Preliminary remark: The Reichsmusikkammer was founded as one of seven individual chambers of the Reichskulturkammer, i.e. the National Socialist compulsory organisation of the "creative artists", with the law of 22.09.1933 (additional ordinances of 01. and 09.11.1933). The Reichskulturkammer was a corporation under public law, was subordinate to the Reichspropaganda Minister as President of the Reichskulturkammer and served to monitor and direct cultural life in the "Third Reich". Every culturally active person had to be a member of the responsible individual chamber, non-inclusion or exclusion resulted in a professional ban, which was rigorously enforced. The Reichsmusikkammer was divided into individual districts. For Württemberg, Baden and Hohenzollern, from 1933 onwards, the state leadership of Southwest Germany housed in Stuttgart, Friedrichstrasse 13 (the house of the oppressed Württemberg SPD and its "Tagwacht" printing works) was initially responsible. On 01.04.1938 the Landesstelle Baden, which until then had been subordinated to the Landesleitung Südwestdeutschland, was made independent as the Landesleitung; the former Landesleitung Südwestdeutschland therefore subsequently operated as the Landesleitung Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The files of the Reichsmusikkammer - Landesleitung Südwestdeutschland and Württemberg-Hohenzollern, respectively, arrived at the Ludwigsburg State Archives in December 1964 via the Stuttgart Archive Directorate. It is no longer possible today to determine from where and under what circumstances they arrived at the Main State Archives in Stuttgart. Presumably the files were taken over in the chaotic months after the collapse in 1945. The inventory comprised about 320 standing files of about 30 m and was partly mixed with files of the inventory K 746 (Reichskammer der bildenden Künste - Landesleitung Stuttgart).Two departments were formed during the order and recording of the inventory, which began in 1971:- K 745 I Administrative files- K 745 II Personal filesThe personal files grew up in the years 1933-1944 and seem - in contrast to the administrative files - to be without larger gaps. The collection contains not only the personal files of the regular members of the Reichsmusikkammer (i.e. full-time or part-time musicians and music teachers), but also those of the persons exempted from membership of the Reichsmusikkammer (leisure musicians, music bands and associations), as well as occasional correspondence with foreign musicians and scholarship candidates.Among the 8542 individual files are the personal files of well-known musicians and composers, e.g. Hubert Deuringer, Hugo Distler, Robert Edler, Hubert Giesen, Hugo Herrmann, Eva Liedecke-Hölderlin, Karl Münchinger and Heinz Schlebusch, which in some cases, however, say very little. nevertheless, in one case or another they might be informative. In addition to the files of the soloists and ensemble musicians on the state and municipal stages and the numerous private music teachers, the frequent personal files of primary school teachers working in music and music education are of interest. The latter not only contain statements that are relevant for the respective person (which cannot usually be collected elsewhere), but often also provide information about village cultural conditions. Among the elementary school teachers, there are also the sharpest critics of the regulating and levelling activities of the Reichsmusikkammer. Judgments such as that of the main teacher W. Berner (Bü 8378): "The Reichsmusikkammer prevents music instruction in the countryside rather than promoting it" are - generally well-founded - frequently found in the correspondence between the teachers and the chamber. Finally, particular attention should be paid to the personal files in which examination papers are contained (and are consistently indicated in them), since some of these contain extensive assessments by the examiners. Hugo Distler, for example, whose own personal file is almost insignificant, has made numerous handwritten judgments