Der See - und Handelsstadt Dantzig Rechte oder Willkuer 1597 (Laws or Willkuer of the Sea and Trade City Dantzig 1597).
These law codes of Danzig were reprinted in 1732 by Seelmann in Danzig and several times thereafter in miscelanious other locations.
Official records of German cities, principalities and the Hanseatic League were verified by attaching seals called sigillum, to ensure authenticity.
The seal of the newly founded city of Danzig of 1224 stated as follows: SIGILLUM BURGENSIUM DANTZIKE
The Danziger Willkuer or Law records are recorded in Preussische Urkundenbuch, Regesten or law books of Prussia.
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