Metadata: B
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- Goslar Municipal Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Stadtarchiv Goslar
- Postal address:
- Zehntstrasse 24, 38640 Goslar
- Phone number:
- +49 5321 383961
- Email:
- stadtarchiv@gmx.de
- Reference number:
- B
- Title:
- B
- Title (official language):
- B
- Creator/accumulator:
- Goslar Municipal Archive
- Date(s):
- 1300/1899
- Date note:
- 14th century/19th century
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- extent unknown
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
This collection comprises files about the administration of the city, municipal offices, church and school related matters, poverty funds and institutions, and other foundations. In context of Jewish history it includes among others: records regarding the theft committed by the Jew Ruben Levin, 1756 (no. 3497); fragments of inventories of the archive, including documents relating to Jews, (1343/16th/18th century (no. 3874); letters of protection for Jews (Juden-Schutzbriefe), 1530/1702, 1710/1799 (no. 5778-5781); complaint of all councillors and heads of the guilds and of the community at the mayor and the Old Council about the Jews and about them being favoured by the city, 29 August 1657 (no. 4446); request of the head of the Jewish congregation Hertz Nathan for the permission of settling further Jews in the city for the financial relief of the local community,1769 (no. 6030); confiscation of overdue tribute of the Jews, 1771 (no. 7435); the prohibition to bury a non-local Jewish child, 1656 (no. 7865); revenue and expenditures of the “Tafelamt“ regarding the Jew Abraham Israel, as well as the letter of protection for his son-in-law Isaac Salomon and his daughter Beila Abrahams, 1696 (no. 8704); payment claims to individual Jews, ca. 1540, 1640, 1661, 1636, 1638, 1780 (no. 8747-8752); “secret script" (“Geheimschrift" - a Hebrew script?) - a file that is assigned by the archive to the category “Jewish matters“ ("Judensachen"), early 18th century (no. 8753); court and police files: a fine for the protected Jew (Schutzjude) Moses Isaai, 1784 (no. 8779); assistance to the Seesen office concerning the testimonies of two Goslar Jews, Jacob Schey and Nathan Abraham, concerning two silver watches, 1755 (no. 8812); assistance to judges and council at Zellerfeld, concerning five Jews staying in the hospital “Siechenhof“, 1756 (no. 8816); request of all Goslar protected Jews (Schutzjuden) regarding the offertory, 1701 (no. 8841); complaint of A Beermann [Jewish?], 1754 (no. 8937); letter from Johann Georg von Uslar about the Jew Wolff Ganter, who was allegedly hidden in the city, 1717 (no. 9001); law case against the Jew Magnus Simon, because of false information at the city gate, 1755 (no. 9002); law case against Mengershausen and the Jews Philip Salomon and his clerk Margen for violating the obligation to register, 1756 (no. 9005); law case against the Jew Hersch Moses for improper behaviour in several Goslar houses, 1753 (no. 9054); law case against the maid of the Jew Moses Isaak because of insult (only a statement of the plaintiff), 1776 (no. 9150); law case against the baptised Jew Johann Achats from Bündheim because of resistance against the gate guard, 1754 (no. 9255); Aaron Abraham and Corporal Witzel in a case of abuse, 1782 (no. 9261); law case against Aaron Abraham for improper behaviour against the guard, 1782 (no. 9263); several claimants in a law case against the Jew Joseph Levin for non-payment of debts and theft, 1755 (no. 9452); Jew Moses Isaac in a law case against butcher Mus and Georg Carl Drönewolf for debt, 1773 (no. 9462); law case against master Nevie and the Jew Hertz for a dress that was confiscated, 1748 (no. 9474); a list of pledges by Joh. Fridrich Schlägel to the Jew Levin Salomon, 1752 (no. 9483); Johann Adam Michel in a law case against the Jew Israel Herz because of the sale of a lamp that had been stolen from him, 1753 (no. 9490); law case against the Jew Joseph Alexander because of theft, containing a pass issued by the town Horb am Neckar (no. 9491); Martin Wolff and his son Johann Gottlieb Wolff in a law case against the Jew Joseph Levin for stealing clothes, 1754 (no. 9499); widow of Nicolai Hirsch in a law case against Israel Hertz for stealing canvas, 1754 (no. 9506); law case against the Goslar Jew Hertz Nathan and the Ellrich Jew Ruben Ascher for dealing with stolen jewellery, 1758 (no. 9528); law case against the protected Jew Borchard because of theft, 1790 (no. 9634); law case against the Jews Aron and Joseph Abraham because of theft, 1790 (no. 9636); cantor Ehrhardt from Schiedungen in a law case against Jewish schoolmaster Isaac Abraham for embezzlement of a watch, 1793 (no. 9641); master dyer Willer in a law case against the Jew Isaak Elius for burglary, 1795 (no. 9650); Marie Lucie Söchtig, wife of the “Hofmeister“ Rissling of the Siechenhof hospital, in a law case against the Jew Itzig Hirsch for theft of jewellery and money, 1796 (no. 9654); investigation against the Jewish widow Schey for the sale of silver, 1797 (no. 9661); law case against the Jew Lazarus Levin, who pretended to be Christian to save the toll (fees), 1756 (no. 9693); “Achtmann“ Baller's daughter and the tailor Georg Friedrich Warneke in a law case against the cantor and schoolmaster of the Jews Mendel because of fraud (no. 9699); compilation of the costs for the court and for the detention of the Jews Borach [Baruch?] Süsskind and his wife, 1726 (no. 9756); a pass for the haberdasher Moses Aron, 1791 (no. 9782); matters of taxation regarding Goslar citizens, including Andreas Cohen living at Friesenstrasse in the year 1680 and Andres Siebenberge (non-Jewish) living at Piepmäkerstrasse at the Jewish synagogue in the year 1671 (no. 10334); inquiry from Joh. Andreas Schunke concerning the fire fund, including payments of individual citizens, in which is also mentioned the Jew Isaac (no. 10580);lawsuit against the Jew Scheun for debt at the fire fund, 1782/1786 (no. 10604).
