Henryk Stroband (1548–1609) was a Polish

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

and mayor of

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. He founded the

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in Toruń, and was partially responsible for the codification of

Kulm law Kulm law, Culm law or Chełmno Law (german: Kulmer Recht; lat, Jus Culmense vetus; pl, Prawo chełmińskie) was a legal constitution for a municipal form of government used in several Central European cities during the Middle Ages. It was initia ...

in Toruń.

Bibliography

* Janusz Małłek,
Henryk Stroband (1548-1609). Reformator i współtwórca Gimnazjum Akademickiego w Toruniu
', "Echa Przeszłości", T. XI, 2010, s. 63-68. 1548 births 1609 deaths Polish jurists People from Toruń {{Poland-bio-stub