Heerlijkheid
Lowest administrative and judicial unit in Low Countries before 1800 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A heerlijkheid (a Dutch word; pl. heerlijkheden; also called heerschap; Latin: Dominium)[1] was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. It originated as a unit of lordship under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. The English equivalents are manor, seigniory and lordship.[2] The German equivalent is Herrschaft. The heerlijkheid system was the Dutch version of manorialism that prevailed in the Low Countries and was the precursor to the modern municipality system in the Netherlands and Flemish Belgium.[3][4]