Inventory description: Dept. 170/2 estate Georg and Barbara Freed Scope: 819 units of description (= 23 linear metres of archive cartons and 9 linear metres of rolled plans) = add. 32 m Running time: 1792 - 1941 Family and foundation In the course of establishing a foundation to the City of Worms, which was decreed in the will, the Worms architect Georg Ludwig Freed (1858-1936) and his sister Barbara (Babette 1855-1941) bequeathed documents to the then museum and the municipal cultural institutes, which were taken over by Dr. Illert in 1942 (cf. Der Wormsgau 2, p. 99). Members of the Freed family had been resident in Worms since the beginning of the 19th century as master painters and whitewashers. They already held important positions in bourgeois associations in the pre-March period, including the Schützengesellschaft, the gymnastics community of 1846 Worms and the fire brigade. Both siblings remained unmarried throughout their lives, their sister Anna Maria (1854) was the wife of the museum director and since 1898 city archivist August Weckerling. The material of the 'Stiftung Freed' includes personal letters, postcards and papers, diaries, documents as well as artisan, artistic and family history documents in a large variety (especially about 1850 to 1935), without any documents obviously being collected after the death of the siblings. A large part of the estate is occupied by the actual architect Freed (numerous sketches, drawings, maps, plans, newspapers, etc.), whose temporal focus lies in his Mannheim years between 1889/93 and 1914. In addition, there are association documents from the entire Protestant-national-liberal milieu, including militaria and national teams or academic associations of the TH Darmstadt. In addition to the documents of his father Georg Fr. Freed from the time since approx. 1840, the closed file tradition of the house Wollstr. 28, which has been inhabited since 1800 and bequeathed to the city of Worms in 1941/42 and later sold privately by the latter (house preserved, part of a monument zone) is also relevant. Family grandfather of G. Freed: Johann Ph. Freed 1794-1845 married with Johanna Friederika Uswald 1798-1823 (daughter of:) Carl Ernst Ußwald from Oelsnitz/Vogtland 1754, from 1796 in Worms, 1818 (= great-grandfather of G. Freed), married Anna Katharina Köhler née. Völcker (1776-1846), was a painter and master draughtsman (family book: no. 87, description Reuter 1968, p. 204 no. 3), three other family books described on p. 212. Elisabeth Margareta Freed, Stiefenkelin of C.E. U.., born 1826 sister: Katharina Anna, 1825-1912 disproportionate stepbrother: Georg Friedrich F., born 1823 Worms (= grandson of C. E. Uswald) learned the painting and whitewashing trade, journeyman years Wiesbaden 1843/44, Dresden 1844, Vienna 1845; in Worms marriage 1851 with Elisabeth Müller (1825-1899), ev, City councillor 1874-1892; 1837-1851 pedigree book (description Reuter 1968 p. 212); died 1896 = father of Georg, Babette and Anna Maria Freed (Anna M. Freed (*1854) married with August Weckerling, who was thus the brother-in-law of the two Freeds, this certainly justified the willingness to donate the collection to the museum run by Weckerling, whose successor Illert acted as executor of the will after Barbara's death in 1941), Son of the pensioner, master whitewasher and town councillor Georg Friedrich Freed (1823-1896, married to Elisabeth Freed née. Müller), 1865-1869 attends preschool, 1869-1875 secondary school in Worms; takes private lessons in higher mathematics and languages in 1875, passed entrance examination, eight semesters as a regular student of the building school enrolled at the TH Darmstadt; also occupies the subjects prescribed for civil service, final examination in autumn 1879 together with the civil service aspirants, participation in study trips and excursions, etc.a. 1878 World Exhibition Paris, 1.4.1880 One-year volunteer reg. 118 Worms, from summer 1881 to summer 1885 for further mainly artistic education in Munich in the studio of Prof. Hauberrisser, there collaboration on large building projects, 1885-1887 active in Berlin in studios of architect Kayser u. v. Großheim, Erdmann
