Vol. 1; Curriculum Vitae and Testimonies, 1894; Medical Opinion, 1895, 1902 and 1908; Letters and Reports from New Guinea, 1902-1922; Vol. 2; Letters and References. Reports from New Guinea, also in the service of the Lutheran Mission New Guinea, 1922-1925; account of the General Treasury of the Lutheran Mission Australia, 1927; minutes of the meeting "Our debts to the Iowa Synod", 1930; letters and reports from Blum's work at home, 1925-1939; death notice and obituary for Marie Blum, née Müller, Dr, 1934; "Abschied vom Johanneum" by Wilhelm Blum, 1939; Vol. 3; Correspondence with Wilhelm Blum for homeland work, 1939-1942; Obituary, obituary and letter of condolence for Wilhelm Blum, 1942; Correspondence with members of the Blum family, 1943 and 1960

This series consist of files relating to claims and payment of debt petitions filed before the Central Court by individual persons and companies who were owed money.

Contains: Includes above all: Accompanying letter to taken pieces; case of Peter Brinkmann (L 51 No. 244); payments to creditors; questions of the settlement of debts; statements of expenditure; deadly epidemic of cattle; writings and countersheets on the independence of Vianas; maintenance of the grain mill of Ameide; Marriage of Landgrave Philipp von Hessen-Philippstal and Maria von Limburg, Bronkhorst and Styrum in Vianen; lottery winnings of Detmoldern in Holland, among them [Christoph] von Piderit, Jost Hermann Schröder, Christian Bucholtz, Johann Ludwig Hilgenkamp; occupation of vacant offices; behaviour of J. F. Rappardus and referral of the case to the spiritual court of Gouda (cf. L 51 No. 255); unexpected arrival of a son of Count zur Lippe; plan to sell Noordeloos; death of H. W. Gordon; guarantee of the kings of England and Prussia for the independence of Vianen; claims of Mr. de La Claveliere; plan of minting coins in Vianen; list of mintings in Holland; plan of a military protection force for Vianen; search for a successor for H.W. Gordon as preacher; negotiations about Noordeloos; integration of books (part IV of 'Larray, Histoire'); manslaughter of hunter Nikolaus Maus (L 51 No. 210); desire for NN Temmink to be appointed preacher; acquisition of books (¿La cité mystique de Dieu¿ [from Maria de Jesús, Brussels 1715 ff.] on the instructions of the Count of Lippe); payment of the hundredth penny to Holland; search for a preacher; inheritance claims of the Solms family; interpretation of the coat-of-arms of Vianen

1 History of the authorities 1.1 Military Provinces 1813-1815 On 15 March 1813, for strategic military reasons, the entire Prussian territory between the Elbe and the Russian border was divided into four military provinces in order to wage war against France. At the same time, the Upper Government Commission founded in Berlin on 20 January 1813 (cf.: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 102 Oberregierungskommission zu Berlin) and the General Commission for Accommodation, Meals and Marschesen formed on 24 April 1812 (cf.: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 85 General Commission for Accommodation, Meals and Marschesen) were dissolved. Initially, four military provinces were formed for the following areas: 1) for the country between the Elbe and Oder rivers in Berlin, 2) for the country between the Oder and Vistula rivers in Stargard, 3) for the country between the Vistula and the Russian border in Königsberg and 4) for Silesia in Breslau. After the further advance of the Prussian and Allied troops, the formation of the military government for the Prussian provinces took place on the left bank of the Elbe. This was soon divided into the two military provinces for the state between the Elbe and Weser in Halberstadt and for the state between Weser and Rhine in Münster. The military governorates were classified according to purely military or geographical criteria, irrespective of the historical administrative divisions that existed to date. The individual military governorates were directly subordinate to the king or the state chancellor. The ministries lost their competence for all matters concerning warfare for the duration of the military governorates. All authorities in the district were subordinate to military or civil governors in military matters. Only in operational matters of the army was the commanding generals in command. For each military government, one military governor and one civil governor were appointed as equal leaders. In the event of disagreement, the King alone had the power of decision. In the event of imminent danger, however, the military governor had the decisive vote. Part of the tasks of the military government, especially with regard to the provision of food for Russian troops, was transferred to the Major General Friedrich Karl Heinrich Graf von Wylich and Lottum as General Director for the provision of food for Russian troops in Germany on 11 March 1813 (cf.: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 128 Registratur[by Friedrich Karl Heinrich Graf von Wylich and] Lottum über Armeeverpflegungsangelegenheiten in den Kriegen 1813 - 1815). After the First Peace of Paris, the four Eastern Elbe military provinces were dissolved by the cabinet of 3 June 1814. The two Westelbian military provinces remained in place for the time being. 1.2 Military and civil government for the provinces between the Elbe and Weser The "Military government for the Prussian provinces on the left bank of the Elbe" was formed by the Kabinettsordre of 9 April 1813 and Wilhelm Anton von Klewiz was appointed civil governor. Major General Philipp of Ivernois was appointed military governor, but he died on June 1, 1813. The new military governor was Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemark. Since most of the West Elbian areas were still occupied by French troops, it took some time before the military government was able to take up its activities in full. The seat of the military government was initially still in Berlin and was moved provisionally to Halle/Saale only in October 1813. As a result of the advance of the Prussian and Allied troops, the area to be administered by the military government had assumed too great an extension. For this reason, the Cabinet of 19 November 1813 divided it into two independent military provinces for the provinces between the Elbe and Weser and between the Weser and Rhine. The former civilian governor of Klewiz, who held this office until the dissolution of the civilian government, was appointed civil governor of the military