• Öffnungsrecht in the Middle Ages was the right of a liege lord, more specifically a territorial lord or protective lord, in the Holy Roman Empire to have...
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    Ramstein Castle as a fief. Baldwin, however, reserved right of access (Öffnungsrecht). Both the married couple and William pledged their shares several times...
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    Merzenich, he also forced the new count to declare his ancestral seat an Öffnungsrecht and to cede the Burgberg of Neuenahr to the archbishop. Both directly...
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    the Bamberg estate. In 1353, the Rabensteins granted access rights (Öffnungsrecht) to their allodial castle to the Burgraviate of Nuremberg for 12 years...
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    Münsterland in the 14th century. The feudal system made Raesfeld Castle the Öffnungsrecht of the Duchy of Cleves. Bytter I of Raesfeld (* around 1325; † between...
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    (1459–1475), and, in 1470, had to grant the bishop right of access or Öffnungsrecht to Wolkenstein Castle. In the period that followed several members of...
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    Lamprecht of Brunn (1374–1398) forced Seybot II von Egloffstein to grant Öffnungsrecht to the Bishopric in the majority of the castle. During the First Margrave...
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    unhindered use of the castle in times of war or feud (an arrangement called Öffnungsrecht in German history). In connection with the Dhaun Feud, a whole ring...
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