New Prussian Nobility Lexicon
A reference work on the Prussian nobility was published from 1836 to 1843 under the title New Prussian Adels Lexicon . It was “edited by an association of scholars and friends of patriotic history under the board of Baron L. v. Zedlitz-Neukirch ”in Berlin and saw a new edition as early as 1842. A year later it was concluded with a “second supplement”.
The work contains overviews of
- the history of the nobility and their rights
- the civil lords and their rights on Prussian territory
- the owners of the free class lords and minorities in Silesia , Saxony and Lower Lusatia ,
- the court and hereditary offices in the Kingdom of Prussia and its provinces
- the conditions of the nobility and its existence in the individual provinces
- the founders and monasteries for the daughters of the Prussian nobility and their occupation in 1835.
The individual volumes
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New Prussian nobility lexicon or genealogical and diplomatic news from the princely, counts, baronial and aristocratic houses residing in the Prussian monarchy or related to it, with details of their descent, their property, their coat of arms and the civil rights arising from them. and military figures, heroes, scholars and artists; edited by an association of scholars and friends of patriotic history under the board of Baron L. v. Zedlitz-Neukirch. Publishing house Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836–1843:
- Volume 1: A-D. Leipzig 1836 ( digitized ).
- Volume 2: E-H. Leipzig 1836 ( digitized ).
- Volume 3: I-O. Leipzig 1837 ( digitized ).
- Volume 4: P-Z. Leipzig 1837 ( digitized ).
- Volume 5: Supplement Volume. Leipzig 1839 ( digitized ).
- 2nd edition, Leipzig 1842, Volume 1: A – D. Volume 2: E-H. Volume 3: I-O. Volume 4: P-Z.
- Second supplement to the first and second edition. Containing corrections and supplements since 1839. In addition to an appendix about the status of the cathedral collegiate and fräulein monasteries, as well as about status elevations and medals of the most recent times. Leipzig 1843 ( digitized ).
review
- George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : Adels-Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy by L. Baron v. Ledebur. Berlin. Smoke. 1854. First issue. 80 pages. gr. 8. In: Prussian provincial sheets. Volume 6, Königsberg 1854, pp. 63-83