government for the provinces between the Elbe and Weser rivers. The new military governor was Major General Ludwig Wilhelm August von Ebra (1759-1818). The military government now comprised the following former Prussian territories: the Altmark, the Duchy of Magdeburg, the Principality of Halberstadt, the County of Mansfeld, the County of Hohenstein, the Principality of Eichsfeld and the Principality of Erfurt. The seat of the government administration was moved to Halberstadt in December 1813. Although a division of responsibilities between the military governor and the civilian governor would have been legally permissible, all business of the military government was handled jointly and amicably by both governors. In the event of absence, there was mutual representation. The office and the registry were managed jointly. Even after the peace agreement of May 30, 1815, the military government remained in place and was not dissolved until July 12, 1815. The military tasks were transferred to the General Command for the provinces between the Elbe and Weser rivers. The remaining business was provisionally continued by the former civil governor of Klewiz until the appointment of the chief president and the district presidents on 1 April 1816. The main task of the military government was to reorganize the administration and ensure the efficiency of the Prussian army in the provincial district. These included above all the formation of troops, feeding the Prussian and Allied troops and supplying the military hospitals. For this purpose, the military government had to raise the necessary funds through tax collections and carry out requisitions. The higher and security police were also directly exercised by the military government. However, the mining and metallurgy sector was directly subordinated to the Minister of Finance and the postal sector to the General Postmaster. In order to carry out individual tasks of the military government, several subordinate offices and authorities were formed, which were also based at the civil governor's place of work in Halberstadt. This included the Finance Commission, which exercised control over the management of direct and indirect taxes, domains and forests. This commission was dissolved on 24 February 1814. Its tasks were largely transferred to the Provincial Commission, which was also based in Halberstadt. This commission consisted of six councils and served to advise the civil governor, on whose decisions it was also dependent. It was therefore not an independent intermediate instance between the civil governor and the subordinate authorities. On behalf of the Military Government, the Higher Regional Court Council Dalkowski conducted investigations against a number of persons suspected of espionage and spying for the French or Westphalian High Police or army. The basis for these investigations was the Royal Order of 17 March 1813 for punishment of crimes against the security of the armies (cf.: Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States, 1813, p.34f.) and the Decree of 15 January 1814 for investigation and punishment of the illicit traffic with the enemy (cf.: Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States, 1814, p. 5-7.). However, under Article 16 of the First Paris Peace of 30 May 1814, these investigations had to be stopped. In November 1813, the Provincial War Commission was formed to carry out the requisitions and supply the Prussian and Allied troops. This office, headed by the provincial war commissioner Rhades and, from February 1814, his successor Lehmann, existed until 1816 and a surgical staff was formed for the organization of the provincial hospital system. This staff existed until November 1815 and was responsible, among other things, for the purchase of medicines and hospital utensils, the recruitment and remuneration of medical personnel and the supervision of the individual provincial hospitals. At the end of 1813, the territory of the military government was divided into three departments, each headed by a national director. These national directorates were intermediate instances between the civil governor and the district administrators or the subordinate authorities. The three departments can be regarded as predecessors of the administrative districts that were later formed. The first department roughly corresponded to the former Westphalian Elbe department and consisted of the districts Salzwedel, Stendal and Neuhaldensleben. Due to the occupation by French troops, the city of Magdeburg was no longer under direct administration until May 1814. The second department, which roughly corresponded to the Westphalian Saale Department, consisted of the Saalekreis and the districts of Wansleben, Calbe/Saale, Mansfeld, Eisleben, Halberstadt and Osterwieck. The 3rd department consisted of the Prussian parts of the former Westphalian Harz Department and was divided into the districts of Heiligenstadt, Duderstadt and Hohenstein. In addition, there was the area of Erfurt and Blankenhain, which formed its own circle and was administered by its own vice director (as permanent representative of the country director). The national directorates in the 1st and 2nd departments were dissolved in February 1814 and the competencies were transferred to the civil governor or the responsible councillors. However, due to the long distance until the dissolution of the civil government on 31 March 1816, the Regional Directorate of the 3rd Department remained in place. When the administrative districts of the province of Saxony were later formed, the previous territorial structure of the three departments was largely retained. The administrative district Magdeburg corresponded approximately to the 1st department, the administrative district Merseburg to the 2nd department and the administrative district Erfurt to the 3rd department. 