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Country
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DE
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Name of institution (English)
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Hamburg State Archive
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Language of name of institution
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deu
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Contact information: postal address
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Kattunbleiche 19, 22041 Hamburg
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Contact information: phone number
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0049 (0)40 428313200
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Contact information: email
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office-staatsarchiv@hamburg.de
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Reference number
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4
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Regional Administration
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Title (official language of the state)
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Gebietsverwaltung
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Language of title
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deu
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Creator / accumulator
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Staatsarchiv Hamburg
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Date(s)
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1275/2014
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Language(s)
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deu
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Extent
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2,439.40 linear metres
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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The collection of the area administration includes not only the old city area of Hamburg, but also Hamburg suburbs, marshes and Gestlande, Bergedorf and the Vierlande, as well as the Hamburg enclave Ritzebüttel and the cities Altona, Wandsbek and Harburg, which were only incorporated in 1937. Since Jewish life took place mainly in the three cities that were later added, they have the highest information density of the subject groups that are combined in this collection. However, the other groups should not be completely ignored, as some Jewish families also sought a life outside the city gates.
In group 411-1 Patronat St. Georg (Patronate of St. George) there are only a few individual files on Jews, and the subject groups personal status, citizenship, foreigners, civil matters, family law matters, inheritance law matters and trade and industry are of interest for research into Jewish life.
Group 411-2 Patronat St. Pauli (Patronate St. Pauli) mainly contains statistics and individual case files.
The group 424 Altona Stadt und Land (city and country) is divided into numerous sub-collections, of particular relevance are the following: 424-1 Urkunden und Rechtssatzungen der Stadt Altona (Documents and legal statutes of the city of Altona) (testaments of Jewish testators), 424-3 Magistrat Altona (Magistrate) (series "Die Deutschen Juden, Einzelnes“, German Jews, individual matters ), 424-100 Oberpräsidium Altona (prefect Altona) (court records of cases outside the jurisdiction of the rabbinate court), 424-105 Musterungsrollen Altona (conscription scrolls) (overviews of conscripts, incl. Jews), 424-111 Amtsgericht Altona (District Court Altona) (Over 130 files concerning the wills of Jewish inhabitants of Altona).
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Archival history
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Air raids during the Second World War destroyed part of the archival material collected on the history of the Jews in Altona. Since Altona, unlike Hamburg, was not an independent state, there was no comprehensive archive where all the files were gathered. Rather, the archives of the sovereigns and ministries were not taken over by the city archives of Altona, so that today research-relevant archives are also located in the Riksarkivet Copenhagen and in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The locations covered in this collection all had different regulations regarding the settlement of Jews, which influenced the period under consideration and the files to be selected. After the lifting of the Hamburg Gate Block (Torsperre) in 1860, more and more people settled in the suburb St. Georg, including a few Jews. Until the end of 1942, Jews (with exceptions) were only allowed to settle in Hamburg's Old and New Towns (Altstadt and Neustadt), but after the Hamburg fire the restrictions on the choice of residence and the acquisition of property were lifted for Jews, so that Jews soon moved to the suburb St. Pauli. Wandsbek became part of the city of Hamburg in 1937, and since the first half of the 17th century, a small Ashkenaz community has existed there, which belonged to the "Drei-Gemeinde Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek" from 1671/1811. Altona was also incorporated into Hamburg in 1937. The city was founded in the early 16th century and was characterised by the freedom of religion that prevailed there. From 1640 it belonged to Denmark, then from 1866 to Prussia. Ashkenazi Jews acquired the right of residence at the end of the 16th century and were thus "protected Jews" of the landowners. The Altona Rabbinical Court was also responsible for ceremonial and civil cases in Schleswig-Holstein and from 1617 to 1812 even for Jews in Hamburg. In Harburg, which has only been part of Hamburg since 1937, Jews settled as early as the 17th century. From the 19th century onwards they played an increasingly important role in the city.
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System of arrangement
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The material is arranged by area/location.
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Access, restrictions
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Unrestricted
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Finding aids
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Inventory, alphabetical index cards.
