History of the Inventory Designer: 1872 Establishment of the Imperial Statistical Office by the Imperial Chancellor with the issue of a business instruction by the Imperial Chancellor, first subordinated to the Imperial Chancellery, since 1879 to the Imperial Office of the Interior and since 1918 with simultaneous renaming into the Imperial Statistical Office to the Imperial Ministry of Economics, 1934 Merger with the Prussian Statistical Office The task of the Office was the collection of material for Imperial Statistics, its technical and scientific examination, processing and publication, expert reporting on statistical issues. Inventory description: Inventory history Due to the effects of war and the collapse of the German Reich, the records of the Reich Statistical Office suffered heavy losses. At the Berlin headquarters in the Neue Königstraße, parts of the statistical material were destroyed during bomb attacks in May 1945. During the demolition of the building in 1945, the central registry was completely destroyed and approximately 10 of the 200,000 volumes of the library were lost. In the years 1943/44 several departments or departments with their written material had been moved to alternative locations. Much of the material that remained in the territories later occupied by Soviet troops was destroyed, while others were sent to the then Central State Archive in Potsdam. In April, the Dargun and Weimar branches were able to bring important material to Schwerin, from where the staff of the Reich Statistical Office there were able to flee to Hamburg at the end of April with parts of the documents in Schwerin. In Schwerin the original material of industrial production statistics and the mass of price statistics documents fell into Russian hands. The parts of the tax statistics that had been moved to Wernigerode were transported to Derenburg in Hesse before the retreat of the American troops. The stocks brought to Würzburg suffered losses due to bomb damage; the remaining documents were preserved. After 1945, the stock that had been relocated to the western occupation zones and the fragments of the traditions rescued from the Soviet occupation zone were concentrated in three places: 1. in the British occupation zone in the Statistical Office in Hamburg and Minden 2. and in the American occupation zone in the Ministerial Collecting Center in Fürstenhagen near Kassel; from there larger parts were brought to the USA 3. in the French occupation zone in the Office for Statistics and Economic Development in Baden-Baden. Essentially, the documents that fell into the hands of the Western occupying powers at the time were sent to the Federal Archives via the American Document Center in Berlin, the Federal Statistical Office or the USA. Archival evaluation and processing The successive transfer of parts of the collection from the Reich Statistical Office to the Federal Archives has led to a gradual recording of the holdings. The documents on the excise tax statistics, which came to the Federal Archives in 1952 with written documents from other American departments, were indexed in a finding aid book. The material returned from Alexandria in 1958 was provisionally developed in 1959. After a return of the files from the Berlin Document Center in 1962 and further splinter deliveries, a provisional completion of the indexing could be achieved in 1968. All the documents of the Statistical Office of the Reich that had entered the Federal Archives were indexed by a index of finds, whereby parts of the material recorded in the index of consumption statistics were re-signed. The publications of the Statistisches Reichsamt available in the Budnesarchiv at that time were recorded in a second index. Later, the Federal Statistical Office, in particular, was able to adopt further documents from agricultural statistics, industrial production statistics and the Reich Office for Defense Economic Planning and social statistics. Further exhibitor provenances were incorporated from the traditions of the Reichsnährstand and the Reichsstelle für Raumordnung which had been passed on to the Federal Archives. In addition, the Imperial War Museum in London handed over to the Federal Archives some relevant documents of small volume. In the winter of 1975, these additions were also incorporated into the inventory. Characterization of content: The following groups of written documents are to be named as the main focus of the collection: - Social statistics - Industry - Financial and tax statistics - Transport and communications - Abroad - Money and loans, insurance Part 1 (formerly: ZStA 31.02): Organisation and business operations 1922-1945 (186); Population and area 1925, 1933-1943 (28); Cross-sectoral economic activities 1910-1944 (533); Armament and war economy 1933-1947 (312); Industry 1910-1946 (542); Agriculture and forestry, fishing 1913, 1924-1945 (93); Transport and transportation 1924-1945 (475); Post and telegraph 1913-1944 (12); Crafts 1895, 1936-1944 (8); Arts and culture 1930-1944 (88); Medicine and sport 1928-1945 (72); Social services 1909-1945 (164); Education 1937, 1939-1944 (4); Finance and taxes 1913-1945 (177); Money and credit, insurance 1876-1946 (223); Justice and crime statistics 1937-1941 (3); Foreign countries 1904-1944 (640). Part 2 (formerly: BArch R 24): Administration 1923-1945 (16); Trade and transport statistics 1927-1944 (11); Social statistics 1927-1945 (1633); Population, business and cultural statistics 1910-1944 (5); Financial and tax statistics 1913-1945 (527); Summary economic statistics 1934-1945 (53); industrial production statistics 1936-1945 (35); general foreign statistics 1927-1945 (107); statistical communications - Memel 1932-1934 (2). State of development: Findbuch für Teil 1 (1982) Findbuch für Teil 2 (1975) Citation method: BArch, R 3102/...

