Arnsberg City and Country Archives

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Arnsberg City and Country Archives

The archive is located in the west wing of the Wedinghausen Monastery with a glass house
The archive is located in the west wing of the Wedinghausen Monastery with a glass house
Archive type Municipal Archives
place Arnsberg
Visitor address Klosterstrasse 11, 59821 Arnsberg
ISIL DE-Arb4
carrier City of Arnsberg
Website Homepage

The Arnsberg City and State Archive is the municipal archive of the city of Arnsberg and its predecessor municipalities . At the same time it preserves parts of the archive of the estates of the Duchy of Westphalia . The archive has been located in the former Wedinghausen monastery since 2004 . The historical school library of the Laurentianum grammar school is also looked after .

history

Early archives in Arnsberg

Old archive chest

The Wedinghausen Monastery itself had an extensive archive. The holdings are now in the State Archives in Münster . The inventory there includes 620 documents. The oldest dates from 1173. There are also 199 files. The monastery's documents are accessible online through the digital Westphalian document database.

The Counts of Arnsberg also had their own archive. An incomplete list of documents from the time of the last Count Gottfried IV has been preserved. A total of about 280 documents are known from the time of the count. These were kept in the count's castle . When the county was sold in 1368, the archive passed to the Archbishops of Cologne . The documents of the archbishops as rulers of the Duchy of Westphalia were also kept in the former count's castle, which was converted into a palace. It was probably in a fireproof room in the dungeon housed the castle ( "White Tower"). At the time of Elector Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern , the archive is said to have been brought to Cologne as protection against the effects of the war. As a result, his track is lost.

Rural archive

Above the actual central area for users in the attic, the loft was also extended for use

The estates of the Duchy of Westphalia usually met in Arnsberg, at least in the early modern period. Usually the meetings took place in the old town hall . For this reason, the state archive was also housed there. In case of doubt, the documents could be used during the consultations. If the state parliament was held at a different location, the archive was also transported there. During the Thirty Years War , the archive material was temporarily brought to Cologne in seventeen tons for security . Shortly after the end of the war, the archive came back to Arnsberg. First it was housed in a tower made available by the city of Arnsberg. This solution evidently proved to be inadequate in the long run. The plan to add an archive vault to the town hall in 1678, however, was not carried out. In 1695 the archive was reorganized. A repertory created at that time is preserved in the town and country archives. During the city fire of 1709, in which the town hall burned down, it was possible to save the archive material. The documents got into disarray and a new order was necessary. In 1717 the estates decided to have a tower built on the town hall to house the estates archive. The construction was completed in 1719. Again the archival records were re-registered. In the following decades, too, new orders were repeatedly necessary.

Landdrost Franz Wilhelm von Spiegel had the Minoriten, archivist and historian Nikolaus Kindlinger from Münster rework the archive in 1780. His private hopes of finding previously unknown old documents were not fulfilled. The only medieval original document was that of the sale of the county of Arnsberg from 1368. The archive tower was not large enough to remedy the space shortage, especially since the city archive was also housed there. Therefore, a new building was planned next to the town hall. In addition to the archive, the State Treasury and the Landpfennigmeisterei should also be housed there. The plans were not carried out. In connection with the threat posed by the effects of the French Revolution , the archival materials were packed in boxes in 1795 and thus again got into disarray. In 1800 Matthias Werner Hüser was entrusted with the reorganization and in recognition of the work he had done, he was appointed a rural archivist.

With the end of the Duchy of Westphalia as a neighboring country to the Electorate of Cologne and the possession of the country by Hesse-Darmstadt , the archive also came into Hessian ownership and, with the transition to Prussia in 1816, into Prussian ownership. In 1826, the majority of the archive was transferred to the newly founded provincial archive in Münster. Today it is part of the Duchy of Westphalia in the Münster State Archives.

Due to the spatial juxtaposition of the city and state archives, some of the holdings had been mixed up and so some of the estate archives remained in the city archive.

City Archives

User workstations

With the emergence of an urban self-government in the Middle Ages , the collection of important documents and documents began. In connection with the Cologne War , a list of the documents was created in 1583 and the archive was brought to Soest for security reasons . It came back to Arnsberg for a while. All documents were lost in the town fire of 1600.

Similar losses did not occur in the following centuries. Therefore, there is a large imbalance between the period up to 1600 and the period afterwards with regard to the source density for the city's history. From 1726 onwards, the municipal archive used parts of the archive tower of the state archive. An iron and a wooden door provided access from the council chamber. In 1844 the city bought the entire archive tower from the Prussian state as the legal successor to the estates.

In the 1920s, the historian Dr. Fritz Zschaeck briefly accepted the archive. The archive survived the Second World War largely unscathed. With the relocation of the city administration from the old town hall to the former civil casino on Neumarkt, the city archive also moved. After the municipal reorganization in 1975, the Arnsberg archives were also merged with the Neheim-Hüsten city archives and the records from the various communities in the town hall of the new city of Arnsberg between Neheim and Hüsten.

The archive has been located in the west wing of the former Wedinghausen Monastery since 2004. On the ground floor there are rooms for exhibitions and events. The magazines are housed on the first floor and the reference library and the area for archive users are located under the roof.

Stocks

The archive comprises a total of around 800 documents. The oldest dates from the year 1360. The files amount to about 27,200 units from the year 1550.

Estates archive

Reinforced door between the knight's hall and the archive tower in the old town hall of Arnsberg

The state parliament protocols are among the archives of the former state archive stored in Arnsberg. Some of these are the original transcripts that were created during the negotiations. They are often more difficult to read than the fair copies, but sometimes also make the course of the discussion clearer. The protocols are available for the period from 1674, from 1716 they are completely available. Fourteen tax lists from the period between 1663 and 1783 have also survived. Overall, the holdings cover the period from 1586 to 1803.