on the pianistic abilities of the candidates in numerous examination procedures.1971-1972 The inventory was recorded under the direction of the undersigned by A. Berwanger, G. Zöllner and R. Vahle.Ludwigsburg, March 1973Dr. Wolfgang Schmierer[NACHTRAG:]In 2000, the card index was processed for conservation reasons as part of the retroconversion of older finding aids. Several temporary staff were involved in the computer recording, in particular Andrea Mahler and Sabine Dörlich. Inge Nesper was in charge of the incorporation of corrections, and the alphabetical order was retained for the EDP recording. Civil names and artist names were recorded in separate data records and displayed in the comments field. An examination of the numbering revealed that individual personnel files were not recorded in the index and that seven order numbers were not assigned. Ludwigsburg, December 2000Dr. Barbara Hoen

On the history of the authorities: The responsibility for the surveying and marking department, which was part of the Ministry of the Interior in the 19th century, and the cadastral office, which was part of the Finance Administration, and the andes surveying department was initially transferred to the Finance Administration by the Law on the Ministry of State and the Ministries of 6 November 1926 (Reg.Bl. p.239). With the law of 3 July 1934 (Reichsges.Bl. p.534), surveying became a matter of gauge and was thus entrusted to the Reich Ministry of the Interior. Subsequently, in accordance with the decree of 28 August 1936 of the Reich and Prussian Minister of the Interior, the institutions still directly belonging to the State of Württemberg (Topographisches Bureau) were to be combined in the Ministry of the Interior, whereupon the decree on the reorganization of surveying in Württemberg of 10 October 1936 (Reg.Bl. p.115) transferred the responsibility for surveying and marking from the fiscal administration to the Ministry of the Interior, and the State Inspectorate for the Corporate Surveying Service and the Topographical Department of the State Statistical Office (as Topographical Bureau) were affiliated to the Ministry of the Interior (Department XII). Inventory history and report: The documents were indexed by Bernd Geil, Ulrike Glogger and Matthias Grotz as part of the practical training of the 32nd Fachhochschule training course of the upper archive service, the final processing was carried out by Bernd Geil, Ulrike Glogger and Matthias Grotz, the signatures. Due to the pre-proveniences of the Royal Tax College and the State Tax Office, the State Technical Office, the Ministry of Finance and finally the Ministry of the Interior, various file reference levels were found. The current order follows the file number of Department XII of the Ministry of the Interior attached to the majority of the files. 0.5 linear metres of files of the provenance of the Royal Tax College or the State Tax Office were transferred to the State Archives Ludwigsburg (there stock E 251 IV). In addition, documents from the provenance of the Ministry of Finance (0.05 running metres) were assigned to inventory E 222 b (now inventory E 222a, status: 2004). 0.2 linear metres from the period before 1945 were removed from inventory EA 2/203 and integrated into the existing inventory. Provenance separations were only carried out in those cases in which this appeared to be reasonable in terms of scope and file structure. The main duplicates collected amounted to 0.06 linear metres. Reference should be made to the following holdings, which contain supplementary documents:Im Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg:Technisches Landesamt (EL 72 I, EL 72 II)Landesfinanzamt (E 252 II)K. Steuerkollegium (E 251 I-IV)Landesvermessungsamt (EL 68)In the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart:Ministry of Finance (E 221, E 222, E 222a)Ministry of the Interior, Personalakte Vermessungsbediensteter (E 151/22) The inventory now comprises 6.9 linear metres. m with 208 tufts (order numbers 1-209, no. 180 is not documented) with a running time of 1818-1945 with isolated files until 1951. The predominant part of the files originates from the 20th century.Stuttgart, January 1995Sabine Schnell

