Metadata: Administrative district of Stadthagen (with administrative district Hagenburg)
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 101b
- Title:
- Administrative district of Stadthagen (with administrative district Hagenburg)
- Title (official language):
- Amt Stadthagen (mit Amt Hagenburg)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Administrative district Stadthagen (with administrative district of Hagenburg)
- Date(s):
- 1593/1941
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 16 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises records of the general administration (supervision of agriculture and forestry, services and levies, registry and sovereign domain) and the lower courts (except nobility and cities), payment of Schutzgeld [protection money], presence of foreign Jews in Stadthagen, register of Jewish names. The sequel is in collection L 102b.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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Since the Middle Ages administrative districts (in addition to towns and hamlets) existed at the lower levels of administration and the lower courts (with the exception of the noble residents, who were under the jurisdiction of the state sovereign). Their responsibilities were regulated in the official and house regulations of 1615. These included the supervision of the proper nature of the land in agricultural and forestry matters, the regulation of peasant services, revenues and taxes, treasury and contributions, the keeping of registers and participation in the administration of the state sovereign domain (Domanium). The lowest executive body of the administrative districts were until 1784 the Hachmeister or Bauermeister, then the administrative officers (Amtsvögte).
In addition to the administrative districts of Arensburg and Bückeburg, the administrative districts of Hagenburg and Stadthagen became part of Lippe in connection with the division of the old County of Schaumburg in 1647. The "Free Hagen”, which preserved a degree of peasant self-government in the quarterly "farmers' assemblies" (Bauerntage), had a special position in the city of Stadthagen. In 1874, the administrative district of Stadthagen was given jurisdiction over the city of Stadthagen. Effective 1 October 1879 the administrative districts of Hagenburg and Stadthagen were merged to the administrative district of Stadthagen. At the same time, the judiciary and administration were separated; the jurisdiction was transferred to the newly founded District Court of Stadthagen.
- Access points: locations:
- Stadthagen
- Subject terms:
- Agriculture
- Legal matters
- Legal status of Jews
- Vital records
- 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