The holdings in Arnsberg were acquired from 1925–1927 by Dr. Fritz Zschaeck in order. The remaining parts of the state archive are in the state archives in Münster and Düsseldorf . In Münster v. a. the stocks that are important for the province of Westphalia , while the stocks that are especially important for the Rhine province are located in Düsseldorf .

The Arnsberg holdings are indexed using a finding aid. They are completely digitized and can be used in this form in the reading room.

Local governments

The archive includes the holdings of the municipalities of the (new) town of Arnsberg, which was created in 1975 as part of the municipal territorial reform. These include the holdings of the old town of Arnsberg and the town of Neheim-Hüsten (created in 1941 from the freedom of Hüsten and the town of Neheim ) as well as the communities of Bachum , Breitenbruch , Bruchhausen , Herdringen , Holzen , Müschede , Niedereimer , Oeventrop , Rumbeck , Uentrop , Voßwinkel and Wennigloh .

The holdings of the old town of Arnsberg with around 6850 directory units include documents and files from the period from 1535 to 1975. From the history of the town of Neheim, there are around 3500 archive items for the period between 1358 and 1941. The holdings of Freiheit Hüsten include around 330 documents and files from the period between 1566 and 1941. In addition, there is a partial inventory for the Office of Hüsten from the period between 1837 and 1975 with around 600 index units. Another part of the official archive is now in the Sundern city ​​archive . The archives of the city of Neheim-Hüsten (1941–1975) comprise around 2600 index units. Then there are the holdings of the smaller communities.

The holdings are indexed using finding aids. Most of them are now accessible online.

Inventory overview

  • 1. (Old) Arnsberg
  • 2. Neheim
  • 3. Cough
  • 4. Neheim-Hüsten
  • 5. Office Hüsten
  • 6. Bachum
  • 7. Breitenbruch
  • 8. Bruchhausen
  • 9. Herring
  • 10. Wood
  • 11. Müschede
  • 12. Bucket
  • 13. Oeventrop
  • 14. Rumbeck
  • 15. Uentropic
  • 16. Vosswinkel
  • 17. Wennigloh
  • 18. (New) town of Arnsberg since 1975.

Civil status archive

In connection with the amendment to the Civil Status Act of 2009, the old records of the registry offices fall under the responsibility of the city archives. These can be viewed in the Arnsberg City Archives after the respective blocking periods. Parts of the holdings are made accessible through finding aids or registers.

Unofficial collection items

In addition to the documents and files from the area of ​​local government, there are extensive non-official collections. This includes maps and plans, newspapers and magazines, thematic collections, image and sound media or bequests. The oldest newspaper dates from 1742. The collection also contains copies of the Arnsberg Intelligence Journal . Since the middle of the 19th century there has been at least one newspaper issue for almost every day.

Library

The archive has a reference library . This includes historical and city history writings with a total of around 160 running meters. In addition, there are other sub-stocks such as administrative literature and official documents, the library of the Sauerland Mountain Association , parts of the teachers' library of the Hustener Ruhrschule, parts of the library of the Arnsberg District Court . The archive also looks after the historical library of the Laurentianum grammar school. This is in the former library of the Wedinghausen monastery. These stocks cover around 240 running meters.

Publications

The archive issues various series of publications. The Arnsberg archive publications primarily include writings from archival work such as special inventories or bibliographical writings on city history. The Wedinghauser food for thought is a more content-oriented series. The regional historical journal Südwestfalenarchiv is published by the archive. The editorial team consists of a working group of archivists from the area of ​​the former county of Arnsberg and the Duchy of Westphalia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 70
  2. ↑ Overview on DWUD
  3. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, pp. 71f.
  4. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, pp. 71f.
  5. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 72
  6. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, pp. 74f.
  7. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 75
  8. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 75
  9. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 77
  10. ↑ Introduction to the Finding aid of the State Archives
  11. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 76
  12. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, pp. 77f.
  13. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 78
  14. ↑ Work on the memory of the city: City and state archives for ten years in the Wedinghausen monastery.
  15. ↑ Project description on the part of the architects
  16. ↑ Flyer with brief information
  17. ↑ Finding aid of the Arnsberg holdings of the land estate archive
  18. ↑ Michael Gosmann: Historic Arnsberg archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, p. 77
  19. ↑ see: Michael Gosmann: The tax registers of the Duchy of Westphalia in the Arnsberg town and country archives (1663–1783). In: Wilfried Reininghaus, Marcus Stumpf (Hrsg.): Treasury and tax lists as sources of regional historical research. Münster 2014, pp. 45–75.
  20. ↑ Brief overview on archive.nrw.de
  21. ↑ Brief overview on archive.nrw.de
  22. ↑ Brief overview on archive.nrw.de
  23. ↑ Brief overview on archive.nrw.de
  24. ↑ Brief overview on archive.nrw.de
  25. ↑ Archives from own administration
  26. ↑ Civil status archive
  27. ↑ Collection
  28. ↑ Flyer with brief information
  29. ^ Library
  30. ↑ Publications
  31. ↑ Contents overview of the published volumes

literature

  • Michael Gosmann: Historical Arnsberg Archives. In: Heimatblätter, magazine of the Arnsberger Heimatbund. 5/1984, pp. 65-75.
  • Michael Gosmann: The tax registers of the Duchy of Westphalia in the Arnsberg town and country archives (1663-1783). In: Wilfried Reininghaus, Marcus Stumpf (Hrsg.): Treasury and tax lists as sources of regional historical research. Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-936258-21-9 , pp. 45-75.

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