Metadata: Senate of justice
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:
- L 21
- Title:
- Senate of justice
- Title (official language):
- Justizsenat
- Creator/accumulator:
- Senate of justice
- Date(s):
- 1836/1879
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.43 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises civil and criminal case files. The following items are relevant to Jewish history: S No. 11 Prosecution of the Schweitzer Brothers company in Hamm against the merchant Edelstein in Bückeburg due to arrest in 1875; S No. 9 prosecution of the innkeeper and agent August D Salfeldt in Stadthagen (adopted by a Jew), plaintiff and appellant, against the interim administrator Haevemeier, defendant and appellee, in Probsthagen 5 for delivery of bricks in 1879; S No. 10 prosecution of the agent August D Salfeldt in Stadthagen (adopted by a Jew), plaintiff and appellant, against the master tailor Carl Rödenbeck in Langenbruch, defendant and appellee, because of a claim in 1879.
- Archival history:
- The older files seem to be completely lost or destroyed.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The senate of justice existed within the state government and was the highest court in Schaumburg-Lippe. For matters of the department of justice it was 2nd and 3rd instance (as a review and appeal authority). In addition, the Senate had the task of serving as an appeals office for the (Lutheran) Consistory and represented the first instance for Reformed Church members and Catholics. The Senate was abolished effective 1 October 1879.
- Access points: locations:
- Bückeburg
- Hamm
- Langenbruch
- Probsthagen
- Stadthagen
- Access points: persons/families:
- Edelstein
- Haevemeier
- Rödenbeck, Carl
- Salfeldt, August D
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by name of the plaintiff or defendant (in criminal cases).
- 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