Description of the holdings: Dept. 235 Gemeindearchiv Hohen-Sülzen Scope: 122 archive boxes and 2 folders (= 794 units = 14 linear metres) Duration: 1751 - 1969 Acquisition, structure, duration and recording of the documents The preserved archival documents cover the period from about 1751 to the dissolution of the administrative district of Worms (1969) or the formation of the association municipality of Monsheim (1972), in which eight mayor's offices, including Hohen-Sülzen, were united. This created a basis for a deposit agreement between the municipality and the municipal archives. In 1976, the local historian Paul Michel drew up a provisional list of the seven municipal archives. In 1975/76 the holdings were packed in cartons and first stored in Heylschen Schlösschen and since 1986 in the magazine of the city archive in the former Stadtsparkasse am Adenauerring, today they are stored in the Ernst-Ludwig-Schule. In 1988, Mr. Martin Geyer's holdings were recorded according to the number-currens principle, retaining the departments of the old registry plan (for more information, please refer to the Mach. Register Dept. 206 No. 116a). The duration of the project essentially begins in the second half of the 18th century and usually extends to 1969 in the present inventory. The treasure renovation (Oblate seal almost unrecognisable) of 1751 (No. 472) is particularly worth mentioning. The Mayor's office invoices and the corresponding documents from 1793-1937 are available as almost complete series. In 2011, the data were converted into the program AUGIAS. In the period from September to October 2011, Ms. Magdalena Kiefel recorded in full the remaining files and official books (307 copies). It was decided that the documents of the period from 1945 to about 1969 should be recorded in the old registration plan of 1908, as otherwise two partial inventories would have had to be formed, which would not have been advisable given the small size of the inventory. This allocation leads to deviations from the file plan groups of the time of origin after 1945 in individual cases, but increases the usability of the documents. For reasons of conservation, the files and folders were removed, the files were demetallized and, to a lesser extent, reembedded in office sheets, otherwise in acid-free archive folders. Some files had no titles, these were formed on the basis of the contents and were supplemented, if necessary, by notes on contents. After the completion of this work, the stock comprises 795 units of registration, which are kept in 122 archive boxes. Note: The following empty numbers 258, 264, 266, 268, 270 can be assigned again. Supplementary archive departments in the town archive -Abt. 5 Municipality of Worms 1815-1945 -Abt. 6 Municipality of Worms since 1945 -Abt. 22 Preservation of monuments -Abt. 30 District Office of Worms -Abt. 49 Municipal Archive of Pfeddersheim -Abt. 204 Worms Documentation/Collection Literature: - Festschrift zur Einweihung des Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Hohen-Sülzen, 01.05.1981 - Festschrift zum 1225 jährigen Bestehen der Gemeinde Hohen-Sülzen, [1991] Worms, in October 2011 Magdalena Kiefel
Inventory description: Dept. 241 Gemeindearchiv Wachenheim/Pfrimm Scope: 120 archive cartons and overform. (= 557 units of description = 19 running metres [346 VE Augias]) Duration: 1801 - 1967 Acquisition, structure, duration and recording of the documents The preserved archival records cover the period from about 1804 to the dissolution of the administrative district of Worms (1969) or the formation of the Monsheim association (1972), in which eight mayor's offices, including Wachenheim, were united. This created a basis for a deposit agreement between the municipality and the municipal archives. In 1976, the local historian Paul Michel drew up a provisional list of the seven municipal archives. In 1975/76, the holdings were packed in cartons and first stored in Heylschen Schlößchen and since 1986 in the magazine of the Stadarchiv in the former Stadtsparkasse am Adenauerring. In 1988, Mr. Martin Geyer's holdings were recorded according to the number-currens principle, retaining the departments of the old registry plan (for more information, please refer to the Mach. Register Dept. 206 No. 116a). In January 2006 further documents of the municipality Wachenheim were taken over, these were recorded