Metadata: Charters of the canonesses' convent of Gandersheim
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Wolfenbüttel branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Wolfenbüttel
- Postal address:
- Forstweg 2, 38302 Wolfenbüttel
- Phone number:
- +49 5331 935 0
- Reference number:
- 6 Urk
- Title:
- Charters of the canonesses' convent of Gandersheim
- Title (official language):
- Urkunden Kanonissenstift Gandersheim
- Creator/accumulator:
- Canonesses' convent of Gandersheim
- Date(s):
- 877/1969
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 1,547 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Administration of the fabrica ecclesia [church building, operation and associated funds] of Gandersheim with Israel Jacobson as witness of the charter, various certifications of Jews, repression of Jews by the religious foundation.
- Archival history:
- The Kanonissenstift [Canonesses’ foundation] was founded in the 9th century by the later duke Liudolf. As early as 877, the convent was placed under the protection of the empire by King Ludwig the Younger and thus gained considerable independence, especially from the diocese of Hildesheim. In 919, King Heinrich I confirmed the imperial immediacy of the convent. This close connection to the royal court meant that they had to accommodate the king on his travels through the kingdom. Various visits by kings are recorded. The convent was reformed after 1589.
- Access points: locations:
- Gandersheim
- Access points: persons/families:
- Jacobson, Israel
- System of arrangement:
- There is no system of arrangement. The material is in order of accession.
- 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
