Metadata: Health department Rinteln
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony - Bückeburg Branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Bückeburg
- Postal address:
- Schlossplatz 2, 31675 Bückeburg
- Phone number:
- +49 5722 9677-30
- Reference number:
- H 86
- Title:
- Health department Rinteln
- Title (official language):
- Gesundheitsamt Rinteln
- Creator/accumulator:
- City of Rinteln - health department
- Date(s):
- 1910/1990
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 28.51 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises hereditary health records, records relating to sterilisations, medical examination files, genealogical charts, and marriage permits, including those of Jews.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The state health office was set up in 1934, based on the lower administrative authority in the city and rural districts. Its tasks included the implementation of health policy, the so-called hereditary and race care, including marriage counselling, school health care, maternal counselling, participation in measures for the promotion of physical exercises, official and medical practice. Predecessors were the district doctors or country doctors. The health authorities were communalised in 1978 as part of the administrative reform.
- Access points: locations:
- Rinteln
- System of arrangement:
- There is no system or arrangement. The material is kept in order of accession.
- Finding aids:
- A database is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Meike Buck
