City archive of the Hanseatic City of Rostock

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The Rostock City Archive is a regional research and documentation center on the development of the Hanseatic city of Rostock and its surrounding area. It is particularly dedicated to researching the city's history , its architectural and economic development, the historical personalities who work and work here, and genealogy .

history

The origins of the creation of a city ​​archive in the Hanseatic City of Rostock can be traced back to 1265. The archive itself was founded in October 1884 by the historian and specialist in Hanseatic regional and urban development, Karl Koppmann (1839–1905). The aim of the facility was to bring together the regional archives, historical documents from the administration and development of the Hanseatic City of Rostock, maps, building and architectural documents as well as bequests and wills. A purpose-built archive building was moved into in 1907 right behind the town hall to accommodate the holdings. From 1936 to 1953, the city archive was an independent department under the management of the city museum. The administrative archive of the city of Rostock was incorporated into the city archive in 1969 and in 1976 a photo and repro station was set up. The city archives have been part of the Rostock city administration since 1996.

Duration

It houses an archive inventory that covers a period of around 800 years and has its origins in the collection areas of Rostock, Mecklenburg, general city history and the regional history of the Hanseatic League. This applies above all

  • approx. 8,250 documents from the 13th to 19th Jhs. (of which approx. 4850 wills)
  • approx. 3160 running meters of files and approx. 300 official books of the council, the citizens' council and the city administration from the 13th century to the present
  • Non-urban archives: in particular company archives, regional associations, personal and family estates, deposits, chronicles and manuscripts
  • Administrative documents, construction drawings, maps, photos and films.

In addition, there are extensive collections of regional newspapers and magazines, ranging from “ Norddeutsche Neuste Nachrichten ” to “Warnemünder Badeanzeiger” and selected company newspapers . A reference library with approx. 22,000 holdings complements the fund.

The collection enables research on the history of Mecklenburg and the neighboring territories, on the development of Mecklenburg cities, on the Hanseatic League, on state, legal, culture and economic history, on Hanseatic architecture and art history, on personal history and genealogy, as well as on regional shipping and Port development and the history of bathing culture on the Baltic Sea. The state calendars (1776–1939) and government gazettes (1812–1952) available for the two parts of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, supplemented by the collection of Rostock address books from 1856 to 1949, are of high source value.

Online research in the archive database is possible, it is done via the portal: FINDBUCH.net.

In addition to its research assignment, the archive appeals to the public through a lively audience, events, its own publications and organized encounters.

Publications of the Rostock City Archives (selection)

  • Wilhelm Ebel : The Rostock original feuds. Studies on the history of German criminal law. (= Publications from the city archive of the Rostock seaside town, 1). Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1938. ( Full text RosDok )
  • Heinrich Rahden: The ships of the Rostock merchant fleet 1800 - 1917. (= publications from the city archive of the seaside city of Rostock, 2). Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1941. ( Full text RosDok )
  • Prince Blücher of Wahlstadt . Portrait catalog to commemorate his 200th birthday on December 16, 1942 (= publications from the city archive of Rostock, 3). Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1942.
  • Elisabeth Schnitzler : Studies on the archive and educational history of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. (= Contributions and sources on the urban history of Lower Germany, 2). Fahlbusch, Warendorf 1992, ISBN 3-925522-09-3 .
  • Hildegard Thierfelder: Papal documents in the Rostock city archive. In: Contributions to Mecklenburg church history. (= Writings on Mecklenburg history, culture and regional studies, 6). Böhlau, Cologne [a. a.] 1982, ISBN 3-412-02882-7 , pp. 81-101.

Location

Kerkhofhaus (2006)

The archive has been based in the historic Kerkhofhaus since 1907 . This is one of the most famous architectural monuments in Rostock. The gabled house is particularly impressive with its beautiful terracotta decorations and the artistically designed facade. The former Rostock mayor Bartold Kerkhof († 1510) had this building built and then used it as a residential building. The Kerkhoff family lived in this house for over 125 years. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Rostock bought the space behind the town hall and with it the building, which was then rather shabby. The Kerkhofhaus was rebuilt from 1902 to 1907 as a city archive and registry office. To this day it houses the city archive of the Hanseatic City of Rostock and its holdings.

Directors

  • 1884–1905: Karl Koppmann
  • 1905–1936: Ernst Dragendorff
  • 1936–1945: Hans Arnold Gräbke (museum director, since the city archive was a specialist department)
  • 1945–1953: Ludolf Fiesel (museum director, since the city archive was a specialist department. Husband of Eva Lehmann )
  • 1953–1959: Hildegard Thierfelder (1908–1985)
  • 1960: Helmuth Heilhecker (acting)
  • 1961–1967: Johannes Lachs (later director of the Rostock shipping museum )
  • 1967–1988: Horst Witt
  • 1988–1990: Horst Sieber
  • since 1990: Karsten Schröder

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Postel :  Koppmann, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 578 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Karsten Schröder (Ed.): The holdings of the archive of the Hanseatic City of Rostock. An annotated overview. (= Small series of publications from the Archives of the Hanseatic City of Rostock, 17). Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2010, ISBN 978-3-934116-88-7 .
  3. ^ Karl Ernst Hermann Krause :  Kerkhof, Bartold . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 626 f.

Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 18 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 31.7 ″  E