Metadata: Manuscripts
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- Greifswald State Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Landesarchiv Greifswald
- Postal address:
- Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Platz 1, 17489 Greifswald
- Phone number:
- +49 385 58879700
- Email:
- poststelle-gw@lakd-mv.de
- Reference number:
- 040.01 Rep. 40
- Title:
- Manuscripts
- Title (official language):
- Handschriften
- Creator/accumulator:
- Greifswald State Archive
- Date(s):
- 1500/1845
- Date note:
- 16th century/1845
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- approx. 0.04 linear metres (5 relevant files)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
Collection 040.01 Rep. 40 comprises manuscripts related to the history of Pomerania, both state and non-state material. It includes some of the oldest documents preserved in the Greifswald State Archive. Five manuscripts are relevant for the history of the local Jewish community:
No. III 185 is a handwritten hymn book that was originally used in the Pölitz synagogue association. The manuscript is written on parchment (1845).
Files VI 72/23 and VI 73/19 comprise various handwritten decrees and edicts from the region of Swedish-Pomerania. These include legal documents about the residence situation of Jews, as well as bills about the economic rights of Jews (1617-1775).
No. VII 10 is a handwritten collection of statistic data about the Pomeranian towns. It includes data such the overall number of inhabitants, buildings, windmills, animals and cattle, state servants and also numbers of Jewish inhabitants (1791-1792).
No. VII 54 contains religious writings from the 16th century, including a set of instructions for proper Jewish funerals.
- Access points: locations:
- Pomerania
- System of arrangement:
- Most files contain single manuscripts. Edicts and bills are arranged chronologically.
- Finding aids:
- A digital finding aid and a printed finding aid are available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://ariadne-portal.uni-greifswald.de/
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Matthias Loeber, Bremen
