Cabinet registry of prince bishop Franz Egon von Hildesheim

Collection

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

Title (official language):: Kabinettsregistratur des Fürstbischofs Franz Egon von Hildesheim

Scope and content:: The collection contains records relating to territorial administration; Landtag; court administration; appointment; clemency; building; imperial immediacy claimed by the city of Hildesheim; French emigrants; peace congress in Rastatt; border disputes; trade concessions; fair privileges; privileges for craft offices; council elections in Hildesheim Neustadt; imperial war against France; protected Jews (Schutzjuden).

Of special interest to Jewish history are: concessions for the merchant guild; rescripts and reports on the administrative district of Ruthe: rejection of protection for schoolmaster Hirsch Falk in Gleidingen and referring him to Barnten in 1788; protection of the Jews, including, among others: the protection of the Jews in Peine, property acquired by Jews, writs of protection; general protection of Jews, including, among others: news of the bailiffs about the Jews in the administrative districts; passports of the Jews, including, among others: letter of complaint about fraud with passport on the market and part of a passport regulation.

Archival history:: The cabinet registry of the last Hildesheim prince-bishop, Franz Egon von Fürstenberg (1789-1802, died in 1825), has been preserved in the form as it was found by the Prussian secularisation commissioners in the castle at the beginning of August 1802.

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Teachers and professors; Guilds; Legal status of Jews; Passports and visas; Real estate; Trade and commerce

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

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