Die israelitische Gemeinde
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
1252
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Jewish community of Glückstadt
Title (official language of the state)
Die israelitische Gemeinde
Language of title
deu
Creator / accumulator
Glückstadt Town Administration
Date(s)
1709/1877
Language(s)
deu
heb
Extent
2 boxes
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Kirchensachen (religious matters) section of the Collection A of the Glückstadt Town Archive involves a sub-section about the Jewish congregation in Glückstadt with six sub-files of material from the time between 1709 and 1877, as follows:
File 1 (1709-98): The file contains legal material, such as various versions of the "Jew's Oath", the oath sworn by Jews in court, correspondence with the Sephardic congregation in town, and correspondence about individual cases of criminal investigation or about business conflicts. The file contains case material about Jews who were able to enter town due to the liberal settlement practice but were known to be criminals in other towns e.g. Hamburg. The file also contains supplications and requests by local Jewish citizens, as well as letters of protection and royal privileges granted to local Jewish citizens. It also includes lists of local congregation members.
File 2 (1800-39) contains similar material. In addition, it includes reports made by local authorities to the royal court about the Jews living in Glückstadt and the Jewish congregation. These reports are accompanied by lists of known local Jewish citizens and statistics about their business relations, professions and taxation.
File 3 (1840-56) contains supplications, e.g. by local Jew Hermann Joseph Lübeck, concerning tuition fees for the Jewish school, with relevant correspondence. The file also comprises correspondence between the Royal Government of Schleswig-Holstein located in Gottorf and the Jewish congregation in Glückstadt. The file also contains lists of Jewish congregation members, including their congregation and school contributions. It furthermore contains annual reports (starting in 1847) about births, deaths, and marriages in the Jewish congregation.
File 4 (1804-33) contains lists of congregation members, including information about their family background, royal privileges, and requests for economic favours, as well as reports about the Jewish congregation.
File 5 (1843-60) includes a register of Jews living in Glückstadt from 1859, listing 31 names. A second list, from around 1850, names Jewish citizens and their professions. The file also contains correspondence about the relations between the Jewish congregation in Glückstadt and the chief rabbi (Oberrabbiner) in the nearby town of Altona, including efforts to standardise local congregation codes.
File 6 (1860-77) contains a request sent by the local Jewish congregation to the town Magistrate asking for an annual financial support of 600 Taler and related correspondence. As the other files, No. 6 includes correspondence between the town administration, the royal government, and the Jewish congregation.
File 1 (1709-98): The file contains legal material, such as various versions of the "Jew's Oath", the oath sworn by Jews in court, correspondence with the Sephardic congregation in town, and correspondence about individual cases of criminal investigation or about business conflicts. The file contains case material about Jews who were able to enter town due to the liberal settlement practice but were known to be criminals in other towns e.g. Hamburg. The file also contains supplications and requests by local Jewish citizens, as well as letters of protection and royal privileges granted to local Jewish citizens. It also includes lists of local congregation members.
File 2 (1800-39) contains similar material. In addition, it includes reports made by local authorities to the royal court about the Jews living in Glückstadt and the Jewish congregation. These reports are accompanied by lists of known local Jewish citizens and statistics about their business relations, professions and taxation.
File 3 (1840-56) contains supplications, e.g. by local Jew Hermann Joseph Lübeck, concerning tuition fees for the Jewish school, with relevant correspondence. The file also comprises correspondence between the Royal Government of Schleswig-Holstein located in Gottorf and the Jewish congregation in Glückstadt. The file also contains lists of Jewish congregation members, including their congregation and school contributions. It furthermore contains annual reports (starting in 1847) about births, deaths, and marriages in the Jewish congregation.
File 4 (1804-33) contains lists of congregation members, including information about their family background, royal privileges, and requests for economic favours, as well as reports about the Jewish congregation.
File 5 (1843-60) includes a register of Jews living in Glückstadt from 1859, listing 31 names. A second list, from around 1850, names Jewish citizens and their professions. The file also contains correspondence about the relations between the Jewish congregation in Glückstadt and the chief rabbi (Oberrabbiner) in the nearby town of Altona, including efforts to standardise local congregation codes.
File 6 (1860-77) contains a request sent by the local Jewish congregation to the town Magistrate asking for an annual financial support of 600 Taler and related correspondence. As the other files, No. 6 includes correspondence between the town administration, the royal government, and the Jewish congregation.
Archival history
The records in this collection came to the archive as part of the regular document transfer process.
Administrative / Biographical history
As Glückstadt was a late town foundation initiated by the Danish king Christian IV, the Jewish congregation profited from various privileges and a liberal official approach. Glückstadt, therefore, attracted Jews, especially Sephardi Jews from Portugal, as well as other religious minorities who settled there.
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, allowing for the fixation 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 (1618-48) 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 under siege, again, 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 (1803-71) 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.
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, allowing for the fixation 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 (1618-48) 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 under siege, again, 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 (1803-71) 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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