Weisthümer is a collection of partially oral legal traditions from rural German-speaking Europe
by Jacob Grimm, published in four volumes (1840–1863), intended for use in research into Germanic law.
The German term "Weisthum" (post-1901 spelling "Weistum") in the sense of "historical legal text" originates in the region of the middle Rhine and the Moselle. In southern Germany, equivalent terms were "Ehaft" or "Ehafttaiding", in the Alsace "Dinghofrodel", in Switzerland "Offnung", in Austria "Banntaiding", and in Low German "Willkür" or "Beliebung". Rural oral legal traditions are found primarily in the Alamannic and Austro-Bavarian regions of German-speaking Europe. According to the more recent research, "Weistum" texts are to be addressed as «a standardized artefact intended for a circumscribed circle of legitimate or addressed recipients, namely the "dominion" and the peasant landed gentry/court inmates.»
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