Search aids: Search book from 1814, Neues Findbuch 2016 (online searchable) Registrar: Already in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Westphalia of 7 December 1807 (Bull. 1807/08 I, 3) the division into departments, districts and municipalities for the Kingdom had been introduced by Art. 34 to 37. The total number of departments was between eight and twelve, the number of districts in a department between three and five. In each department, in addition to the prefect, a general secretary, a prefecture council and a general department council were established for the administration. The entire administration in the narrower sense belonged to the department of the Ministry of the Interior. The prefect was entrusted, under royal authority and supervision, with all branches of public administration, including tax administration, within the scope of his department. In addition, there were military tasks such as the recruitment and supervision of the National Guards, troop catering, preparation and implementation of troop recruitment. In the district of his département capital he also held the office of sub-prefect. The Secretary General was the permanent representative of the Prefect. He was the director of the administrative office, took care of the expeditions and managed the archives. The remaining subjects were dealt with in the offices of the departments. The Prefectural Council, consisting of three to four members under the chairmanship of the Prefect in each department, was the rulings authority on disputed matters. The prefectural councils decided as administrative authorities and their decisions could only be annulled by the Council of State. The General Council, composed of candidates proposed to the King from the Departmental Colleges, consisted of fifteen to twenty members. This committee elected the prefect and the secretary from among its members. The General Council of the Department met once a year for two weeks. He had to distribute the direct taxes among the individual districts, decide on the requests for tax reductions received from the district councils and municipalities, determine the subsidies for the departmental expenses and submit the accounts. Finally, he was entitled to comment on the situation and needs of the department. Each department was divided into three to five districts. Each district was headed by the subprefect, assisted by the secretary of the subprefecture and a district council. The districts were divided into five to 19 cantons, with larger cities forming their own cantons (= city districts). At the head of a canton stood the Canton Mayor, who was usually also Maire of his residence. He stood between the sub-prefect and the communemaires and supervised the communemaires, whose management he headed. A Mayre, one or more police inspectors and a municipal council were appointed to administer the individual municipalities. Maire was responsible for the administration of the municipal property and the municipal institutions and supervised the local police. He was also responsible for municipal spending. The Elbe département was formed from the left Rhine parts of the duchy of Magdeburg, the county of Barby, the offices of Gommern (Saxony), Calvörde (Brunswick), Klötze (Hanover), parts of the principality of Halberstadt and the Altmark. The capital of the department was Magdeburg. The department consisted of the districts of Magdeburg, Neuhaldensleben, Stendal and Salzwedel. The first prefect of the Elbe Department was the former Prussian District Administrator Ernst Alexander von der Schulenburg, who was suspended in the summer of 1811 and replaced by the Police Prefect of Kassel, who had been General Director of the High Police until October 1809. Inventory information: The holdings came via the government archive Magdeburg (time of the Kgr. Westphalen Ba Nr. 1) into the today's state archive. In former times it was called Rep. A 76 III Ba No. 1. The traditions of the central authorities of the Kingdom of Westphalia are now kept in the Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin. In June and July 2016, the retroconversion of the distortion information took place, which was reviewed in August 2016 and supplemented by numerous German file titles. In this context, the history of the registry formers and the inventory information were entered and a new finding aid book was compiled.

