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The village head, the inn and the village bench
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Rural self-government under German law — the village head, slaughterhouses and the jury court.
The beginnings of rural self-government in Poland date back to the Middle Ages, when the so-called German law was transferred to the countryside. The village was headed by a village head with a hereditary right — he had the privilege of establishing an inn and butcher's slaughterhouse, as well as a part of the income from rents.
The local government expressed itself in the judiciary: the inhabitants elected jurors who, under the leadership of the mayor, judged civil cases. The terms "mayor", "sołtys" and "jurors" have survived in the Polish system to this day — a testimony to the long tradition of the Gręboszów village.
More on the municipality website: greboszow.pl
