Talk:Rēzekne
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This page (and some other Wikipedias, but hardly anyone else) states that "Rēzekne received Magdeburg rights from Poland in the 17th century." Others (e.g. the Polish Wikipedia!) say that city rights were given only in 1773, by the Russians. Is there a source for the first claim? And in which year these Magdeburg rights are supposed to be given? Fransvannes 07:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- Without going into details I don't know, I'd like to point out that there's no contradiction in that. The Magdeburg Law was in fact a set of laws rather than a single law, and used to be granted to villages as well. This gave them a certain degree of internal autonomy without necessarily granting them with a city charter and a city status. //Halibutt 02:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- It is mentioned on the city's webpage as well: "Rezekne is presented with Magdebourg rights widely used in Poland in 17th century." Olessi 03:37, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you! The page about Magdeburg rights may be modified a bit (at this stage it just says that these were city laws, and that they were granted to cities). Fransvannes 08:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed. To make the matter even more complicated, there were a number of location law variants popular in Poland from Middle Ages to 18th century. Among the most popular and widely used were Środa Śląska Law (prawo średzkie; a conservative version with lesser autonomy and more power vested in the voyt or a mayor), Vallachian Law (prawo wołoskie; used mostly for villages in rough terrain where the standard Magdeburg Law was not attractive enough), Luebeck Law (prawo lubeckie; mostly for trade towns - among them Riga), Polish Law (prawo polskie; the pre-Magdeburg design), Chełmno Law (prawo chełmińskie; never codified yet widely used), Poznań Law (prawo poznańskie, sometimes also Greater Polish Law), and so on. Some of these were in fact local variants of the Magdeburg Law while others are often mistakenly yet commonly referred to as such even though they had little to do with the laws of Magdeburg. //Halibutt 12:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you! The page about Magdeburg rights may be modified a bit (at this stage it just says that these were city laws, and that they were granted to cities). Fransvannes 08:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
- It is mentioned on the city's webpage as well: "Rezekne is presented with Magdebourg rights widely used in Poland in 17th century." Olessi 03:37, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
