Metadata: Administrative district of Meppen until 1803
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony - Osnabrück Branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Osnabrück
- Postal address:
- Schlossstraße 29, 49074 Osnabrück
- Phone number:
- +49 531 33162 0
- Reference number:
- Rep. 150 Mep
- Title:
- Administrative district of Meppen until 1803
- Title (official language):
- Amt Meppen bis 1803
- Creator/accumulator:
- Administrative district of Meppen
- Date(s):
- 1562/1803
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 863 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection with the signature Rep 150 Mep essentially comprises the sovereign-police part of the Münster treasurer's registry. Of special interest are: No. 190 Certificates of adultery and tribute in the Meppen district, 1761-1797; No. 372 General security and order in the Meppen district, including edict concerning general security with orders to foreign begging and itinerant Jews (Bettel- and Packjuden) (printed), 1801, 1779 and 1774; No. 188 Ordinance on conduct against foreign Jews in the Bishopric of Münster of Germany 4 November 1791; No. 192 Jewish affairs in the Meppen district, 1749-1777; No. 371 Beggars, vagabonds and foreigners, 1750-1802; No. 193 Attitude of servants among the Jews, 1753-1798; No. 189 Origin and trade of foreign and local Jews in the office Meppen, 1763-1798; No. 382 Vagabonds, including: Order to the office Meppen because of a gang suspected of church robbery and vagabonding. Christians, Jews and "Gypsies" in Bishopric of Münster, 1703, Foreign beggars and itinerants, 1779; No. 384 Issue of passports in the Meppen district, 1705-1801; No. 797, 798 Criminal matters in the Meppen district, 1771-1802; No. 857 Jew Levi Jacob and associates in Amsterdam against the Jew Jacob Meyer in Meppen due to request, 1795-1796; No. 191 Disputes, lawsuits and investigations against the Jews in the Meppen district, 1746-1802; No. 194 The appeal of the Jews to the state and church authorities, 1756-1774; No. 337 Parish and municipal debts in the Meppen district, indication of the debts to the Jew Benjamin Salomon in Aschendorf, 1776.
- Archival history:
- The sovereign-police part of the Münster treasurer's registry was transferred to the Arenberg sub-prefects in 1809 when the state and local administration were separated.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The former administrative district of Meppen or "Emsland" of the prince bishopric of Münster coincides with the area of today's districts of Meppen and Aschendorf-Hümmling. Together with the administrative districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta, which later belonged to Oldenburg, Meppen formed the so-called "Niederstift" (lower bishopric) of the prince-bishopric.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Jacob, Levi
- Meyer, Jacob
- Salomon, Benjamin
- 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
