Fonds Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen, FAS HS 1-80 T 8 - Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House Archives: Repertory Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern

704 VE (10,40 lfd.m )

History of the collection<br /><br />Introduction<br />1. History of the collection<br />The collection was mainly created on the initiative of Prince Wilhelm von Hohenzollern (1864-1927), who, soon after the death of his father Prince Leopold (1905), sifted through the rich collection of disorganized family papers and handed them over to the Princely Hohenzollern House Archives for permanent safekeeping. According to the princely archivist at the time, Dr. Zingeler (foreword to the old "Wilhelm Repertorium" of 1908), the "by far largest" part of the papers contained in it, consisting mainly of correspondence, diaries and other personal notes and reflections on current political events, came from Prince Leopold's personal estate. However, as the fonds also contain older writings from his parents, ancestors and other relatives, these must have already been incorporated into the Leopoldine estate when the collection was first formed, and other small or partial estates from other authors may have been added by Prince Wilhelm, such as the extremely extensive correspondence of his grandparents, Princess Josephine and Prince Karl Anton. This basic stock was enriched by special collections (such as fasc. 261 ff: Writings of the Princess and later Portuguese Queen Stephanie von Hohenzollern), commemorative publications and memorabilia of weddings, christenings, family celebrations and mourning (Fasc. 256, 364 ff.,433, 446 and 590), reports on memorable events in other dynasties (Fasc. 125, 480), marriage contracts (Fasc. 497, 500), personal documents on the education and military service of Princes Karl Anton and Leopold (Fasc. 489, 490, 553, 564), the collections of writings and materials on Romania, its royal house and army or documents on Prince Leopold's candidacy for the Spanish throne (Fasc. 535). Files on higher-ranking officials, servants and administrators (Fasc. 546) or on personalities in any kind of relationship of trust or patronage with the respective head of the house (Fasc. 243, 547, 579) extend the material beyond the circles of the family and the more or less closely related European high nobility.<br />How the letters sent by the members of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen were returned and ultimately ended up in the collection can only be guessed at: Former court officials (Chamberlain von Mayenfisch, Cabinet Councillor von Werner and others), court servants (nanny Anna Picard, lady-in-waiting Marie von Lindheim), more distant relatives or other important correspondence partners (e.g. Consul General Dr. Felix Bamberg in Messina) or their heirs may have been asked by Prince Wilhelm to make the original letters of members of the House of Hohenzollern in their possession available to the House and Family Archives, taking into account the confidentiality of the contents or the presumptive historical significance of the letters. In some cases, it was also customary for personal letters to be returned to the senders by their heirs after the death of the recipients. In the case of Princess Amelie of Saxe-Altenburg, née von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who died in 1841, there is evidence that the letters addressed to her were returned to the two senders, Princess Josephine and her sister Marie Amelie, in 1841 (fasc. 471), and the letters addressed to Queen Elisabeth of Prussia in 1850-1854 were also returned to the sender, Princess Katharina, in 1874 at the behest of the Crown Prince (fasc. 149). A number of items from her estate are again marked with the indication that they were intended for her "grandson" Prince Leopold (e.g. Fasc. 154, 155, 158).<br />Further additions were made to the collection through files on certain events or processes in which family members played a role or in which they showed particular interest (e.g. Fasc. 687-691), and through legally relevant documents relating to the House of Hohenzollern in part or as a whole (e.g. Fasc. 493-495, 575). In the case of such documents, however, it is not possible to decide whether they were in the papers of the Princely Family before 1908, in the registry of the Court Chamber or in other existing holdings of the Princely House Archives before they were incorporated into the new holdings. All the documents were arranged, placed in envelopes and labeled by Prince Wilhelm, who was probably the best expert on the respective senders/authors and their handwriting. These handwritten title records were essentially transferred unchanged to the "Repertorium Wilhelm" in 1908. We must therefore also rely on Prince Wilhelm when he (in rare cases) attributed letters with missing or completely illegible signatures to specific authors.<br />2. Editor's report<br />The new indexing of the collection was carried out by the undersigned at his office in Ludwigsburg as part of a project funded by the Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg for the indexing of estates and biographical documents of non-governmental provenance in the Sigmaringen State Archives. The cataloging work began on June 5, 2013 and was completed on August 30 of the same year.