The history of the authorities: Within the Ministry of the Interior established in Stuttgart in 1806, Department IV was responsible for local government matters. In the course of the dissolution of the four district governments (established in 1817/18), in June 1924 the Ministerial Department for District and Corporation Administration was established as a middle instance affiliated to the Ministry of the Interior, which existed until 1934 parallel to Department IV within the Ministry (cf. holdings E 180 I-VII in the State Archives Ludwigsburg). After 1934 the ministerial department was only a department of the interior ministry. In 1945, responsibilities were divided regionally between the newly established state administrations of the interior in Stuttgart and Tübingen. From 1952, the newly established regional councils of Stuttgart and Tübingen were given the same responsibilities to a large extent as had previously been assigned to the ministerial department as the central authority of the interior administration. The eleven to thirteen business units or Division IV's papers essentially covered the main areas of responsibility: church and corporate matters:Membership of local authorities, changes in regional, district and municipal authorities, national emblems, municipal names; representation and administration of official bodies and municipalities, supervision of administration, visits, state supervisory municipalities; legal relationships of civil servants and employees of official bodies and municipalities, salaries, pensions, accident and health care;Supervision of the asset management of municipalities and official bodies, budget matters, foundations, accounting; municipal uses, real community rights; publications of municipalities and official bodies; savings banks; taxation, finance statistics; water matters general and individual, division into three ("technical") business divisions or The three regionally defined districts I, II and III have departments for the organisation and distribution of responsibilities. The files E 151/01 (Chancellery Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior) Bü 284, 285, 289, 753, 774 contain information on the organisation and distribution of responsibilities. Processor's report: The records of Department IV - Municipal Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior were previously available in the partial inventories: E 151 d I : Handover register from 1956 with a special register from 1966 for the files concerning the State contributions to the water supply of the municipalities (both now part of inventory E 151/41);E 151 d II : Handover register of 1958 (now part of inventory E 151/41) with a special register of the files of the Ministry of the Interior on municipal finance statistics received via the State Statistical Office (now inventory E 151/44);E 151 d III: Handover register from 1981, partly with files, which have entered the Main State Archives via the Regierungspräsidium (now part of the holdings E 151/41);E 151 d IV : Documents concerning the Sparkassenwesen (now part of the stock E 151/41), received with the files of the stock E 151 d III; a special list of personnel files of the municipal and corporate officials of 1966 (now stock E 151/42) and a special list of job files of the local heads of 1966 (now stock E 151/43). as the overview shows, the files concerning the state contributions to the municipal water supply were included in the files of the same subject from the delivery of 1958 (AZ. IV 2499), arranged according to counties, arranged in the same subject from the delivery of 1958 (AZ. IV 2499) (AZ. IV 2499). These documents comprise 2.8 linear metres and can now be found under the signature E 151/41 Bü 1110-1144. The provisionally formed part of the savings banks sector was also dissolved. The file group was added to the main holdings E 151/41, and a separation of provenance was also carried