In addition to these individual files there is also an extensive collection entitled “Jewish matters“ ("Judensachen") (no. 7440 – 7621), which includes various cases concerning the Jews of Goslar from the 16th to the 18th century, especially certificates of personal and financial circumstances (for the purpose of a residence permit), affairs of Jewish institutions such as the synagogue, the school and the cemetery, invoices, swearing-in of the Jewish congregational council, many applications to the city of Goslar (“Protection“ applications), lists of Goslar Jews, tax payments, losses due to the Goslar city fire of 1780, trade regulations for Jews, complaints about Jews, disputes between Jews and guilds, cases of anti-Judaism and antisemitism, Jewish congregational disputes, thefts, debts, money transactions, applications from former Jews who converted to Christianity, etc.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Goslar was first documented in connection with silver mining at the Rammelsberg in 1005. The miners' settlement was called "villa Goslaria". It experienced an upswing by the relocation of the imperial palace (Pfalz) from Werla to Goslar around the year 1000. On the left bank of the river Gose, a planned market settlement was founded alongside the miner's settlement on the right bank. As early as the 11th century, Goslar had city-like privileges. Frederick II confirmed all previously granted city privileges in 1219. Goslar was “Oberhof“ for several 'daughter' cities, which adopted the Goslar city law. A municipal council can be documented from 1252 onwards, although there are signs that the council is even older and dates back to the year 1219. From 1290 the city council was composed of 19 councilmen. Among them were also members of the merchants, bakers, shoemakers and butchers guild as well as members of the miners and forest workers. Nobles ceased to be council members from 1269. At first, an imperial “Vogt“ stood at the head of the city. However, with the imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit) of 1290, the council also succeeded in acquiring the Reichsvogtei and thereby gaining greater autonomy. Mayors are first attested for 1366/67. Goslar accepted the Reformation in 1521. City fires in 1728 and 1780, especially in the lower city, caused great damage. Goslar became part of Prussia in 1803, part of the napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia in 1807 and part of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1815, which was annexed by Prussia in 1866. In the wars of the 18th century and during the Second World War Goslar remained without damage. Goslar has been a city in the newly formed German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) since 1 November 1946.
- Access points: locations:
- Bündheim
- Ellrich
- Goslar
- Hanover
- Horb am Neckar
- Schiedungen
- Seesen
- Access points: persons/families:
- Abraham, Aaron
- Abraham, Isaac
- Abraham, Joseph
- Abraham, Nathan
- Abrahams, Beila
- Achats, Johann
- Alexander, Joseph
- Aron
- Aron, Moses
- Ascher, Ruben
- Baller
- Beermann, A
- Borchard
- Cohen, Andreas
- Drönewolf, Georg Carl
- Ehrhardt
- Elius, Isaak
- Ganter, Wolff
- Hertz
- Hertz, Israel
- Herz, Israel
- Hirsch, Itzig
- Hirsch, Nicolai
- Isaac
- Isaac, Moses
- Isaai, Moses
- Isaak, Moses
- Israel, Abraham
- Levin, Joseph
- Levin, Lazarus
- Levin, Ruben
- Margen
- Mendel
- Michel, Johann Adam
- Moses, Hersch
- Mus
- Nathan, Hertz
- Nevie
- Rissling
- Salomon, Isaac
- Salomon, Levin
- Salomon, Philip
- Scheun
- Schey
- Schey, Jacob
- Schlägel, Joh. Friedrich
- Schunke, Joh. Andreas
- Siebenberge, Andres
- Simon, Magnus
- Söchtig, Marie Lucie
- Süsskind, Borach
- Uslar, Johann Georg von
- Warneke, Georg Friedrich
- Willer
- Witzel
- Wolff, Johann Gottlieb
- Wolff, Martin
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Burial
- Cemeteries
- Conversion to Christianity
- Crime
- Education
- Education--Schools and universities
- Financial matters
- Financial matters--Debt
- Guilds
- Jewish community
- Law enforcement
- Law enforcement--Police
- Legal matters
- Legal records
- Residency issues of Jews
- Synagogues
- Taxation
- Vital records
- System of arrangement:
- The material is arranged in thematic order.
- Finding aids:
- Printed finding aid: “B”, 3 volumes (Goslar). A database for the internal use of archivists also exists.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Matthias Springborn, 2019
