Metadata: Town of Vechta
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Oldenburg branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Oldenburg
- Postal address:
- Damm 43, 26135 Oldenburg
- Phone number:
- +49 441 9244 100
- Reference number:
- Dep 25 VEC
- Title:
- Town of Vechta
- Title (official language):
- Stadt Vechta
- Creator/accumulator:
- Town of Vechta
- Date(s):
- 1500/1976
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 51.2 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains: attendance of the Protestant elementary school Vechta by Jewish children; the synagogue, teachers and heads of the Jewish congregation of Vechta; reelection of the head of the Israelite congregation in Vechta at the instigation of the chief rabbi Wechsler; assessment of taxable Jews for the rabbinate treasury; overview of the number of Jews and their payment of protection money in the Duchy of Oldenburg and in the hereditary demesne of Jever; ordinances, rescripts and other general decrees and messages concerning Jews; resettlement of Jewish families; protected Jews (Schutzjuden).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Vechta was created in the 12th century by the Counts of Calvelage-Ravensberg. In 1252, it came by purchase to the Bishop of Münster. In 1803/1818, Vechta came to Oldenburg with the bishopric (Niederstift) of Münster.
- Access points: locations:
- Vechta
- Access points: persons/families:
- Wechsler
- 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