soon afterwards and taken over into the program AUGIAS. In December 2009, the files of the municipality of Wachenheim were inspected, some were collected (printed matter, forms, etc.), about three linear metres from 1910 to 1967 (mainly from the period after 1945) were taken over by the municipal archives. In 2011 the data were converted into the AUGIAS program. In the period from May to June 2011, Ms Magdalena Kiefel recorded in full the remaining files and official registers remaining after the evaluation. It was decided to also record the more than 50 documents of the period from 1945 to about 1967 in the old registry plan of 1908, as otherwise two partial inventories would have had to be formed, which would not have been advisable given the small size of the inventory. This allocation leads to deviations from the file plan groups of the time of origin after 1945 in individual cases, but increases the usability of the documents. For reasons of conservation, the files and folders were removed, the files were demetallized and, to a lesser extent, reembedded in office sheets, otherwise in acid-free archive folders. Some files had no titles, these were formed on the basis of the contents and were supplemented, if necessary, by notes on contents. After the completion of this work, the stock comprises 537 units of registration, which are stored in 97 archive boxes. The files are in good condition, some files are blocked. Dept. 241 could be supplemented by four additional archive boxes with files from the 19th/20th century through subsequent duties of the former mayor Wolf-Dieter Egli in spring/summer 2013. Supplementary archive departments in the city archive -Abt. 001 A Reichsstädtisches Archiv: Urkunden -Abt. 001 B Reichsstädtisches Archiv: Files/Amtsbücher -Abt. 5 Stadtverwaltung Worms 1815-1945 -Abt. 6 Stadtverwaltung Worms ab 1945 -Abt. 22 Denkmalpflege -Abt. 30 Kreisamt Worms -Abt. 35 Gesundheitsamt Worms -Abt. 49 Gemeindearchiv Pfeddersheim -Abt. 204 Worms Documentation/Collection Worms, June 2011 Magdalena Kiefel (Status Findbuch July 2013)
Description of stock: Abt. 20 Municipal cultural institutes Scope: 160 archive boxes (= 1271 units of description = 21 linear metres) Duration: 1879 - 1980 On the history of the cultural institutes In 1934, the 'Städtische Kulturinstituten' (Municipal Cultural Institutes) took over the management of the Municipal Museum (previously owned by the Antiquities Society), the Municipal Archive, which had been occupied full-time since 1898, the Municipal Library (Scientific Library and Public Library, founded in 1879 as a library of the Society), which initially belonged to the Antiquities Society and was transferred to the City in 1906, and the Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery), which had existed since 1913, under the directorship of Dr. B. H., which had been under the direction of Dr. H. H. H., and which had been in existence since 1913. Friedrich Maria Illert (1892-1966) (see also Introduction to the History of the Archive). The merger of these institutions under one director (1934-1958 Dr. Friedrich Maria Illert, 1959/60-1979 Dr. Georg Illert) existed until the dissolution and division into individual offices on 31.12.1979. At that time, offices 41 (Kultursekretariat), 42 B (Bibliotheken), 43 V (Volkshochschule), 45 M (Museum) and 47 A (Stadtarchiv) were established. After 1945, after the destruction of the 'Bergkloster' (domicile since 1933), the responsibility of the cultural institutes located first in the Museum im Andreasstift, then from 1963 in the Haus der Kulturinstitute and/or zur Münze extended to the Volkshochschule established in 1947 after the failed attempts of the Weimar Republic (1919/26). This also applies to the preservation of historical monuments which has been carried out by Illert since the end of 1945 for the town and district of Worms, as well as to the urban Terra Sigillata manufactory existing from the end of 1945 to 1951 according to initial considerations from the period around 1941/42. This initially functioned as a municipal company which produced ceramics in accordance with historical models under municipal direction and passed into private hands in the spring of 1951 by way of leasing. The files were delivered to the archives in several