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The Bergordnung were the
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enacted in order to exercise the royal mining rights or ''
Bergregal The ''Bergregal'' () was the historic right of ownership of untapped mineral resources in parts of German-speaking Europe; ownership of the ''Bergregal'' meant entitlement to the rights and royalties from mining. Historically, it was one of th ...
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See also

* Bergrecht *
Bergregal The ''Bergregal'' () was the historic right of ownership of untapped mineral resources in parts of German-speaking Europe; ownership of the ''Bergregal'' meant entitlement to the rights and royalties from mining. Historically, it was one of th ...


Literature

* Hermann Brassert (ed.): ''Berg-Ordnungen der preussischen Lande.'', Cologne, 1858
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* Hubert Ermisch: ''Das Sächsische Bergrecht des Mittelalters.'' Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig, 1887
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* Franz Johann Friedrich Meyer: ''Versuch einer Geschichte der Bergwerksverfassung und der Bergrechte des Harzes im Mittelalter.'' Eisenach, 1817 * Joseph von Sperges: ''Tyrolische Bergwerksgeschichte.'' Wien 1765
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* Aemil Steinbeck: ''Geschichte des Schlesischen Bergaues, seiner Verfassung, seines Betriebes.'' 2 Bände, Breslau 1857ff.
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Kaspar Maria von Sternberg Count Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (also: ''Caspar Maria'', ''Count Sternberg'', german: Kaspar Maria Graf Sternberg, cs, hrabě Kašpar Maria Šternberk), 1761, Prague – 1838, Březina (Rokycany District), Březina Castle), was a Bohemian Theolo ...
: ''Umrisse einer Geschichte des Bergbaus und der Berggesetzgebung des Königreichs Böhmen.'' 2 volumes, Prague, 1836/38
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* Thomas von Wagner: ''Über die Chursächsische Bergwerksverfassung.'' Leipzig, 1787
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