Metadata: Ducal court
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:
- 5 Alt
- Title:
- Ducal court
- Title (official language):
- Hofgericht
- Creator/accumulator:
- Ducal court
- Date(s):
- 1535/1886
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 50.3 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains material about Israel Jacobson, trials and proceedings involving Jews.
- Archival history:
- The ducal court was modelled by chancellor Münsinger von Frundeck on the imperial court and was opened on 13 January 1557. In the first instance, it was responsible for the nobility and appellate court for the subordinate residents of the lower courts. Until about 1580, the ducal court was merely an extension of the department of justice, the only central authority in the state.
- Access points: locations:
- Wolfenbüttel
- Access points: persons/families:
- Jacobson, Israel
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- Legal records
- 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
