Metadata: Chamber regarding the administrative district of Wolfenbüttel
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:
- 4 Alt 2 Wolfb
- Title:
- Chamber regarding the administrative district of Wolfenbüttel
- Title (official language):
- Kammer betr. Amt Wolfenbüttel
- Creator/accumulator:
- Chamber of the Principality of Braunschweig
- Date(s):
- 1561/1843
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 10.8 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection includes records relating to general administration; accounting; inventories; management of estates; construction; border; justice; economic; forestry; water and church matters. Of special interest are those files which touch on matters regarding the protected Jews (Schutzjuden) in Wolfenbüttel.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The history of the chamber dates back to the late 15th century. In the year 1483 the first "chamber men" of Duke Friedrich the Younger are mentioned. The chamber developed from a collection point for the incomes from administrative districts and customs duties in the first quarter of the 16th century since approx. 1530 to the central chamber treasury. Since 1547 a chamber master was at the head of the chamber administration (since the beginning of the 17th century, chief treasurer [Oberkämmerer]) to whom a chamberlain and other officials were subordinated.
- Access points: locations:
- Wolfenbüttel
- 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
