Talk:German town law

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[edit] ring

The Ring is a German dialect word for a central place. Is the ring here a right worg for a quadratic square? Xx236 08:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

From Magocsi's Historical Atlas of Central Europe, p. 37:

One part contained the oldest seat of the local rulers (the Burg), which was often set off geographically on a hill or separated by a river. This area was dominated by the ruler's residence (secular or religious) and the cathedral church. Another part was the city proper, built around a central market square (Markplatz), or ring (Ring/rynek/náměstí), where the wealthiest merchants resided, where artisans conducted their business, and where a church was either built or restored to serve specifically this element of the city's population. Around the ring, streets fanned out in a grid or in concentric circles (semicircles if the city was on a river), and along these and other cross streets were built the residences of artisans and other townspeople. The city was surrounded by a wall and/or moat with gates that may have been entirely new or a continuation or enlargement of an earlier defense system.

The names for the types of law/rights were taken verbatim from the same publication. If additional names are known, please add and source them. Olessi 14:02, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Should be Marktplatz.

The cities I know (Lower Silesia) have rectangular rings and grids of streets. Which German type cities are circular? Xx236 15:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Magocsi doesn't give any examples of that specific type, so I'll remove it in the absence of further information. Olessi 15:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)