1.3 Senior Officials Military Governors: April 1813 - June 1813: Major General Philipp von Ivernois (1754-1813) (Cf.: Priesdorff, Kurt von: Soldatisches Führertum, Hamburg 1937-1942, Vol. 3 (Part 5), p. 275f.) Oct. 1813 - Nov. 1813: Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Krusemark (1767-1822) (Cf.: Priesdorff, Kurt von: Military Leadership, Hamburg 1937-1942, Vol. 3 (Part 5), pp. 329-331) Nov. 1813 - July 1815: Major General Ludwig Wilhelm August von Ebra (1759-1818) (Cf.: Priesdorff, Kurt von: Military Leadership, Hamburg 1937-1942, Vol. 3 (Part 5), pp. 368-370). Civil Governor: April 1813 - March 1816: Wilhelm Anton von Klewiz (1760-1838) (Cf.: Straubel, Rolf: Biographisches Handbuch der Preußischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740 - 1806/15, Vol. 1, Munich 2009, p. 497f.). Regional Director in the 1st Department of Stendal and Magdeburg: End 1813 - Febr. 1814: Friedrich von Koepcken (1770-nach 1825) (Cf.: Straubel, Rolf: Biographisches Handbuch der Preußischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740 - 1806/15, Vol. 1, Munich 2009, p. 515). State director in the 2nd department of Halberstadt: End of 1813 - February 1814: Friedrich Freiherr von Schele (1782-1815) (Cf.: Straubel, Rolf: Biographisches Handbuch der Preußischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740 - 1806/15, Vol. 2, Munich 2009, p. 857f.). Country director in the 3rd department of Erfurt: End of 1813 - March 1816: Joseph Bernhard August Gebel (1772-1860). Vice-Country Director for the area of Erfurt and Blankenhain: End of 1813 - 1816(?): August Heinrich Kuhlmeyer (1781-1865) (Cf.: Straubel, Rolf: Biographisches Handbuch der Prußischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740 - 1806/15, Vol. 1, Munich 2009, p. 541). 2. inventory history After the dissolution of the military government, some of the files were taken over by the head presidential registry and were transferred via the Magdeburg government archive to the Magdeburg state main archive. The files, which concerned the areas of the later administrative districts of Merseburg and Erfurt, were first transferred to the responsible government archives in Merseburg and Erfurt and were later added to the holdings of the Magdeburg State Main Archives. By order of the Director General of the Prussian State Archives of May 1, 1883, the files of the military government (with the exception of the military government for the land between the Elbe and Oder or Oder and Vistula) were either transferred from the Secret State Archives to the provincial archives concerned or left in their original state. In the state capital archive of Magdeburg the archival material of the military government was divided into the following holdings (cf.: Gringmuth-Dallmer, Hanns: Gesamtübersicht über diebestände des Landeshauptarchivs Magdeburg, Vol. 3,1, Halle/Saale 1961): - Rep. C 1 Preußisches Militärgouvernement für die Provinzen zwischen Elbe und Weser zu Halberstadt - Rep. C 1 a Prussian military government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt - Rep. C 1 b Prussian military government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt concerning administrative district Erfurt - Rep. C 1 c Prussian military government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt - Civil administration - Rep. C 2 Prussian Civil Government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt - Rep. C 2 a Prussian Civil Government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt concerning the later administrative district Magdeburg - Rep. C 2 b Prussian Civil Government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser to Halberstadt concerning the later administrative district Erfurt - Rep. C 2 c Prussian Civil Government for the provinces between Elbe and Weser at Halberstadt concerning the later administrative district Merseburg (Saalkreis and Mansfeld) - Rep. C 3 Commission of the Higher Regional Court Council Dalkowski for the investigation of political offences - Rep. C 7 Finance Commission at Halberstadt - Rep. C 8 Government War Commission (War Commissioner Lehmann) - Rep. C 11 Surgical Staff. On 26 and 27 April 1972 the above holdings were transferred by the Landeshauptarchiv Magdeburg to the Deutsches Zentralarchiv, Dienststelle Merseburg (see: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 178 E Geheimes Staatsarchiv PK, Dienststelle Merseburg, Nr. 331 Aktenzugänge, Bd. 1). However, not all stocks from the transitional period were transferred. Thus, for example, the holdings of the three state directorates remained in the Magdeburg State Main Archives. On 21 October 1986, 0.1 running metres of files were subsequently taken over and assigned to the holdings (cf.: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 178 E Geheimes Staatsarchiv PK, Dienststelle Merseburg, Nr. 1037 Bestandsakte I. HA Rep. 91 C). The holdings taken over from the Magdeburg State Archives were combined into one holdings and initially recorded in a find file by employees of the German Central Archives, Merseburg Office. In the process, the contemporary titles were obviously adopted without any discernible new titles being formed. In addition, the portfolio was rearranged according to thematic criteria. It has not yet been possible to determine the date of the order, the original distortion and a later revision of the file titles. This revision, which was still carried out on the index cards, led to a partial correction and standardisation of the file titles, which however remained incomplete and inconsistent. Following the retroconversion of the find file by typists of the Secret State Archives PK, the holdings were edited in 2008 and 2009 by archive employee Guido Behnke. The classification has been revised. In addition, the existing file titles were checked and, if necessary, standardized or corrected. In some cases, individual files had to be redrawn. The existing place names were adapted as far as possible to the current spelling. 3. note on use The holdings were arranged according to subject matter. However, the files of classification group 02.01.03 are sorted by the names of the individual towns. These are files relating to the accounting, the debts, the public buildings, the leasing of land and the local taxes of the respective municipalities. Also the files of the classification group 03.03.01.03, which concern the church, parish and school affairs, are arranged according to place names. The files relating to staff matters (e.g. employment, remuneration, dismissal, misconduct) of officials should be sought in the various thematic classification groups. For example, the files on civil servants employed directly by the Military Government are in classification group 01.02, municipal civil servants in classification group 02.01.04 and judicial officers in classification group 02.03.01.09. 