Onsteormæle isheafodstol (eacheafodburg andheafodburh hatte) seo heafodliceburg oþþetun gesibb hirewealde. Heo is nean a seo burg þe lichamlice befehþ þæt setlærn and þæt gemotærn þæssetles wealdes and is geseted belage.
Þa setlu wealdes on mægenum underriciscum domum sind gewunelice heafodstolas gehaten, ac æfter læssum wealdendum underdælum, word swelcefylces tun,fylces setl, oþþebyrig setl sind eac gebrocen.
Þær sind maniga gelimpunga þær ricu oþþe oðre anstandendas habbaþ manige heafodstolas. OnSuþaffrican, to bȳsne, se wealdenda heafodstol isPretoria, se lagsettenda heafodstol isNæsstun, and se demenda heafodstol isBlotsmanwelle, þe is þæt gelimp þæs gesemes þætte gesciepede þætSuþaffrican Gæd on1910.
In oðerum landum, se "wyrcenda" and "geseteda" heafodstol mæg wesan gesundrod for wyrcendlicum intingum, wrycende gelimpunge þære þe burg is gecuþ to "þæm heafodstole" þe nis soþlice healdend þæs setles wealdes:
On swelcum gelimpungum is seo burg þe hielt þone wealdenda heafodsto gewunelic understanden wesan se "ricisca heafodsto" ongemang elemanna. To bȳsne,Santiago is understanden wesan se heafodstol ofCilan þeah hireGemot is inFalparegse.
To heafodlicum stede wealdes þæs landscipes oþþe rices, se heafodstol gecyndelice atihteþ þa steormællice geanmetedum and him þara cræftas sind þorftene to welwyrcendum wealde swelceæswutolas,tidingwriteras, andfolclices rædes cneordlæcendas. Ieldre heafodstolas habbaþ eac oft growen on fornytte steormællice, lifwisisce, oþþe andgietfule stolas. Swelc is huru seo gelimpungParises onFranclande andBuenos AireseArgentinan ongemang riciscra heafodstola, andIrkutskes oþþeSaltlagburge on Uta on heora landscipum. Naþȳslæs swelc halgung mæg wesan wiðerwinnende. Seo settung ofBrasilie inBrasiles inlande wæs gedon be dæl to eowienne þæs gewealdes gesundrodnesse fram þæm crodenan and gewemedan ealdan heafodstoleRio de Janeiro. Þæt gewealdSuþcorean gehet on2004 þæt hit wege his heafodstol framSeoule toGeongi-Gongtscu — þeah þe þæt word "Seoul" self mænþ "heafodstol" in þæreCoreiscan spræce.
Seo gæderung wealdlices and feohhweorfunglices oþþe lifweglices domes nis nanum wisum woruldwide. Þeawlice heafodstolas magon feohhweorfunglice aþeostrian fram bifylclicum ofersteallum, swa swa hit gelamp midThebane, þe aþeostrode framAlexandrie,Nantscing framScanghai, oþþeEdinburg framGlasgowe. Þæt geafeall cynecynnes oþþe lifweges cuðe eacswa wyrcean þone deaþ his heafodstoles, swa swa hit gelamp beBablonie andCahocie. Æac wæron manige niwlice heafodstolas, swelceAbuja andOttawa, rædlice geseted onweg fram feohhweorfunglicum stowum and nabbaþ giet weaxen greate to niwum feohhweorfunglicum burgum.
Andefen þæra eacnunge niwlicracaserrica andgeþeodrica, heafodstolas habbaþ worden tacn for heora ricum heora gewealdu,, and gesetede be gewealdlicum andgiete. Ungelice midealdum ceastrum, þe wæron geset æghwærwealda heold his gemot, is seo ceosung, edsettung, staðoling, oþþe se onfeng niwlices heafodstokes carful gelimpung. To bȳsne:
Forworht and neahlice unwunodAthenas wæs andwended on heafodstol niwan anstandendesCreclandes for þæm hopan to acwicienne þone þrym geara;