History of the authorities The legation in Hamburg was one of the most important diplomatic representations of Prussia in Germany. Its importance lay above all in the field of trade and customs policy and shipping. Special emphasis was placed on the economic geographic location of the embassy's area of responsibility as the starting point for German overseas trade and as the end point of the important inland waterways Elbe and Weser. The legation gained an additional significance in the context of colonial politics. The development of the competence of the Hamburg legation is quite complicated, but it should be noted that the three Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck as well as the two Mecklenburg usually belonged to the legation area. From the Tilsit peace of 1807 until the annexation of the Hanseatic cities and Oldenburgs by France in December 1810, the competence of the mission extended to Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in addition to the states mentioned. After the dissolution of the Hamburg legation in 1810 due to the French annexation of the German North Sea coast, the diplomatic contacts of Prussia to Mecklenburg, bound to the person of the previous legation in Hamburg, were essentially perceived by the legation in Dresden. After the Paris Peace of 30 May 1814, the legation was newly founded and was given a large area of responsibility, which extended not only to the Hanseatic cities and Mecklenburg but also to Hanover, Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and Lippe-Detmold. In 1832 the representatives near Hanover, Braunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe and Lippe-Detmold were taken over by the Kassel legation. In 1837 Oldenburg was included in the newly founded mission in Hanover. The area of responsibility thus narrowed to the Hanseatic cities and Mecklenburg remained constant until the dissolution of the Hamburg legation, which took place on 31 March 1920. Heads of Mission 1804 - 1811 Grote, Count August Otto from 1814 - 1830 1830 - 1832 Maltzan, Mortimer from 1832 - 1848 Haenlein, Johann Christian Ferdinand Louis from 1848 - 1859 Kamptz, Carl Ludwig Georg Friedrich Ernst Albert from 1859 - 1867 Richthofen, Baron Emil Carl Heinrich from 1867 - 1869 Kamptz, Carl Ludwig Georg Friedrich Ernst Albert from 1869 - 1872 Magnus, Anton from 1872 - 1875 Rosenberg, Baron Adalbert from 1875 - 1885 Wentzel, Robert Albrecht Friedrich Otto from 1885 - 1890 Kusserow, Heinrich from 1890 - 1894 Thielmann, Baron Max from 1894 - 1895 Kiderlen-Waechter, Alfred from 1895 - 1898 Wallwitz, Count Nikolaus from 1898 - 1902 Metternich, Count Paul from 1902 - 1907 Tschirschky and Boegendorff, Heinrich Leonhard from 1907 - 1908 Heyking, Baron Edmund from 1908 - 1915 Bülow, Gustav Adolf from 1915 - 1920 Quadt von Wyckradt und Isny, Albert inventory description: Inventory history The inventory consisted of five registry or (A-E), which came into the archive between 1834 and 1940. In 1840 a find book was created for Group A, in which the other tax layers were also entered. Accessions No. 8042 to 8168 were combined into groups in January 1870, some of them classified as worthless (cf. VI. HA Nl. Friedländer, G., No. 13, fol. 33). During the Second World War, the Rep. 81 Hamburg stock was transferred to the salt mines in Staßfurt and Schönebeck and brought to the Soviet Union at the end of the war. In 1955 he was returned to the Central State Archives in Merseburg. The stock was divided into the part before 1807 and the part after 1807. The latter part was newly recorded in 1968 by Joachim Nossol and arranged in 1969 under the guidance of Dr. Joachim Lehmann and Roswitha Nagel according to factual aspects. The lowest level of classification is arranged chronologically - while preserving factual contexts. The editorial work was done by the archivist Maria Lehmann, the find book was written by Magdalena Sabor. The history of the institution was written by Dr. Joachim Lehman. In the course of the re-listing of the I. HA Rep. 81 Hanover legation, a file was found which belongs to the Hamburg legation in terms of provenance (old signature Rep. 81 Hanover B 4 a). The Hamburg legation comprises a total of 1,350 files from the period 1804 to 1920, Merseburg, signed in June 1981. Nagel revised Berlin, signed in February 2011 Dr. Puppel last assigned number: ____ to order: GStA PK, I. HA Rep. 81 Hamburg legation: GStA PK, I. HA Rep. 81 legations and consulates after 1807, Hamburg legation finding aids: database; find book, 1 vol.

170 sheets, Contains and others: - Manuscript curriculum vitae (as at 2 June 1905) - conferral of the title of professor, 1909 - leave of absence to carry out a study trip to Egypt, 1910 - employment of the First Lieutenant [...] Pfaehler of the 4th Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 143 because of representation of Prof. Dr. Diedrich Hermann Westermann, 1910 - permission to take over the guardianship for the mentally disturbed teacher Rosa Schüller, 1912 - Bernhard Struck, Der Schlüssel der Sudansprachen, Sonderabdruck aus: Allgemeine Missions-Zeitschrift, born 1913, Issue 11 and 12. Kassel 1913 (print) - Employment of the mission superintendent Christian Schumann because of representation of Prof. Dr. Diedrich Hermann Westermann, 1915/1916.