4. References to other holdings and bibliographical references 4.1 Holdings in the Secret State Archives PK A larger number of files relating to the Military Government between Weser and Elbe are in the holdings: - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 87 Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forestry - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 151 Ministry of Finance. In some cases, files are still available in the following holdings: - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 89 Secret Civil Cabinet, recent period - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 93 B Ministry of Public Works - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 103 General Postmaster or General Post Office - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 121 Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Mining, Iron and Steel Works Administration - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 128 Registratur[des Friedrich Karl Heinrich Graf von Wylich und] Lottum über Armeeverpflegungsangelegenheiten in den Kriegen 1813 - 1815 - GStA PK, I. HA, Ministry der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten - GStA PK, III. HA, MdA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - GStA PK, V. HA Kingdom of Westphalia. The archival records of two other military provinces can be found in the following holdings: - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 91 A Military Government between Elbe and Oder - GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 91 B Military Government between Oder and Vistula. 4.2 Holdings in other archives The following holdings from the transitional period 1806-1816 are available in the main archive of Saxony-Anhalt, Department Magdeburg (see: Gringmuth-Dallmer, Hanns: Gesamtübersicht über diebestände des Landeshauptarchivs Magdeburg, Vol. 3,1, Halle/Saale 1961): - Rep. C 4 Landesdirektion des I. und II. Departments (former Elbe and Saale Department) - Rep. C 5 Regional Directorate of the IIIrd Department (former Harz Department) of Heiligenstadt - Rep. C 6 Vice-Department of the IIIrd Department of Erfurt together with the chamber of Blankenhain - Rep. C 9 Commission of the Francke Provincial Council - Rep. C 10 War Commissariats - Rep. C 12 Lazarette - Rep. C 13 Magdeburg Tax Directorate - Rep. C 19 Commissions of the Military Government for the provinces between EIbe and Weser. The following holdings are located in the Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Westfalen, Münster (cf.: Die Bestands des Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen - Staatsarchiv Münster, Münster 2004, p. 272): - B 99 Civil Government between Weser and Rhine. The holdings of the military government for the land between the Vistula and the Russian border (most recently in the Potsdam Army Archive) and the military government for Silesia (most recently in the Wroclaw State Archive) were probably destroyed during the Second World War. 4.3 Literature (selection): - Gouvernementblatt für die königlich-preußischen Provinzen zwischen der Elbe und Weser, Halberstadt 1814-1816 - Intelligenz-Blatt für den Bezirk des Königlichen Appellationsgericht zu Halberstadt, Halberstadt 1814-1849 - History of the organisation of the Landwehr in the Militair-Gouvernement between Elbe and Weser, in the Militair-Gouvernement between Weser and Rhine in 1813 and 1814, Supplement to the Militair-Wochenblatt, Berlin 1857 - Gringmuth-Dallmer, Hanns: General overview of the holdings of the Landeshauptarchiv Magdeburg, vol. 3.1, Halle/Saale 1961 (Sources on the History of Saxony-Anhalt 6) - Tumbler, Manfred: Lazarethe in the Prussian provinces between Elbe and Weser by number of patients, cost of money and mortality 1813-1815, in: Deutsches medizinisches Journal, vol. 15, Berlin 1964. 5. 5. notes, order signature and method of citation Scope of holdings: 5427 SU (128 running metres) Duration: 1721 - 1820 Last issued signature: 5398 The files are to be ordered: I. HA, Rep. 91 C, No () The files are to be quoted: GStA PK, I. HA, Rep. 91 C Militär- und Zivilgouvernement für das Land zwischen Weser und Elbe zu Halle bzw. Halberstadt, Nr. () Berlin, December 2010 (Guido Behnke) finding aids: database; finding guide, 4 vol.

1543 August - November Newspapers to Archbishop Wilhelm: 1. 1543 September 4, Cologne The emperor's troops have occupied the entire duchy of Jülich, and the duke [Wilhelm] asks for peace; the city of Roermond has surrendered to the emperor; attitude of the monetary cities; from the duchy poor inhabitants have moved to Cologne in large numbers with their belongings to find security there; today the leader of the army of the Brabantines with 1000 riders is supposed to come to Cologne either to transfer the soldiers to the area of Molenses [area between Mönchengladbach, Moers and Neuß] or to secure the treasure of the emperor; 300 wagons are supposed to drive from Cologne to the imperial camp; in Cologne there are many courtiers of the emperor, but no princes and dignitaries; the apostolic nuncio is in the camp of the emperor; the English envoy is in Cologne and wants to follow the court of the emperor. TranscriptionLatin1 sheet 21 x 32 cm, p. 1 described. 2. 1543 September 7, Cologne Certain aristocrats have told us what the agreements between the Emperor and the Duke of Jülich were like; the Duchy of Geldern and its accessories will remain in the possession of the Emperor; Duke Heinrich of Braunschweig is said to have been the main mediator of the peace treaty; in vigilia nativitatisbeatissime virginis Mariae (7. September) the Duke of Cleves prostrates himself before the Emperor, who has conquered the Duchy of Geldern and the county of Zutphen; [Charles V.The Emperor is to move to France and lead his army against the French; the Emperor is to intend to provide the Duchy of Geldern and the County of Zutphen for the son of the Roman King [Ferdinand I]; all other dominions will remain in the possession of the Duke of Cleves; the Emperor, together with the Duke of Cleves, will move to all the cities of the Duchy so that they show him their obedience. TranscriptLatinischEbenda, p. 1-2 described. 3. 1543 August 18, Rome Few news because of the absence of pope and curia; the Turkish ships under Barbarossa's command caused much damage and conquered six French ports because they were not sufficiently fortified; moreover [Barbarossa] is said to have taken the city of Nice outside the castle; the emperor has gathered in Naples about 70 Trier, Galeot and other ships to get to Africa; he either wants to call them back or look for the decision there; numerous ships are also gathered in Genoa and in Spain; in the opinion of many everything depends on the war in Lower Germany; if the emperor over the French king [Francis I.] the emperor will have to take the decision to get back to Africa.On 21 July the Turks entered Buda and the following day published an edict ordering the noble classes and nobles to obey the death penalty and confiscate their goods; among the merchants of Frankfurt there is a rumour that the imperial fleet occupied the Kingdom of Algeria. transcriptLateinischEbenda, p. 2-3 described. 