Metadata: J Ambuel family; K Documents and writings concerning the Upper Valais
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive Valais
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Wallis/Archives de l’Etat du Valais
- Postal address:
- Rue de Lausanne 45, CH-1950 Sion
- Phone number:
- +41 27 606 46 00
- Web address:
- https://www.vs.ch/de/web/culture/staw
- Email:
- archives@admin.vs.ch
- Reference number:
- J; K
- Title:
- J Ambuel family; K Documents and writings concerning the Upper Valais
- Title (official language):
- J Ambuel famille; K Urkunden und Schriften betreffend das Oberwallis
- Creator/accumulator:
- Ambuel family; Administration of the Upper Valais
- Date(s):
- 1413/1790
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 4.9 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The State Archive of Valais contains a number of documents which are of interest with regard to the Jewish history of German-speaking Switzerland, although the number of files relating to French-speaking areas is naturally greater. In the "Carlen-Lanwer" collection, for example, there is a document dating from 1413 which tells of Philip of Hemgarten, who was ordered by King Sigismund to collect sacrificial pennies from all Jews in the cities of Zurich, Bern and Solothurn by Christmas. The “Jost-Arnold Josef-Marie” collection contains another interesting file. It dates from 1790 and contains a petition by the merchant Johann Christian Meyer, a resident of Brig and son of a converted Jew from Frankfurt, to the governor of Valais to grant him the freedom to make a will. In the collection "Stockalper de la Tour Gaspard" there is an undated outline of the history of the Jewish people for primary schools.
[CH AEV, Ambuel, J 3; CH AEV, Jost-Arnold, K 266; french files: AcMy Simonetta, C 4.3.3.2/8; CH AEV, AC Vouvry, Pg 19; CH AEV, AC Vouvry, Pg 20; CH AEV, AV 5/6; CH AEV, de Courten, Cn B 16/5/60; CH AEV, de Courten, Cn B 16/5/61bis; CH AEV, de Courten, Cn B 16/5/62; CH AEV, Edmond de Preux, 41; CH AEV, Scriptura 80, 2/2; CH AEV, Supersaxo I, 3/8/12; CH AEV, Supersaxo I, 3/8/13; CH AEV, Supersaxo I, 4/2/38; CH AEV, Vieux-Monthey, 491]
- Archival history:
- The collections from various families and associations were transferred to the archive at different times.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The State Archive of Valais (Archives de l'Etat du Valais) in Sion collects, catalogues and preserves the archival cultural heritage of the canton of Valais and ensures its preservation. It is the repository of all state archival collections worthy of preservation and makes them available to the public. Its holdings date back to the year 1150.
- Subject terms:
- Education
- Legal matters
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://scopequery.vs.ch/volltextsuche.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020