Metadata: Obergut [upper estate] of Lenthe
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Hannover branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover
- Postal address:
- Am Archiv 1, 30169 Hannover
- Phone number:
- + 49 511 1206601
- Reference number:
- Dep. 144
- Title:
- Obergut [upper estate] of Lenthe
- Title (official language):
- Obergut Lenthe
- Creator/accumulator:
- Administration of Obergut Lenthe
- Date(s):
- 1650/1946
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 30 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains mostly letters of complaint for guarantees and money transfers, including documents about the Jew Fibes.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Lenthe was first mentioned in 1055 in a document in which bishop Egilbert of Minden transferred various lands to duke Bernhard II. The family of Lenthe divided around 1300 into several lines, each of which had its own knight's seat or Sattelhöfe [estates freed of the corvee] in Lenthe. By 1500, there were four such Sattelhöfe, of which only two still exist today, the so-called Obergut (upper estate) and a Untergut (lower estate). The Obergut is still owned by Lenthe family.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Fibes
- Subject terms:
- Financial matters
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is ordered according to a thematic index. Keyword search is possible via the database.
- Finding aids:
- An online catalogue (Arcinsys) 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
