Golden Bull of Rimini

With the Golden Bull of Rimini from 1226 or 1235 Roman- German Emperor Frederick II granted the Teutonic Order the rule over the Kulmerland east of the lower Vistula River, between the territory of the Duke of Masovia and the territory of the Prussians. The Emperor instructed in the Order with the fight against this pagan tribe and assured him of the absolute sovereignty over its yet to be conquered territory to. This is evident in the meticulous control of the regalia, the royal right to rule. The cop says, the entire country was part of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Golden Bull of Rimini corresponds to the 1230 Treaty of closed Kruschwitz of the Teutonic Order and the Polish Duke Konrad of Mazovia and with the Bull of Rieti Pope Gregory IX. . Recent research go from the year 1234 on the assumption that the Golden Bull of Rimini issued until 1235 and was predated by a quite common in the Middle Ages method to the year 1226. The original document was witnessed by the archbishops of Magdeburg, Ravenna, Tyre, Palermo and Reggio, the bishops of Bologna, Rimini, Cesena, Mantua and Tortosa by the Dukes of Saxony and Spoleto, the Marquis of Monferrato and many more. The former Grand Master of the Order, Hermann von Salza, was one of the most important and closest advisors Emperor Frederick II

The design of the bull in favor of the Teutonic Order is contested mainly by Polish historians. Main argument of the critics is the legal issue of whether the Roman-German Emperor was entitled under then existing state right to borrow against the Order with areas that were not under his direct rule.