4. 1543 August 28, Rome extract from the letter Caspar Hoyers, notaries of the Rota: A Turkish fleet of 180 ships left Constantinople six weeks ago and sailed past Calabria, Sicily, the Kingdom of Naples, Rome, Piombino, Siena, Corsica and other parts of Italy; from Marseille, owned by the King of France, they returned to Italy; futile Turkish attack on Nice; victory at sea of the admiral [Andrea] Doria over a Turkish fleet coming from Algiers; hope for the withdrawal of the Turkish fleet to Kontantinopel; military clashes between the emperor and the king of France in Flanders; joy at the victory [Charles V.].]. TranscriptLateinisch1 sheet 21 x 29 cm, p. 1 described. 5. 1543 August 16, Mainz With two strong armies the emperor invaded France; he considered it his duty to restitute the old and true religion everywhere; imperial mandate against Hildesheim; in the diocese of Cologne the infirmity of Lutheranism crept in with the consent of the archbishop [Hermann V. von Wied]; hope for the restoration of the old faith. transcriptLatinischEbenda, p. 1. 6. 1543 November 6, Magdeburg The emperor took five large cities from the French and hopes to defeat them; the Turks invaded Hungary again last summer and conquered two cities; victory of the Roman king [Ferdinand I].The Emperor wants to invite all electors, princes and estates to an Imperial Diet in Speyer ($Spir$), which is to begin at the end of November; the Emperor, with some cardinals and the Archbishop of Mainz [Albrecht II of Brandenburg], has proposed a reformation to many collegiate churches that want to accept the said churches. TranscriptLow German1 sheet 20.5 x 21 cm, p. 1 described. 7. O. D. u. O. The emperor seized Gelderns and other pacified dominions;with a strong army of 100000 men, including 20000 horsemen, he entered Flanders on the campaign against the French king [Franz I.]; the Turkish sultan [Soliman I.] was the first to enter Flanders.The "Sardinia" has again invaded Hungary, which it has already occupied almost entirely; war armaments against the Turks in the Mediterranean; Andrea Doria has gathered ships in Genoa; fleets have been formed in Spanish ports together with Portuguese ships, in addition in Sicily, Sardinia and Naples in August [1543]; these are to unite with each other and disperse the Turkish and French fleet; attitude of the Protestants; the Imperial Diet is to be held in Speyer on 1. December [1543]; perhaps, however, it will be postponed until the time after Christmas until the presence of the emperor. TranscriptLateinisch1 sheet 20.5 x 29 cm, p. 1 described. 8. 1543 September 16, Cologne 23. September [1543] the Emperor and the King of England will meet in a city in Artois; in the meantime the imperial army will march across the Meuse to France; mediation by Duke Henry of Brunswick; renunciation by the Emperor of the Duchy of Geldern and the counties of Zutphen and Heinsberg ($Hensberch$); the Duke of Cleves was to preserve his subjects in the old religion or lead those who had fallen away from it back there; if he alone was unable to do so, the Emperor promised him his help; in his camp the envoys of the Elector [Johann Friedrich I] were to be found.These have suggested that their princes submit to the emperor's discretion; the duke of Jülich has made a permanent alliance with the House of Burgundy; the emperor's benevolent attitude towards the former has been benevolent; the latter in his generosity has declared himself willing to pay certain mercenaries in Venlo ($Venelaw$) and has made 18000 guilders available for it; Martins van Rossem's behaviour towards the emperor; relationship with Queen Mary [of Hungary]; the son of the Lord of Granvella will receive the provost's office in Xanten, which became vacant after Ingenwinckell's death and which the father of the Duke of Cleves had transferred to Doctor Vlatten for many years; to the co-adjutor of Cologne, the emperor lent the provost's office of Maastricht worth 2000 guilders; the emperor will travel through Brabant, Antwerp and Artois to meet the English king; the duke of Cleves is said to be in Düsseldorf ($Dusseldorp$); the emperor's camp near Venlo is said to have been moved and he has moved to Brabant; if the duke of Cleves wants to follow the imperial court, he must maintain 200 horses; how this can happen is unknown, because he has accumulated many debts; draft of a contract between the princes of Orange and Hesse on the county of Katzenellenbogen; the bishop of Münster, Osnabrück and Minden has sent a doctor to the emperor, whom he did not want to hear; yesterday Mr. Johannes Gropper, doctor and Scholasticus of St. Petersburg, the bishop of Münster, Osnabrück and Minden, sent a doctor to the emperor. Gereon in Cologne, who had gone to the emperor's camp with the Cologne co-adjutor, the Duke of Cleves and several others. TranscriptionLatin1 sheet 21 x 30 cm, p. 1-3 described. 9. 1543 September 19, Cologne. Throwing machines and other war equipment have been sent to France; no tolerance of the Lutherans by the Emperor; in the first article he obliges the Duke of Cleves to remain with his subjects in the old religion; one speaks of the marriage of the Duke of Brunswick with the third sister of the Duke of Cleves; the first is the wife of the Elector of Saxony, and the second is in England. transcriptLateinischEbenda, p. 3.HBA D no. 1230. - old signature:;

Enth. et al: - Release of a financial debt for the skipper Johann Schmidt - Payment of an overdue amount from the African company in Emden to the Council, Wybrand von Worckum, inspector and pound administrator for sold ships - Crediting and transfer of the ship "Magdalena Margaretha" to the debts of Friedrich and Niclas Müller from Copenhagen with the council relative of the town of Löbenicht Martin Jeschke - Payment of an annual house rent to the Segel- and compass maker Cornelius Morkerk in Königsberg - Sale of an electoral pilot boat in Königsberg - Settlement with the skipper Johann Schmidt in Königsberg - Granting of a financial advance to Johann Schmidt for the purchase of a ship for the transport of building materials for the residence in Königsberg.;

