Administrative district of Syke

Collection

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

Scope and content:: The collection contains records relating to general administrative matters; district budget; statistics; sovereign; border; jurisdiction; monastery; community; estates matters; police; agriculture; domain; road; commercial; military matters; taxes; levies and services; church and school.

Of special interest to Jewish history are: protection ceremony, protection money of the Jews; legal conditions of the Jews; general news about the number and conditions of the Jews in the administrative district of Syke; admission of Jewish servants, teachers.

Administrative/biographical history:: The administrative area of Syke has remained fairly unchanged over the centuries. The separation planned in 1852 into an administrative district of Syke and an administrative district of Brinkum (in Syke) does not appear to have been realised. In 1859, both administrative districts were reunited. The monastery district of Heiligenrode was also assimilated into the administrative district of Syke. The Benedictine nunnery of Heiligenrode had been reformed in 1570 and converted into a women's convent. In 1634, duke Friedrich Ulrich seized the sizeable monastic estates and placed the canonesses on a fixed income. Soon after the demolition of the nunnery dwellings (1802), the administration of the former monastic estate passed to the Syke administrative district.

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Teachers and professors; Legal status of Jews; Statistics

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

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