Metadata: District court of Hildesheim (from 1879)
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:
- Hann. 172 Hildesheim
- Title:
- District court of Hildesheim (from 1879)
- Title (official language):
- Amtsgericht Hildesheim (ab 1879)
- Creator/accumulator:
- District court of Hildesheim
- Date(s):
- 1865/1969
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 32.8 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains a representative selection from the activities of one of the more important district courts. It contains, among others, material regarding general administration, personnel files, civil litigation, bankruptcies, criminal cases, commercial, association and cooperatives registers, individuals leaving the church, guardians, hereditary health records, family law cases. Of special interest are documents relating to the Jewish religious community of the "Synagogengemeinde Hildesheim" in the Reich Association of Jews in Germany.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is ordered according to a thematic index. Keyword search is possible via the database.
- Access, restrictions:
- Restrictions on access in accordance with the German Archives Act limit access to personal files for 100 years after the birth or 10 years after the death of the person concerned.
- 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