Metadata: Pertinence Archive, Documents
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Schaffhausen
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Schaffhausen
- Postal address:
- Rathausbogen 4, CH-8200 Schaffhausen
- Phone number:
- +41 52 632 73 68
- Email:
- staatsarchiv@ktsh.ch
- Reference number:
- Urkunden 1, 2 and 3
- Title:
- Pertinence Archive, Documents
- Title (official language):
- Pertinenzarchiv, Urkunden
- Date(s):
- 1287/1464
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 43 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The Pertinence Archive contains numerous records and documents arranged according to subject matter; they were created between the 10th and 20th century. The section “Social and Cultural Affairs“ include several documents which are of interest from a Jewish point of view.
A document from 1287 attests that Eberhart von Ülingen received 65 marks of silver from the provost, master and convent of St. Agnesen for the attention of Ulrich and the children of Eberhard Gruiben, for whom he was responsible as Waldshut bailiff. At the same time the bailiff undertook to pay the debts of the aforementioned (among others to Jews) in the amount of 45 marks. A second deed dates from 1313 and was issued by abbot Ulrich and the convent of St. George’s Abbey in the Black Forest, who were forced by an unbearable burden of debt, whose interest (to Jews) they were hardly able to raise, to bring their farm in Slat, adjoining the farm of the Imperial Abbey of Petershausen, together with the associated serfs, estates and rights to public increase.
A document from the year 1325 tells of Rächel the Jewess, called dui Ganser, a citizen of Schaffhausen, who concluded a contract with Konrad, also a citizen of Schaffhausen, for 13 shillings per year. There are several other documents which deal with legal transactions between Jews and Christians.
A document from 1330 reports how Duke Otto of Austria pledged the town of Ach to his follower Johann, the steward of Diessenhofen, for himself and his brother Duke Albrecht, for 200 marks and left another 200 marks as a pledge. In order to be able to raise the interest, the Duke left the Jewish tax of Schaffhausen to his creditor. There is second document that deals with this subject.
A document from 1349 reports how Falch the Jew from Schaffhausen, David's son, explains that he ceded his house in Schaffhausen, which had belonged to his ancestor Jacob and his father David, with all that had belonged to it, to Master Johannes, the Chancellor of Duke Albrecht of Austria. A document from the same year 1349 deals with the estate of Jews who were burnt to death during a pogrom.
A document from 1391 tells how Menlin the Jew, Vinlin's son, Lemblin the Jew of Katzenstein, Jütta the Jewess of Ravensburg and her son Simon, and all women, children and servants were granted citizenship. A document from 1392 reports of eight letters of escort and security for the Jew “lang Smarya“ from the new town, and one from 1435 on “Juden Freiheitsbrief” (Letter of freedom for Jews) of Schaffhausen, in which the Jews were assured of “shield, escort and consolation“. From the year 1464, a file reports on an arbitration decision in the matter of the Jew Salomon, citizen of Schaffhausen, and the town concerning demands and the pact letter for the settlement of the Jews. Another document exists in this regard.
In 1434, a document reports of a violent conflict between Heini Meier (Heinin Maiger) of Uhwiesen with the Jew Simon (Symon), son of Aaron, and the condemnation of Meier by the council of Schaffhausen. There are also other files that report on attacks on Jews.
[Urkunden 1/217; Urkunden 1/359; Urkunden 1/450; Urkunden 1/471; Urkunden 1/502; Urkunden 1/505; Urkunden 1/549; Urkunden 1/735; Urkunden 1/739; Urkunden 1/741; Urkunden 1/1099; Urkunden 1/1245; Urkunden 1/1254; Urkunden 1/1256; Urkunden 1/1263; Urkunden 1/1280; Urkunden 1/1281; Urkunden 1/1282; Urkunden 1/1708; Urkunden 1/1906-VII; Urkunden 1/1915; Urkunden 1/1918; Urkunden 1/2031-I; Urkunden 1/2031-II; Urkunden 1/2031-III; Urkunden 1/2031-IV; Urkunden 1/2031-V; Urkunden 1/2031-VI; Urkunden 1/2031-VII; Urkunden 1/2099; Urkunden 1/2451; Urkunden 1/2476; Urkunden 1/2507; Urkunden 1/2520; Urkunden 1/2539; Urkunden 1/2589; Urkunden 1/2589-II; Urkunden 1/2810; Urkunden 1/3351; Urkunden 2/5121; Urkunden 2/5456; Urkunden 3/5745; Urkunden 3/5781]
- Archival history:
- Most of the documents were probably in the possession of the State Archive when it was founded.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive is the archive of the Swiss Canton of Schaffhausen and its predecessors. It safeguards the historical tradition of the canton and the former city-state, preserves it and makes it accessible to the public. The archives of the former city-state of Schaffhausen until 1830 form the historical core of the tradition. Also of great importance are the holdings of the monasteries of Allerheiligen and St. Agnes in Schaffhausen, which were dissolved during the Reformation, the Paradies monastery in Schlatt and St. Georgen in Stein am Rhein. The State Archive also keeps the archives of the historical guilds and today's guild associations.
- Access points: locations:
- Konstanz
- Schaffhausen
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Civil rights
- Financial matters
- Legal matters
- Pogroms
- Real estate
- Taxation
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://mobile.cmistar.ch/webclients/shstaatsarchiv/#/
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020