Metadata: Imperial Chamber Court files regarding Schaumburg-Lippe
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 24
- Title:
- Imperial Chamber Court files regarding Schaumburg-Lippe
- Title (official language):
- Reichskammergerichtsakten betr. Schaumburg-Lippe
- Creator/accumulator:
- Imperial Chamber Court
- Date(s):
- 1551/1808
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 11.54 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises civil litigation files, ordered alphabetically by name of the plaintiff. Jews are mentioned in different contexts as both plaintiffs and defendants.
- Archival history:
- The Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) was established in 1495 as the supreme imperial court and was responsible for lawsuits between persons who were answerable directly to the Reich (Reichsunmittelbare) or for these and for appointments of German high courts, unless there was a higher regional court, as in Kurland. Except for several interruptions, it had its seat in Speyer from 1527 and from 1689 in Wetzlar. It ceased to exist in 1806 with the abdication of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Franz II. The trial records were started in 1808 because files of pending cases were requested by the interested parties.
- Access points: locations:
- Bückeburg
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- Legal records
- Professions
- Professions--Lawyers
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.
- 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
