Metadata: Administrative district of Schöningen
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:
- 8 Alt Schön
- Title:
- Administrative district of Schöningen
- Title (official language):
- Amt Schöningen
- Creator/accumulator:
- Administrative district of Schöningen
- Date(s):
- 1563/1817
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 6.4 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains material regarding border and sovereignty matters,, administration, criminal cases, legal matters, community and commercial matters, Schöningen salt works, forest, hunting, church and school matters. Of special interest is the princely rescript regarding the issue of a passport to the Jew Levin Israel (Nr. 6a).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The administrative districts of Braunschweig emerged from the 14th century as the lower judicial and administrative authorities to sovereign castles. They were eliminated by the administrative body of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
- Access points: locations:
- Schöningen
- Wolfenbüttel
- Access points: persons/families:
- Israel, Levin
- Subject terms:
- Agriculture
- Crime
- Legal matters
- Passports and visas
- Trade and commerce
- 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