weistuemer (also called Taidinge), established customary law of a 
manorial property (a village); laid down and pronounced at the village 
assembly (Taiding) in the late Middle Ages, written records from the 
14%%sup th/%  /15%%sup th/%  centuries. Collections of Weistuemer 
exist in many rural areas throughout the Austrian provinces; they were 
produced by interaction between the lords of the manor and the 
community of the vassals and often by consulting trustworthy village 
elders.

!Publications
Sammlung oesterreichischer Weistuemer, ed. by the 
Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1870ff.

!Literature
H. Baltl, Die oesterreichischen Weistuemer, MIOeG 59 
(1951) and 61 (1953); G. Kocher, Richter und Stabuebergabe im 
Verfahren der oberoesterreichischen Weistuemer, 1971; H. Feigl, Die 
oberoesterreichischen Weistuemer als Quellen fuer Geschichte von 
Handel und Gewerbe, Historisches Jahrbuch Linz, 1985.


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