Metadata: District court of Calvörde
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:
- 40 Neu 3
- Title:
- District court of Calvörde
- Title (official language):
- Amtsgericht Calvörde
- Creator/accumulator:
- District court of Calvörde
- Date(s):
- 1686/1905
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 4.3 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains material regarding municipal administration and administration of justice such as duties; taxes; services; permissions; redemption; separation; guilds, trade; commerce; land matters; border matters; domains; civil and criminal proceedings; guardianship; last wills; estates; inheritance matters. These records include some that are relevant to Jews.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The district courts were created by the law of 21 August 1849 and began their activity in 1850. They existed until 31 March 1879.
- Access points: locations:
- Calvörde
- Subject terms:
- Guilds
- Land
- Legal matters
- Trade and commerce
- 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