out between files of the Ministry of the Interior (4.6 linear metres) and files of the Ministerial Department for District and Corporation Administration (2.9 linear metres). m) ClassificationSince it was no longer possible to determine a file plan of the municipal department of the Ministry of the Interior from the time before 1945, the order and classification of the holdings was established on the basis of the file numbers assigned throughout (from department number IV and a file number of up to four digits, recorded in the Findbuch as the first preliminary signature). This procedure proved to be useful insofar as after 1945 the files continued to be filed according to this registry plan and were thus also transferred to the Main State Archives in 1956, 1958, 1962 and 1981 ( cf. the holdings EA 2/401-404 ).The structure of the holdings attempts a reconstruction of the file plan. In addition, some older files still have a box/special signature, which was not taken into account, however, as a presignature in the recording. The few tufts on school matters within the Ministry of the Interior are, however, to be found in fonds E 151/02 (Ministry of the Interior Department II). The order of tufts of files within individual series according to districts is based on the administrative division according to the Law on the Division of the Land of 25 April 1938 ( Reg.Bl. für Württemberg vom 3.5.1938). In general, provenance separations as well as a separation of pre- and post-files (cut-off date 8 May 1945) were made in the indexing, provided that it was not only a matter of individual documents whose removal from the present set of files would not have made sense (see list following the preface).Larger cassations were not carried out, only duplicates, other duplicates and a few tufts were sorted out (0.4 m). In November 1990, Dorothee Breucker, an archivist, began the cataloguing of the holdings. She was in charge of the main part of the order and indexing work (indexing of tufts 1 to 997 and 1101 to 1256 as well as separation of provenances and pre- and post-production work). Within the framework of the practical training of participants of the 26th and 27th semesters of the Second World War, the Commission has developed a new training programme. The students of the second Fachhochschule course worked on the drawing with Daniela Deckwart (Bü 1110-1144, drawing and classification), Nicole Röck (Bü 1257-1265), Thomas Schreiner (Bü 1266-1268), 1317-1330), Katja Hoffmann (Bü 1269-1301, 1315, 1316), Edith Holzer (Bü 1302a-1314, 1285a), Armin Braun (Bü 1331-1356, 1358, 1359), Andrea Rößler (Bü 1360-1379), Hartmut Obst (Bü 1380-1391). Working student Ulrike Kirchberger (Bü 1392-1413) and Archivoberinspektorin Sabine Schnell (Bü 1424-1557) finished the indexing; the latter also took over the final editing of the find book. Archivist Wilhelmine Kovacs took care of the demetallization of the files as well as smaller repairs and the packing of the tufts in archive boxes.The title entries were recorded on MIDETIT forms, the find book was created with the help of the MIDOSA program package of the Baden-Württemberg State Archive Administration. The E 151/41 collection now contains 48.5 linear metres of files with a running time of (1814) 1820-1945, with a few follow-up files up to 1955 (1965). The majority of the files date from around 1900. the partial holdings E 151/42 comprise 1.7 linear metres, E 151/43 2.3 linear metres and E 151/44 14 linear metres of written records. Stuttgart, November 1992Sabine Schnell Provenienztrennungen: Old signature EA 2/401:New signature E 151/41: No.59 (AZ: IV 201)Bü 983 No.74 (AZ: IV 347)Bü 984 No.79 (AZ: IV 370)Bü 985 No.117 (AZ: IV 986)Bü 986 No.152 (AZ: IV 1518)Bü 987 No.158 (AZ: IV 1710)Bü 988 No.161 (AZ: IV 1760)Bü 989 No.162 (AZ: IV 1775)Bü 990 No.164 (AZ: IV 1850)Bü 991 Old signature EA 2/404:New signature E 151/41: No.589 (AZ: IV 290)Bü 992 No.609 (AZ: IV 330)Bü 993 No.683 (AZ: IV 444)Bü 994 No.684 (AZ: IV 445)Bü 995 No.694 (AZ: IV 447)Bü 996 No.791 (AZ: IV 601)Bü 538 No.1273 (AZ: IV 4020)Bü 997 Old