{"id":36902,"date":"2026-05-20T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hansemuseum.eu\/?page_id=36902"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:37:10","slug":"quite-privileged-luebeck-and-its-imperial-immediacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hansemuseum.eu\/en\/quite-privileged-luebeck-and-its-imperial-immediacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite privileged! L\u00fcbeck and its Imperial Immediacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Special exhibition by the Archives of the Hanseatic City of L\u00fcbeck at the European Hansemuseum<\/h4>\n

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L\u00fcbeck and its Imperial Immediacy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What does it actually mean to be \u2018quite privileged\u2019? Both in the past and today, there have been and continue to be privileges and special rights for certain individuals and groups. But entire cities could also be granted special privileges \u2013 and L\u00fcbeck was one such city. Thanks to the Charter of Imperial Immediacy issued in 1226, the city enjoyed a privileged position compared to its neighbours for centuries. Moreover, the charter, with its numerous provisions, continues to shape the Hanseatic city to some extent even today.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why was this document, now 800 years old, invoked in 1925 to settle a dispute between fishermen from L\u00fcbeck and Mecklenburg? Why did towns such as Kiel and Rostock turn to L\u00fcbeck councillors for rulings on complex legal matters in the Middle Ages? And what exactly was Thomas Mann referring to when, in a lecture, he sought to define L\u00fcbeck as a \u2018spiritual way of life\u2019?<\/p>\n

This special exhibition explores these and many other questions through numerous objects from the past and present. It sheds light on the various consequences of L\u00fcbeck\u2019s privileged status and examines the impact the Charter of Imperial Immediacy had on the city of L\u00fcbeck, municipal law, the economy and the development of a distinct \u2018L\u00fcbeck\u2019 identity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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