The Structure and Functions of local and regional Governance in northwestern Germany's rural societies during the 18^<th> and 19^<th> centuries

这项研究项目考察了18世纪至19世纪德国西北部农村社区组织的形成、作用和办公室。它构成了对现代德国地方和地区治理的结构和职能的基本调查和分析的一部分。第一部分介绍了19世纪德国属地州农村市政制度的法律发展和汉诺威王国的实际情况。第二部分论述了1850年前德国西北部，特别是北海地区的地方和区域组织。

This research project has examined the formations, roles and offices of rural communal organizations in northwestern Germany from the 18th to the 19th century. It forms part of a fundamental investigation and analysis of the structure and functions of local and regional Governance in modern Germany. The first part presents the legal developments of rural municipal systems in German territorial states and the actual situation in the Kingdom Hanover during the 19th century. The second part discusses local and regional organizations in northwestern Germany, particularly in the North Sea areas, before 1850.