Signature E 151 d I:New Signature: No.186 (AZ: IV 1450)E 151/02 Bü 903a No.189 (AZ: IV 1471)E 151/02 Bü 915e No.194 (AZ: IV 1525)E 151/02 Bü 915c No.195 (AZ: IV 1530)E 151/02 Bü 915b No.196 (AZ: IV 1533)E 151/02 Bü 910a No.197 (AZ: IV 1534)E 151/02 Bü 915a No.201 (AZ: IV 1544)E 151/02 Bü 918a No.300 (AZ: IV 5015)E 150 Old signature E 151 d II:New signature: serial no. 37, 40-44, 48-50A 39, Supplements serial no. 38, 39, 45-47, 52E 175 serial no. 51J 251 b no. 304-307 Old signature E 151 d III:New signature: serial no. 499 (AZ: IV 5005)E 151/02 Bü 1174 serial no. 1174 503 (AZ: IV 5020)E 151/02 Bü 1175 serial no. 506 (AZ: IV 5035)E 151/02 Bü 1176 Old signature E 151 d III (serial no.)/New signature: New signature E 151/41 (Bü): Serial no. 506 (AZ: IV 5035)/New signature: New signature E 151/41 (Bü): Serial no. 506 No. 1 (AZ: IV 2)E 180 running No. 14 / Bü 623 (AZ: IV 33)EA 2/404 No. 250 running No. 41 / Bü 625 (AZ: IV 41)EA 2/404 No. 250a current no. 26, 22 / Bü 643, 644, 667 (AZ: IV 50) EA 2/404 current no. 253a No. 37 / Bü 685 (AZ: IV 85)EA 2/404 current no. 302a No. 302a 38 / Bü 686 (AZ: IV 87)EA 2/404 No. 304 current No. 42 / Bü 690 (AZ: IV 95)EA 2/404 No. 308 current No. 51 / Bü 701 (AZ: IV 118d)EA 2/401 Bü 35a current No. 35 / Bü 690 (AZ: IV 95)EA 2/404 Current No. 51 / Bü 701 (AZ: IV 118d)EA 2/401 Bü 35a current No. 70 / Bü 718 (AZ: IV 129)EA 2/404 No. 430 current No. 75 / Bü 723 (AZ: IV 142)EA 2/404 No. 444 current No. 85 / Bü 732 (AZ: IV 162)EA 2/404 No. 452 serial no. 98, 99 / Bü 741-743, 746-748EA 2/404 serial no. 476a (AZ: IV 181) serial no. 97 / Bü 752 (AZ: IV 181)EA 2/404 serial no. 2/404 476a current no. 99 / Bü 754 (AZ: IV 181)EA 2/404 no. 476a current no. 96 / Bü 762 (AZ: IV 181)EA 2/404 no. 476a current no. 476a 103 / Bü 768 (AZ: IV 186)EA 2/404 No. 487 current No. 110 / Bü 776 (AZ: IV 191)EA 2/404 No. 491 current No. 119 / Bü 788 (AZ: IV 198)EA 2/404 No. 515 serial no. 121 / Bü 790 (AZ: IV 200)EA 2/404 no. 516 serial no. 123 / Bü 798 (AZ: IV 211)EA 2/404 no. 538 serial no. 140 / Bü 812 (AZ: IV 250)EA 2/404 No. 553 current No. 153 / Bü 825 (AZ: IV 305)EA 2/404 No. 602a current No. 157 / Bü 830 (AZ: IV 325)EA 2/404 No. 607 Old signature E 151 d III (serial no.)/New signature: New signature E 151/41 (Bü): Serial no. 164a (AZ: IV 371)E 180 serial no. 171 (AZ: IV 374)E 180 running no. 173 / Bü 836 (AZ: IV 390)EA 2/404 no. 650 running no. 174 / Bü 844 (AZ: IV 391)EA 2/404 no. 651 running no. 178 / Bü 863 (AZ: IV 405)EA 2/404 No. 657 current No. 182 / Bü 867 (AZ: IV 410)EA 2/404 No. 660 current No. 185 / Bü 885 (AZ: IV 416)EA 2/404 No. 662 current no. 203 (AZ: IV 443b)E 180 current no. 210 / Bü 922 (AZ: IV 520)EA 2/404 current no. 743 current no. 217 / Bü 929 (AZ: IV 560)EA 2/404 current no. 771 No. 221 / Bü 933 (AZ: IV 575)EA 2/404 No. 756 current No. 263 / Bü 956 (AZ: IV 770)EA 2/404 No. 850 current No. 264 (AZ: IV 777)EA 2/404 Current No. 264 (AZ: IV 777)EA 2/404 878a serial no. 266 / Bü 958-959 (AZ: IV 781) EA 2/404 no. 888/04 serial no. 275 (AZ: IV 829)E 151/01 Bü 3171 serial no. 3171 277 / Bü 967 (AZ: IV 830)EA 2/404 No. 893a current No. 278 (AZ: IV 831)E 151/01 Bü 3165 current No. 279 (AZ: IV 831)E 151/01 Bü 3166 current No. 279 (AZ: IV 831)E 151/01 Bü 3166 current No. 280 (AZ: IV 834)E 151/01 Bü 3168 current No. 284 (AZ: IV 837)E 151/01 Bü 3167 current No. 284 (AZ: IV 837)EA 2/404 No. 905 current No. 905 current No. 284a (AZ: IV 841)E 151/01 Bü 3169, 3170 serial no. 284a (AZ: IV 841)EA 2/ 404 No. 907a serial no. 285 (AZ: IV 853)E 151/01 Bü 3172 serial no. 3172 301 / Bü 980 (AZ: IV 900)EA 2/404 No. 920 current no. 306 / Bü 1361 (AZ: IV 1130)EA 2/404 No. 921 current no. 309 / Bü 1362 (AZ: IV 1140)EA 2/404 No. 937 serial no. 315 / Bü 1367 (AZ: IV 1148)EA 2/404 no. 938a serial no. 342 / Bü 1379 (AZ: IV 1270)EA 2/404 no. 955 serial no. 348 / Bü 1382 (AZ: IV 1365)EA 2/404 No. 1028 current No. 348b / Bü 1384 (AZ: IV 1365)EA 2/404 No. 1035 current No. 353 / Bü 1389 (AZ: IV 1374)EA 2/404 No. 1068 current no. 354 / Bü 1390 (AZ: IV 1380)EA 2/404 no. 1077 current no. 364 / Bü 1392 (AZ: IV 1530)EA 2/404 no. 1096 current no. 366 / Bü 1394 (AZ: IV 1550)EA 2/404 No. 1097 current No. 367 / Bü 1395 (AZ: IV 1555)EA 2/404 No. 1098 Old signature E 151 d III (current No.)