Administrative district of Alfeld

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover

Scope and content:: Of special interest to Jewish history within this collection: preparation and submission of the population list of Jews; writ of protection for the Jew Itzig Abraham of Groß Rhüden as well as the approval of a land purchase by the Jew Esaia Rothenberg in Adenstedt; statistical news about the circumstances of Jews, Jewish protection and settlements; application of the Jew (Israelite) M Rosenstein in Alfeld for admission to the Gewandschneider (tailor) or Kramer (shopkeeper) guild ; application by the Jews of Groß Freden for separation from the Jewish congregations in Alfeld and Wettensen; preparation and submission of the population list of Jews; protection of the Jews and settlements; protection of Jews and other matters of the Jews; statistical news about the circumstances of Jews; the intended billeting (occupation) with some Jews in Alfeld; protection of Jewish inhabitants, especially Moses Alexander Rosenstein; association of smaller synagogue associations, birth lists, annual extracts from the birth, marriage and death lists, family registers, school arrangements, taxes, Jewish poor funds, plots, synagogue construction, birth, marriage and death certificates.

Administrative/biographical history:: The administrative district of Alfeld existed only from 1836 to 1885. It emerged from the old Hildesheim administrative district of Winzenburg, with whose administrative area it was largely identical as of 1859, after the divisions of the 19th century were reversed. In 1802 it fell to Prussia as part of the secularised prince-bishopric of Hildesheim. The territorial development of the Alfeld administrative district in the 19th century shows the consequences of the restoration of the surviving administrative and judicial institutions of the Ancien régime after the wars of liberation.

Access points: locations:: Alfeld; Gronau; Groß Freden; Groß Rhüden; Wettensen; Wrisbergholzen

Access points: persons/families:: Abraham, Itzig; Rosenstein, M; Rosenstein, Moses Alexander; Rothenberg, Esaia

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Guilds; Jewish community; Land; Poverty; Real estate; Residency issues of Jews; Statistics; Synagogues; Trade and commerce; Vital records; Vital records--Birth records; Vital records--Death records; Vital records--Marriage records

System of arrangement:: The collection is ordered according to a thematic index. Keyword search is possible via the database.

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