Metadata: District court of Greene
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 6
- Title:
- District court of Greene
- Title (official language):
- Amtsgericht Greene
- Creator/accumulator:
- District court of Greene
- Date(s):
- 1800/1946
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 18.6 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains documents regarding service operation, personnel matters, redemptions, voluntary jurisdiction, paternity acknowledgments, land matters, trading and business, estates, last wills and inheritance contracts, foster care, civil registry office, age of majority, guardianship, remarriages, civil and criminal trials, tax, contribution and tithing. These matters also concerned 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.
- Subject terms:
- Crime
- Land
- Legal matters
- 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