/New signature: New signature E 151/41 (Bü): serial no. 387 / Bü 1404 (AZ: IV 1665)EA 2/404 no. 1117 serial no. 391 / Bü 1408 (AZ: IV 1700)EA 2/404 no. 1148 current no. 393 / Bü 1410 (AZ: IV 1702)EA 2/404 no. 1149 current no. 395 / Bü 1412 (AZ: IV 1708)EA 2/404 no. 1160 current no. 399 / Bü 1426 (AZ: IV 1730)EA 2/404 No. 1174 current No. 401 / Bü 1428 (AZ: IV 1740)EA 2/404 No. 1189 current No. 412 / Bü 1437 (AZ: IV 1830)EA 2/404 No. 1198 linear no. 413 / Bü 1438 (AZ: IV 1835)EA 2/404 linear no. 1206a linear no. 421 / Bü 1444 (AZ: IV 1890)EA 2/404 linear no. 1219 linear no. 1219. No. 438 / Bü 1457 (AZ: IV 2038)EA 2/404 No. 1228 current No. 498 / Bü 1549 (AZ: IV 4021)J 121 / J 122 current No. 499 / Bü 1551 (AZ: IV 5000)EA 2/404 No. 1275 Old signature E 151 d IV:New signature serial no. 1-58 (AZ: IV 237-IV 490)E 180 serial no. 142 (AZ: IV 1618)E 180

I: With the Law of 6 November 1926 on the State Ministry and the Ministries, the Ministry of Economy replaced the Ministry of Labour and Food, which had been established in 1918. Since then it has been - under changing names - the supreme state authority for state economic management. In December 1946, the areas of responsibility of agriculture and food were spun off and merged into an independent Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry (EA/7). In 1947, the Price Supervision Office, which had previously been integrated into the Ministry of Economics itself, was also spun off and became an independent authority within the Economic Administration. As of 1 June 1948, the tasks of the Ministry of Economics were divided into the following business units:1. General, Organization and Chancellery Directorate2. Economic recording and economic organisation3. Commercial law4. Craft and other trades5. Foreign trade, inter-zone traffic6. Industry7. Planning, raw material and production control8. Pricing9. Economic statistics (for the business divisions see also Büschel 139 No.244)Josef André (CDU) from September 1945 to May 1946, Heinrich Köhler (CDU) from May to November 1946 and Hermann Veit (SPD) from December 1946 to June 1960 were the ministers in charge of the Ministry of Economic Affairs: II: The present file EA 6/001 (former signature EA 6/3) was handed over by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Transport to the Main State Archives in February 1975. These are general administrative files that have been stored according to a decimal file plan. However, this file plan could neither be found nor reconstructed. The subsequent structuring therefore took place according to the above-mentioned business parts; since, however, not all files could be integrated meaningfully into this order scheme, the order according to business parts was modified and supplemented during the processing. The pre-files in the inventory that were created before May 1945 were pulled out - as far as whole tufts were concerned - and assigned to inventory E 384 (Ministry of Economics 1926-1945). Individual documents dating from before 1945 were, however, left in the inventory. The majority of the files date from the period 1945-1952, with pre-files from 1869 and post-files up to 1970. ten tufts of files (the numbers 300, 301, 306, 312, 317 and 329 = 0.2 m) from the Ministry of Economic Affairs Württemberg-Hohenzollern were handed over to the Sigmaringen State Archives during the current indexing and rearrangement of the holdings. A total of 0.8 linear metres of files, mainly containing copies and hectographs, were collected, so that the stock now comprises 10.6 linear metres. The new indexing and structuring took place between September 1990 and March 1991 by the undersigned. The packing of the tufts in archive boxes provided archive of employed Fröhlich. The index was created with the help of data processing on the basis of the MIDOSA program package of the State Archive Administration of Baden-Württemberg.Stuttgart, August 1992Sabine Schnell