Bürgerbuch der Stadt Glückstadt
Item
Country
DE
Name of institution (English)
Glückstadt Town Archive
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
deu
Contact information: postal address
Lentzenweg 14, 25348 Glückstadt
Contact information: phone number
0049 4124 930520
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
c.boldt@glueckstadt.de
Reference number
Mc.1
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Citizen Book for the Town of Glückstadt
Title (official language of the state)
Bürgerbuch der Stadt Glückstadt
Language of title
deu
Creator / accumulator
Glückstadt Town Administration
Date(s)
1620/1850
Language(s)
deu
Extent
approx. 0.03 linear metres (2 books)
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
The citizen book was used to register new citizens and residents moving to Glückstadt between 1620 and 1850. The book lists names, family backgrounds, professions, and names of Jews, particularly Portuguese Jews separately. Two copied volumes of a typewritten edition of the citizen book are available for research in the archive. The first book comprises the original entries, the second book contains the register. It has not been published and is hardly available outside Glückstadt.
Archival history
The records in this collection came to the archive as part of the regular document transfer process. The copy was produced by the archive.
Administrative / Biographical history
The founding of Glückstadt is related to the embankment of the areas of today's Blomeschen and Engelbrechtschen wilderness in 1615/16. From March to August 1615, Christian IV, King of Denmark and Duke of Holstein and Ernst III, Count von Schauenburg ordered the construction of a 7 km long dyke from Ivenfleth to Herrenfeld. For that purpose, sediments were deposited on the low-lying grasslands of the river marshes and this formed the fertile topsoil, which, together with the favourable climate, was ideal for growing vegetables, favouring the settlement of population. The planned city of Glückstadt is the only example of an early modern radial city in the entire German-speaking area.
Around 1644 there were already 550 houses with 960 households and around 5,000 inhabitants. Glückstadt quickly became Christian IV's (1577–1648) favourite residence and one of the largest cities in the Danish Empire.
During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the Fortresses of Glückstadt and Krempe were besieged in 1627/28 by Imperial troops led by Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634), which had no success.
The city was again under siege in 1813/4. After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig (1813), the Northern Army of the coalition under the Swedish Crown Prince Karl Johann (1803-1871) advanced north towards Denmark. On December 15, 1813, an armistice was signed, from which the fortresses of Glückstadt and Friedrichsort were exempt.
On December 18, 1813, a Swedish brigade occupied Krempe and set up the headquarters of the siege forces there (in all around 10,000 men in land forces and around 1,200 men in naval forces). On December 26, artillery combat began. After negotiations, the surrender document was signed on January 5, 1814.
Around 1644 there were already 550 houses with 960 households and around 5,000 inhabitants. Glückstadt quickly became Christian IV's (1577–1648) favourite residence and one of the largest cities in the Danish Empire.
During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) the Fortresses of Glückstadt and Krempe were besieged in 1627/28 by Imperial troops led by Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583-1634), which had no success.
The city was again under siege in 1813/4. After Napoleon's defeat in the Battle of Leipzig (1813), the Northern Army of the coalition under the Swedish Crown Prince Karl Johann (1803-1871) advanced north towards Denmark. On December 15, 1813, an armistice was signed, from which the fortresses of Glückstadt and Friedrichsort were exempt.
On December 18, 1813, a Swedish brigade occupied Krempe and set up the headquarters of the siege forces there (in all around 10,000 men in land forces and around 1,200 men in naval forces). On December 26, artillery combat began. After negotiations, the surrender document was signed on January 5, 1814.
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System of arrangement
The entries are arranged chronologically. An alphabetical index is available.
Finding aids
A printed finding aid is available in the archive.
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