History of the inventor: The Reichsministerium owes its origins primarily to party-political considerations. When the German Democratic Party resumed government responsibility as a coalition partner on October 2, 1919, it was given three ministerial seats in the Reichstag in accordance with its strength, in addition to the deputy chancellor of the Reich, which were partly provided in the current cabinet by new formation. The consequence was the formation of a new Reich Ministry for Reparationsangelegenheiten. On 21.10.1919 Dr. Otto Gessler (21.10. resp. 07.11.1919 - 26.03.1920 in the Reichskabinett Gustav Bauer) was appointed the first Reich Minister of this department. The function continued: Dr. Walther Rathenau (28.05. - 25.10.1921 in the 1st Reichskabinett Dr. Josef Wirth), Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Albert (29.03. - 12.08.1923 in the Reichskabinett Dr. Wilhelm Cuno), Robert Schmidt (13.08. - 29.11.1923 in the 1st and 2nd Reichskabinett Dr. Gustav Stresemann). By decree of the Reich President of 07.11.1919 (RGBl. S. 1875) the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction was established de iure to carry out the obligations imposed on the German Reich by the Peace Treaty of Versailles (28.06.1919) in the economic field. Actually, it was the Ministry of Reparations, because the reconstruction was aimed at the former Western war zones outside the Reich. The following tasks were transferred to the new ministry: - the immediate economic reparation (Part VIII of the Peace Treaty), - the settlement of claims and debts against the previously hostile states (Part X, Section 3 of the Peace Treaty), - the liquidation (Part X, Section 4 of the Peace Treaty), - the compensation of foreign, colonial and displaced Germans, - the compensation of war damage suffered by German shipping companies (maritime and inland navigation as well as fishing). The Ministry's organisation was adapted to this task and hardly changed during the entire duration of its existence: Division A: Economic reparations, including the reconstruction of destroyed areas, in particular returns and reparations. Division B: liquidations, compensation, pre-war debts. Division C: Delivery of seagoing and inland waterway vessels; war damage caused by sea and inland waterway transport. Division C 1: Delivery of fishing vessels; war damage caused by sea fishing. Section D: Personnel matters. Division E: Financial Affairs. Section F: Legal Affairs. General Department G: General and Peace Treaty Affairs. Department K: Colonial Central Administration as the processing office of the former Reichskolonial Ministry (since 01.04.1920). The Ministry was assisted by an advisory board for reparations issues to advise it on questions of economic reparations. The latter consisted of members of the Reich Council and representatives of the Reichstag factions and interested business circles. The first meeting of the advisory board was held on 26.04.1920. Only a few more followed. Also the importance of the advisory board seems to have been low. Throughout its existence, the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction stood in the shadow of the Foreign Office and the Reich Ministry of Finance, from whose areas of responsibility certain parts had been separated in order to provide a basis for the new department. Even the addition of the processing tasks of the Reichskolonial Ministry, which was dissolved with effect from 01.04.1920, did not make this basis more favourable. On the contrary, the dependence on the A u s w ä r t i g e s A m t , from which the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t or ministry had only emerged in 1907, became even more tangible. The extent to which the new ministry was able to assert itself between and alongside the other Reich ministries, expand its position and thus prove its raison d'être depended to a large extent on the personality and leadership of the reconstruction ministers. The ultimate question was whether the Ministry of Reconstruction should play a leading role in the reparations problem, which was so important for Germany's fate, or whether it should only be the "extended arm" of the Foreign Office in foreign policy terms, in the financial sense only the "executive organ" of the Reich Ministry of Finance. This task was extremely difficult after the unfavourable, party-politically conditioned start of the reconstruction ministry and its position between two ministries of outstanding importance. Accordingly, the appreciation of the Ministry of Reconstruction among the respective government parties fluctuated. The tendency to represent a minister was always low. So the ministry had to get along in the 4 ½ years of its existence altogether three years long without minister. Gessler's term in office imposed decisive structures on the ministry, which were maintained until the end. It played the highest political role under Rathenau. In the two protocols of the Wiesbaden Agreement of 6 and 7 October 1921, he reached for the first time a Franco-German agreement on a plan for German supplies of goods (reconstruction material) to France; these supplies were limited in time and value, no longer unmeasured as before. Two large organisations in Germany and France were planned for a centralised execution of the German reparations payments. From beginning to end, the actual leadership of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction was essentially in the hands of the only State Secretary, Dr. Ing. E. h. Gustav Müller, whose responsibility was all the greater since the Ministry usually had no minister. After the termination of the passive resistance in the Ruhr struggle (26.09.1923) and the stabilization of the German currency (20.11.1923), the reparations commission decided on 29.11.1923 to establish two international committees of experts to regulate reparations payments on a new basis in the future. The proposals of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction to reorganize the handling of the matters it had previously dealt with were intended to secure its continued existence. In contrast, the A u s w ä r t i g e s A m t and the Reich Ministry of Finance advocated the dissolution of the Ministry of Reconstruction. Finally, the austerity measures introduced within the Reich administration since the creation of Rentenmark provided the justification for the dissolution of the ministry. By the decree of the Reich President of 08.05.1924 (RGBl. I p. 443) the ministry was dissolved on 11.05.1924, long before the Dawes Plan became effective as a new regulation of the reparations problem