Metadata: District court 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:
- 38 Neu 6
- Title:
- District court of Wolfenbüttel
- Title (official language):
- Distrikt-/Kreisgericht Wolfenbüttel
- Creator/accumulator:
- District court of Wolfenbüttel
- Date(s):
- 1781/1843
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 8.8 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection includes, among others, documents relating to various trials in which Jews participated. Relevant matters were personal belongings, civil litigation, criminal matters (including fraternities) or last wills.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The judiciary reform of 1823-25 divided the duchy into six court districts. The district courts were assigned the following functions: jurisdiction in all civil disputes in the first instance including the previously excluded items marriage and engagement, investigations in criminal matters (which, however, the regional court had to decide), investigation into police matters, administration of guardianship, keeping of mortgage records, administration and storage of judicial deposits.
- Access points: locations:
- Wolfenbüttel
- Subject terms:
- Crime
- Legal matters
- Legal records
- Wills
- 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
