Richerzeche was founded in the 12th Century in the Free Imperial City of Cologne as a secular brotherhood or a corporation of all the wealthy patricians...

from the control of patrician families, which in Cologne was called Richerzeche. In 1450 the inhabitants of Aachen did the same and promulgated the so-called...

burghers established fraternities and trade guilds (most notably the Richerzeche). In the 1106 war of succession between Emperor Henry V and his father...

(approximate date). 1182 - City expands with suburbs and ramparts. 1184 - Richerzeche formed (approximate date). 1201 - The city joined the Hanseatic League...

part of the circle of actual councilors. In contrast to the Cologne Richerzeche, for example, the guild of rich patricians, which was disempowered by...