on 01.09.1924. The affairs of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction were almost exclusively taken over by the Reich Ministry of Finance, in whose downstream division the remaining administration for Reich tasks had to deal with the handling of reparations and colonial affairs from 1930 to 1933. Inventory description: Inventory history The records of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction and most of its subordinate departments had for the most part already been taken over by the Reichsarchiv Potsdam before the outbreak of the war. The ministerial files as well as the documents of the subordinate division of the trustee for the enemy property survived the war and were stored in the Central State Archives Potsdam under the inventory signature 33.01. In contrast, the files of 13 subordinate authorities and offices were not relocated and burned in early April 1945 during the destruction of the Reichsarchiv Potsdam. The following stocks were destroyed at that time: Reich Compensation Commission Reich Commissioner at the Committee for the Determination of War Damages in East Prussia Reich Commissioner for the Liquidation of Foreign Companies Reich Commissioner for the Discussion of Violence against German Civilians in Enemy Land Reich Committee for Shipbuilding and Ship Delivery Reich Commissioner for the Return of Railway Material GermanFrench furniture export commission Kehl Reichsrücklieferungskommission Deutsche Kohlenkommission Essen Reichsausgleichsamt Reichsentschädigungsamt Staatskommissar für die Wiederherstellung der Universitätsbibliothek Löwen Archivische Bewertung un Bearbeitung The archival documents handed over from the Federal Finance Court in Bonn to the Federal Archives in Koblenz in the spring of 1955 were grouped together under the inventory signature R 38. In the course of the unification of both German states, both parts of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction could be reunited under the now valid signature R 3301. The former Koblenz part was re-signed and connected to the Potsdam part, i.e. the Koblenz signatures were added with the number 2000 (example: old R 38 / 3 - new R 3301/2003). The traditional files originate mainly from the areas of Generalreferat G and Ministerialregistratur. Occasionally, the files were continued by the Reich Ministry of Finance, which was later responsible for carrying out the tasks, but remained in the hands of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction due to the context in which they originated and thus have a different duration. Some volumes are older; some of them were begun at the outbreak of war in 1914 at the Reichsamt des Innern, have been continued at the Reichswirtschaftsamt since 1917 and were handed over to the Ministry of Reconstruction in 1919. Characterisation of the content: The main focus of the traditions are the files of the General Department, materials on compensation, liquidations, reparations, sanctions, restitutions and substitutions as well as on destruction and claims for compensation. In addition, documents on the budget, organisation and implementation of the reconstruction have been handed down. State of development: Findbuch 2004 Citation method: BArch, R 3301/...

On the history of the authorities: From the Reichsdeputationshauptschluß of 1803, the territory of Württemberg up to the Treaties of Compiegne and Paris was subject to constant transformation and expansion. On May 1810, Württemberg concluded a treaty with Bavaria in Paris, which reorganized the course of the border between the two states and established a related exchange of territories. A new border line was drawn from Lake Constance to the Waldmannshofen (SHA) marking line, which ran along the rivers Iller and Tauber as far as possible. In addition to the former imperial cities of Bopfingen, Buchhorn and Ulm, Württemberg received from Bavaria all Bavarian regional courts or parts of regional courts located west of the new border (e.g. the "Landgerichtsteile"): Tettnang, Wangen, Ravensburg, Leutkirch, Söflingen, Albeck and Crailsheim). The eastern offices of Gebsattel and Weiltingen were transferred to Bavaria. On 28 October 1810, King Frederick I appointed a three-member commission to take possession of the newly acquired parts of the country and to record and clear up the course of the border. This commission consisted of the Privy Councillor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the Privy Legation Councillor Johann Peter von Feuerbach and the Privy Chief Finance Councillor Ferdinand August von Weckherlin. In cooperation with the commissioners appointed by Bavaria, it was to take care of the ownership and organisational business in the new areas. Local officials were added to the Commissioners to assist them. The Commission was urged to forward reports and complaints to the higher authority in Stuttgart, the Committee for the Implementation of the latest State Treaties - consisting of the State Ministers Graf von Mandelslohe, Graf von Taube and von Reischach - (see D 29 Bü 1). Ulm, the main acquisition of the state treaty, was chosen as the main administrative seat. In November and December 1810, the commissioners were active on site except in Ulm to take possession. From March 1811, border clearing commissioners were appointed. The focus of the commission's work in 1810 was on the formal occupation of the new villages: Application of patents, swearing-in of subjects, etc. At the beginning of 1811, the Commission's activities focused on the organisation of the parts of the territory, the takeover of the servants and civil servants and the recording of assets and debts for the purpose of reconciliation with Bavaria. At the same time, under the leadership of Major General Heinrich von Theobald and the Privy Legation Council of Feuerbach, border cleaning business began in the upper offices. In April 1811, he was recalled from Feuerbach to Ulm to take over the debt and servant department. The Privy Legation Council of Wucherer replaced him for a short time. From March to mid-July, the commission in Ulm included the Landvogteisteuerrat Tafel and the registrar Kappoll Oberrechnungsrat Carl Eberhardt Weissmann, von Feuerbach, Rechnungsrat Vetter and, at times, Graf von Zeppelin, while von Weckherlin was in Stuttgart. With the return of Weckherlin to Ulm in July 1811 von Feuerbach again took over the clearing of the border. In Ulm, only Weckherlin and Weissmann were left behind, because the Commission's business increasingly shifted