113 sheets, Contains and others: - Proposals of Baroness Thecla von Felsentorff, née Ekenstam, a relative of the Minister Langerheim in Berlin, for the evening leisure activities during Wilhelm II's next stay in Rome, Handschreiben, Rome, 14 April 1893 - Reflections of Wilhelm II on the development of English and German industry, on the exploitation of the workforce (can die on the dung) and on its needs (security, precautions, etc.)) and participation, the formation of trade unions in England, the far-reaching rejection of this civilizing task in Germany (good examples Krupp, Stinnes), the relationship of the working class to social democracy and then to anarchy, about the demand for and deficit of German industry in perceiving the needs of the working class. Comparison with the troop, the care of the captain for the wishes and thoughts in relation to the surrender to the sergeant and non-commissioned officer (13 points, handwritten, no D.) - Selection of the president of the consort Ernst von Weyrauch in Kassel as the undersecretary of state in the ministry of education and cultural affairs, by Wilhelm II. as President of the Protestant Upper Church Council, April 20, 1890 [with Wilhelms II's marginal remarks: "Right! shows once again that first of all I am not as stupid as the Ministers sometimes hold me, secondly that I always take a good look at my people beforehand"]. - Submission of naval tables by Freiherr von Senden, Jan. 1895 - Schiffbau 1893/1894 nach der Statistik von Lloyds. Comparison Handeschiffe/Kriegsschiffe Deutschland, Russland, Frankreich, Vereinigte Staaten, handwritten Wilhelm II - New construction and requirements for 1895 of battleships, armoured ships, cruisers, torpedo boats in England and France - Names of battleships in England, Russia, France and Italy, 1895. Schiffsbau 1893 - Handzeichnung des Schlachtschiffs Hannibal, 14900 tons. Armor, orders, concern in England about conditions in East Asia. Hand-drawn drawing and explanations by Wilhelm II - Statements by Georg Cardinal von Kopp, Beslau, on the Pope's rejection of a congratulatory telegram to Bismarck (April 1, 1895), March 1895 - Request for support from a wife of Sarlaghy by the Nationalgalerie for the purchase of a painting (large self-portrait with palette) by the Nationalgalerie due to the financial claims of her husband on the occasion of her intended divorce, 7th ed. Nov. 1895 - Statements by Georg Cardinal von Kopp, Beslau, about the forthcoming reoccupation of the archbishop's chair in Freiburg in Baden and the possibility of influence by the emperor, 14th century. April 1897 - Project for a federation to combat social democratic tendencies, proposals of the Prussian envoy in Stuttgart, Theodor von Holleben, 21 April 1897, possible meeting on the occasion of the emperor's trip to Wiesbaden, 29 April 1897. April 1897 - Communications and reporting on the Greek-Turkish war, Larissa, 2 May 1897 - Announcement of the incognito stay of Theodor von Holleben in the Hotel Taunus at Wiesbaden railway station, 14 May 1897 - Statements of the envoy in Stuttgart, Theodor von Holleben, about his diplomatic use. Changes in the Reich offices, replacement of the post in Stuttgart, proposal of the Japanese envoy Shuzo Aoki to establish embassies in Berlin and Tokyo, possible occupation of this post with Theodor von Holleben. Formerly not realized assignment to China in the first Japanese-Chinese war (1894/95), July 6, 1897 - agreement Georg Cardinal von Kopps, Beslau, with the judgement of the emperor, Johannesberg/Jauernig, Austrian Silesia, July 6, 1897 - preparation of water maps and assistance for the Silesian flood area. Capsizing of the torpedo boat S 26 on 22 Sept. 1897 in a storm in the Elbe estuary and death of seven crew members, 25 Sept. 1897 - Regulation of the secret telegram traffic and cipher for the secret correspondence between Wilhelm II. and Sultan Abdülhamid II. (Yildiz Palace / Constantinople [from 1930 officially Istanbul]) via its First Secretary of the Palace, Tashin Bay, [as of 26 November 1898] - Amendment of the Fleet Law. including Handwritten letter by Viceadmiral Alfred (from 1900 by) Tirpitz and newspaper reports, Dec. 1899 - Initiative of Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, Bethel near Bielefeld, for a petition "The German people to their emperor" to end the (second) Boer War, Feb. 1901. In doing so, petition (duplicate) and telegram to the head of the Civil Cabinet Lucanus "Place me tomorrow evening 6 o'clock. bodelschwingh" - Report of the First Lieutenant in the Imperial Protection Force for South West Africa Georg von Stillfried-Rattonitz about his views concerning the question of natives and military conditions in South West Africa in the last two years, December 12, 1904 [with marginal remarks of Wilhelm II] - Letter of the Hand [Axel] Varnbühlers [von und zu Henningen] to Wilhelm II, among other things about his escape from the "Yellow Danger" and statements about the succession of the Württemberg Minister of Culture in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the resignation of the Württemberg Foreign Minister Julius von Soden, 27 June 1906 - Ludwig Quidde, Eine Studie über römischen Caesarenwahnsinn. 3rd Aufl. Leipzig [1894]. Separate print from the "Society". Journal for art, literature and social policy. Anonymous suspicion of majesty insult, no date.