Metadata: Churches and religious communities
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:
- 12 Neu Kultus 7
- Title:
- Churches and religious communities
- Title (official language):
- Kirchen- und Religionsgemeinschaften
- Date(s):
- 1720/1957
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 33.7 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains files concerning matters of various denominations or religious/philosophical communities, including Judaism and Jews.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The department of clergy and schools, which existed from 1830 at the latest, also covered more general cultural matters. The religious communities were subordinated to the prime minister (Ministerpräsident) from 1933 to 1945.
- Subject terms:
- Christianity
- Christianity--Churches (institution)
- Jewish community
- 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