to the division of debts between Bavaria and Württemberg. The recording of assets and liabilities and the establishment of asset and liability capital of the cities and camera offices now determined the commission transactions. In March/April 1812, the entry and exit journals of the Commission end in Ulm (cf. D 29 Bü 5 - 6). In June 1812, the commissioner von Feuerbach, who was responsible for border clearance, went to Munich to clarify the questions still open at the new border (cf. D 29 Bü 157). Following this conference, the Main Execution Treaty of Munich was signed in September 1812. This marked the beginning of the second stage of border cleaning (cf. D 29 Bü 158). The questions of the distribution of debts with Bavaria, which were also still open, were taken over by Weissmann's Upper Council of Account, who travelled to Augsburg in April 1813 to the Debt Redemption Fund. Subsequently, this task was taken over by the Section of State Accounts, the predecessor authority of the Upper Chamber of Accounts, and the Section of Crown Domains. On the history of the holdings: The files of the royal Property Seizure Commission, which were created in Ulm between 1810 and 1812, were transferred by the Upper Chamber of Accounts to the Ludwigsburg Financial Archive in 1835 (cf. StAL E 224a Bü 75). In the case of the files, two lists of files presumably compiled by the Oberrechnungskammer with an index of facts, persons and places were appended. Until 1949 the file directories served as finding aids, the registry numbers I - CXXXIII already assigned by the Ulm authority and the fascicle numbers CXXXIV No. 1 - 28 presumably added later at the Oberrechnungskammer were retained as archive signatures (= presignature 2). Already when the files were taken over in 1835, 18 fascicles were registered as missing. In 1847 a revision took place in which the missing fascicles were marked again. The stock was relocated for several years. The files originally stored at the beginning of inventory D 21, Central Organizing Commission, have now been placed at its end. In 1908, the files of the Take-over Commission were transferred from the Financial Archive to the Ludwigsburg State Branch Archive. Before the year 1949 4 more tufts were added, which, listed by K. O. Müller, received the signature CXXXIV No. 29 - 32. In 1949 another revision took place, in which all existing files were signed through according to numerus currens; the numbering resulted in 146 tufts of files (= presignature 3). In 1987, 14 tufts from the HStA Stuttgart arrived in Ludwigsburg, which were sorted out when the inventory E 36, 2 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was indexed and divided (= presignature 1). The files concerning the foundation system partly had file numbers of the Ulm registry, among them were 6 fascicles of the files already noted as missing when they were taken over into the archive. These files were added to the inventory and were given the numbers 147 - 161. In 1990, 37 tufts from the inventory E 36, 2 (Fasz. 23 - 33) 37 were again delivered from the main state archive Stuttgart. In 1994, 3 more tufts were added. On the occasion of the distortion and allocation of the tufts which arrived in 1990, it was decided to register and order the entire stock anew. The collection is divided into two large parts according to the development of the registry and the place where the files were created. Part 1 consists of the files that have grown and been filed with the Besitzergreifungskommission in Ulm. The files, most of which came from Stuttgart, form part 2 of the collection. These are the official files of the Commissioner von Feuerbach which arose outside Ulm during the settlement of the border clearance transaction. It is likely that von Feuerbach, who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during and after his commission activities, took the files with him to this location, from where they then reached the old registry there. The Commissioner and Privy Legation Council of Feuerbach's area of responsibility did not only extend to border cleaning; at times he was also assigned the debt and servant department (cf. history of the authorities).the relatively small file units of the two registries were retained in the records; only in a few cases were files merged. Only old envelopes were collected. Especially in the case of the files presumably filed with the upper arithmetic chamber, foreign provenances were found. These altogether eight tufts or parts of tufts were inserted into the corresponding stocks (cf. concordance). Within these groups, a breakdown has been made by business and function of the Commission. An attempt was made to structure both parts equally. A comparison of the existing files with the find book presumably produced at the Oberrechnungskammer (cf. D 29 Bü 9) shows that the inventory is no longer complete. The re-drawing was carried out in 1994 by Mrs Sibylle Kraiss under the direction of the undersigned. The collection comprises 191 Bü = 2, 7 m.Ludwigsburg, in March 1995(Dr. Hofmann) Literature: Königlich Württembergisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch auf das Jahr 1812, Stuttgart 1812The Kingdom of Württemberg. A Description of Land, People and State, edited by the Royal Statistical Topographical Bureau, Stuttgart 1863

Contains among other things: - Negotiations in monetary matters, 1703-1712 - candidature of Johann Adolf von Scherpenseel as commissioner to Amsterdam after the death of the resident Gerard Röver, 1712 - deputy of the government councillor Cramer in case of illness, 1700-1708 - retention of assets by the secretary Scherpenseel, 1711 - Entry of the Moscovite lieutenant Hans Jürg Pfahl into the Prussian military service, 1707 - List of weapons, works of art and animals brought by Hans Jürg Pfahl from East India (Japan and China), 1707 - Sending of pitch and tar, 1705 - Regulation of the succession of the commissioner van den Bent, 1704 - Payment of life annuities by the Commissioner of Amsterdam, Röver, 1704 - Ship with powder, saltpetre and sulphur sent from Amsterdam, 1702 - Death of the resident Karl Rudolf van Kuffelaer, 1702 - Arrest of the glassmaker Pallada, who was fleeing because of debts, 1699 - transmission of "East Indian Rarities", 1698 - regulation of the estate of the tax collector at the East Indian Company, Johann Teermanns, 1695 - title of the city of Amsterdam, 1690 - negotiations with the East Indian Company about bonds of city and country Groningen as well as African wells, 1690.;