[GBay] Anfrage: Heimatrecht

["Geschichte Bayerns (Dr. Georg Köglmeier)" <georg.koeglmeier_AT_soziologie.uni-regensburg.de>]

From: Tom Goyen <tg2c[at]uvawise.edu>
Subject: Query: Heimatsrecht
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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I am working on a biography of Johann Most (1846-1906), an Augsburg 
native, socialist orator, and later anarchist who immigrated to New 
York in 1882. Last summer, I visited several German archives including 
the city and church archives in Augsburg. Since Most was constantly on 
the move (he was a journeyman bookbinder for awhile) during the 1860s 
and 1870s, several records mention his _Heimat_ and attest to his 
residency or lack thereof.

One of the archivists at the Stadtarchiv Augsburg mentioned the 
tradition of _Heimatsrecht_ and _Buergerrecht_ in Augsburg. I'd like to 
know more about these legal rights in Augsburg from the 1840s to 1880s. 
He also told me that Heimatsrecht entitled you to some municipal 
welfare even if you fell ill elsewhere. The host city would simply 
request a bill from the city you held Heimatsrecht (residency right?). 
But apparently you lost this Heimatsrecht after a 10 year absence. I'm 
guessing that _Buergerrecht_ was restricted to the propertied classes 
and required some civic responsibility. This is all I know from 
hearsay.

Also, what happened to these rights after the establishment of the 
German Empire, and how were these rights defended esp. by Bavarians who 
never had a great love for a Prussian-led German state?

Related to this, I'm also looking for literature on the experience and 
legal requirements of journeymen during their Wanderschaft in the 
period 1850-1870. Most mentions in his memoirs that guilds required him 
to carry an Arbeitsbuch and register with the police in every locality. 
He seems to have never completed his journeymenship. If I could only 
find this Arbeitsbuch somewhere.

All suggestions of literature may be in German or English.

Great thanks

Tom Goyens
University of Virginia's College at Wise
<tg2c[at]uvawise.edu>

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