Metadata: French sub-prefectures of Lingen and Neuenhaus concerning Arenberg-Meppen
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. 250 Lin II
- Title:
- French sub-prefectures of Lingen and Neuenhaus concerning Arenberg-Meppen
- Title (official language):
- Französische Unterpräfekturen Lingen und Neuenhaus betreffend Arenberg-Meppen
- Creator/accumulator:
- French sub-prefectures of Lingen and Neuenhaus
- Date(s):
- 1810/1813
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 190 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The present collection consists, as already apparent from the subtitle, of files of the sub-prefectures of Lingen and Neuenhaus, which concern the territory of the later (Hannover) Sovereign Commissariat (Hoheitskommissariat) of Meppen, i.e the current districts of Meppen and Aschendorf-Hümmling. Of special interest are the following files: No. 35 Accounting of the Jewish congregations in the former Meppen district, 1812-1813; No. 34 Debts of the Jews of the former Meppen district, 1811-1813.
- Archival history:
- The registry of the subprefect of Lingen was taken over together with the files of the subprefect of Neuenhaus, concerning the cantons of Wesuwe and Heede, after the end of the French occupation of the Hannover Sovereign Commissariat and combined with the holdings of the Münster und Arenberg administration into the "Old Archive" in the years 1828-1839.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- After the incorporation of the administrative district of Meppen into the Empire of France, the area was distributed to two arrondissements in 1811. The French senate resolution of 13 December 1810 ordered the annexation of Holland, the Hanseatic cities, Lauenburg and the territories between the North Sea, from the confluence of the Lippe with the Rhine to Haltern, from Haltern to Ems above Telgte, from the Ems to the confluence of the Werra in the Weser and from Stolzenau on the Weser to the Elbe above the confluence with the Stecknitz. Indicated within these limits was also the administrative district of Meppen of the Duchy of Arenberg, which then became part of the Empire of France. On 26 December 1810, the administrative district was divided. The part of the territory located on the right side of the Ems was added to the Oberems departement and the part left of the Ems to the Westems departement seated in Groningen and united with the arrondissement of Neuenhaus. However, this union with the Dutch departement was revoked on 27 April 1811, when the new Lippe departement was created and the arrondissement of Neuenhaus with the cantons Wesuwe and Heede left of the Ems were added to it. The other part of the administrative district of Meppen was subordinate to the sub-prefecture in Lingen and included four cantons with thirteen mairies, which had their seat in Haselünne, Herzlake, Holte, Bokeloh, Lathen, Sögel, Börger, Werlte, Lorup, Papenburg, Aschendorf, Dörpen and Meppen. Located in the cantons of Wesuwe and Hesepe were only the mairies of Heede and Rhede, which were administered in personal union. The cantons did not form administrative levels but were only judicial districts. Although it occasionally came to the establishment of cantonal authorities, these were exceptional cases. The administration of the municipalities was in the hands of the "maires" (mayors).
- Subject terms:
- Financial matters
- Financial matters--Debt
- Jewish community
- Synagogues
- 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