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The Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenbergsche Archiv contains the tradition of the Catholic line of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim since the division of the line in 1611. The beginnings of the archive probably go back to the second half of the 17th century, when the two branches of the family that were in conflict began to establish their own central administrations. The Rosenberg Archive is the largest of the three former princely archives in terms of size; however, its tectonics of confirmation show various breaks as a result of rearrangement measures and are more strongly oriented towards pertinence than those of the other two princely archives, which makes its use more difficult overall. At its core, the archive consists of two extensive complexes of collections, which date back to two comprehensive attempts at order at the beginning and middle of the 19th century, but which were not consistently completed. The two complexes of holdings (the Old Archive with the so-called Rosa Repertories and the New Archive with the so-called Lit. holdings) overlap in many ways. The Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenbergsche Archiv contains not only the records of the princely central administration, but also archive material from almost all local administrations, including the offices of the left bank possessions lost in 1801. As a result of the transfer of files to the local administration, only the Bohemian possessions of the family are incompletely documented. In addition to the archives of princely provenance, various religious institutions have been handed down, above all the monasteries of Bronnbach and Neustadt a. Main as well as the Archbishopric of Mainz and the High Monastery of Würzburg, which reached the Princely House in the course of secularisation. In addition, the archive contains an extensive complex of private documents and estate papers of individual family members dating back to the 20th century.
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State Archive Baden-Württemberg, Department State Archive Wertheim (Archivtektonik)
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Original description: Archivportal-D