also known as ius gladii ("right of the sword") or in German as Blutgerichtsbarkeit, Blutgericht (lit. "blood justice", "blood-court"; sometimes also...

Emperor. As of 1367, the town also had market rights as well as Blutgerichtsbarkeit (meaning that there was an Imperial court authorized to mete out...

Emperor Frederick III vested the citizens with high justice rights (Blutgerichtsbarkeit) in 1461. The present-day municipality was established in 1850. Upon...

area. At the Council of Constance (1415), King Sigismund granted Blutgerichtsbarkeit ("Blood justice" or the right to pronounce sentences of death or...

The Counts of Bregenz basically exercised high justice (in German: Blutgerichtsbarkeit), the right to put persons to death, because they were the sovereigns...

of the rule of Hohenaschau which was equipped with the right of Blutgerichtsbarkeit. Today's municipality came into being in the course of the administrative...

Reichshofgericht in Rottweil was competent for appeals. For the Blutgerichtsbarkeit (high jurisdiction) the Hochgericht was competent. The Ebersbach...

these had to be decided by a court of so-called high justice (see Blutgerichtsbarkeit). With the prince-bishop bereft of most of his customary privileges...

effectively, John established a vehmic court on Ginsburg Castle. For the Blutgerichtsbarkeit (high jurisdiction) the Hochgericht was competent. The Ebersbach...

justice of the Griffin dynasty. In German, it was referred to as Blutgerichtsbarkeit, which meant blood jurisdiction, hence the red colour, similar to...

Vogtei of Windegg, but it remained subordinate to the blood court (Blutgerichtsbarkeit) of Sargans. A special case was the area of the today's municipality...

the Salem Abbey received the privilege to inflict high justice ("Blutgerichtsbarkeit" or "Blutgericht"). Following the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss,...