<br />The material delivered in a total of 17 transport tubs was in good physical condition. Apart from the well-known fact that the papers contained in it consist predominantly of acidic types created after 1830, which should be deacidified in the medium term, hardly any significant damage was registered on the documents.<br />The Scope entry mask for subject files was used throughout for indexing, with the respective fascicle and, if applicable, sub-fascicle number of the "Repertorium Wilhelm" being entered in the "Pre-signature 1" field as the old signature. Missing units were marked as missing with a small "f" in their place in the old repertory. Units removed from the collection after 1908 or given away were given their own title record if internal archive notes provided information about the whereabouts of the documents. Title records were kept as brief as possible; pure correspondence cannot be recorded as anything other than: "Letters from x to y". In many cases, therefore, the new indexing hardly went beyond the "Repertorium Wilhelm" in terms of substance, apart from notes on contents, which were sometimes quite detailed depending on the source value of the written material. The correspondence partners were researched throughout with the help of the relevant genealogical tables and the online encyclopaedias available on "Google" ("Wikipedia" and others), provided with their correct titles and their respective official names. Additions made by the editor, such as first names or titles, have been placed in square brackets []. Apart from the use of "ss" and "ß", which has been adapted to modern usage, the spelling follows the old rules. This also applies to personal names: Stephanie and Josephine were spelled with "ph" according to contemporary usage and not with "f", as is often the case today. As far as possible, the date of origin of each archival unit was determined precisely. Occasionally it was necessary to annotate the date of origin when the reading of the year was uncertain (due to sloppy handwriting or smudged postmarks) or, as is relatively often the case, the senders did not mark their letters with a year at all or only sporadically. The thickness of a pile of letters or files was indicated in the "circumference" field from 0.5 cm, for thinner units either the exact number of letters was noted or the circumference indication "1 fasc." was used. No information was given on the thickness of volumes. Sometimes it happened that the often very small-format (approx. DIN A 5 or smaller) letters in a unit lay in two equally sized stacks next to each other on a cardboard base. In such cases, the total height of both stacks was indicated. Uncertainties in readings (occasionally occurs with personal names) or in the identification of correspondence partners and heirs were marked with (?). If sealed packages had to be opened during indexing, this was noted in the "Internal archive remarks" field, stating the date of opening. The formation of the consecutively numbered units (1-704) almost always followed the specifications of the "Repertorium Wilhelm", i.e. both fascicles and sub-fascicles were generally adopted as independent units, provided they were numbered consecutively there (UF 1, 2 etc.), i.e. provided with a corresponding old signature. Sub-fascicles without original numbering were usually also respected as independent units when they were re-numbered; (UF -) was then noted under the pre-signature. Sometimes, however, the sub-fascicles were included as a whole (albeit rarely, for example in fasc. 603) in a single title record with a correspondingly detailed note on contents. The assignment of sub-fascicle numbers in the "Repertorium Wilhelm" was not always handled consistently or logically. In R 53,92 and R 53,93, after a whole series of consecutively numbered sub-fascicles, there is a further series which begins with no. 1 again. In such cases, to avoid confusion, the second rows have been marked with superscript asterisks, i.e. 1* etc. I have taken the liberty of drawing attention to further errors by means of handwritten comments in the "Repertorium Wilhelm", for example in the case of the duplicate shelfmark R 78,1).<br />Ludwigsburg, August 30, 2013<br />Dr. Peter Steuer<br />Within the classification, non-genuine bequests were created, i.e. genuine bequests - the written material that actually originated with a person - were enriched by material about the person or occasionally also correspondence from the bequeather to other persons. This was done for the sake of greater clarity. The following fonds contain non-genuine partial bequests from members of the House of Hohenzollern and close relatives, from servants of the House of Hohenzollern and from the Prussian diplomat Dr. Felix Bamberger. A further classification point consists of documents relating to the entire House of Hohenzollern in Swabia, and another classification point consists of the Romanian state and its royal house. Further subdivisions were made within the classification, such as in the partial estate of Prince Leopold: correspondence; family events; military, political and ecclesiastical affairs; diaries, personal notes; guest books, memorabilia; art and archaeology; property matters, wills and death.<br />The fonds were provided with descriptors in 2017.<br />The total duration of the fonds ranges from 1746 to 1908. In total, FAS HS 1-80 T 8 now consists of 704 newly created units with a total volume of 10.40 linear meters. The use is not subject to any retention periods.<br />Sigmaringen, November 2017<br />Birgit Meyenberg<br /><br />

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