Metadata: Hannover Imperial Chamber Court, Principality of Calenberg
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. 27
- Title:
- Hannover Imperial Chamber Court, Principality of Calenberg
- Title (official language):
- Hannover Reichskammergericht, Fürstentum Calenberg
- Creator/accumulator:
- Hannover Imperial Chamber Court, Principality of Calenberg
- Date(s):
- 1494/1803
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 47.7 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Of special interest within this collection are records relating to the improvement of the civic circumstances of the Jews as well as expert opinions on the draft law on the legal circumstances of the Jews; applications by the Jews in Hannover to elect a permanent legal representative (syndicus perpetuus); request by the Electoral Hesse Ministry regarding the legal circumstances of the Jews in place for the kingdom of Hannover; civil law section of the magistrate in Münden for the Jews.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Imperial Chamber Court was the supreme court of the Holy Roman Empire from its foundation in 1495 under the German king and later emperor Maximilian I until its dissolution in 1806. It was tasked with instituting a regulated procedure of disputes in place of feuds, violence and war.
- Subject terms:
- Civil rights
- Legal matters
- Legal status of Jews
- 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