deliveries and index layers. With the processing completed in autumn 2007, since the 1980s ongoing efforts to form the collection, to index it and to delimit it have been brought to an end; most recently, files were taken over in 1995. In this way, numerous aspects of local cultural policy between the 1920s and around 1980 can be comprehensively researched. A differentiation from the files of the successor offices (cf. Dept. 6, from 1980) has meanwhile been made. The classification is the result of working on the material, as there was no consistent classification in the file plan. The holdings have a total of 1221 units of description and comprise 154 archive cartons and 2 oversized formats. The duration ranges from 1877, 1890 to 1981, 1990. The content of the department Due to the loss of a not inconsiderable part of the service registry of the institutes for the period before 1945 due to the effects of war, the chronological focus of the tradition is on the period thereafter. The founding circumstances and the activities of the cultural institutes up to the Second World War are only recognizable to a limited extent from the files. For the period after 1945, in addition to documents on the aforementioned institutions and, above all, their reconstruction, the files also contain numerous materials concerning Jewish sites, various associations and scientific societies, as well as extensive correspondence. Separately, there is also Dept. 22 with records of the preservation of historical monuments (cf. there). Supplementary archive holdings Due to the strong position of the director Dr. Friedrich Illert, the material was closely interlocked with his estate (Dept. 170/16), which is not always clearly separated from the files, and the temporal focus of which is also clearly post-1945; in addition, the still unlisted estate of his son (Dept. 170/17), which could only be taken over in 2006, will be of importance. Important is the supplementary file material in the files of the city administration (Dept. 5, Dept. 6); in addition there is the city theatre existing from 1945 to 1956. The documents of the Altertumsverein (Abt. 75) are important because of numerous overlaps and above all because of the museum; in addition, relevant documents can be found in the collection of contemporary history (Abt. 204) and in the Dienstbibliothek. For the time before 1933, reference is made to Abt. 170/23 Nachlass-Splitter Erich Grill. Department 22 (Preservation of historical monuments) comprises the materials resulting from Illert's work as a monument conservator; the files on the preservation of historical monuments and the reconstruction of Worms, which resulted from Dept. 20, were also classified there (with proof of origin). The photo department keeps very extensive photographic material with a special focus on cultural institutions. Literature Regular activity reports of the cultural institutes can be found in volumes 2 to 13 of the journal 'Der Wormsgau' published by them together with the Altertumsverein; Reuter, Dr. Friedrich M. Illert; G. Illert, 100 Jahre Altertumsverein Worms; Johannes, Geschichte; Beständeübersicht (1998), Einleitung p. 18ff.; Geschichte der Stadt Worms, hg. v. Gerold Bönnen, Stuttgart 2005 (various subjects and further lit.)
Includes: AUDEBERT (Bund der Landwirte), ARBEITSAUSSCHUSS der Marksburg-Ausstellung 1914 (on loan for the exhibition); ATHLETENCLUB I Worms (founded 1888; thanks for donation on the occasion of the 25th anniversary), Sportverein BOBSTADT (newly founded, support); Fußballvereinigung 1913 BÜRSTADT (application for support), Dir. BREUNIG (only request concerning tax liability of the Fiedeikommiss); BECKER / Bad Salzhausen (concerning classification as Obergärtner [note: description of his activity for the spa facilities]; Hofrat Max BEHREND (director of the Mainzer Stadttheater, concerning Parsifalaufführung), Geheimrat Dr. BEST (concerning occupation of the Kreisassistenzarztstelle); BUCHSIEB (Fürstl. Wiedischer Amtsrat (Wiedischer Amtsrat) for his nephew Karl Schäfer, leather industry); Prof. Dr. Geog BIERMANN (Artistic Advisory Board in the Cabinet (due to the formation of an honorary committee for the planned general German retrospective art exhibition 1650-1800 in Darmstadt); Sportclub BÜRSTADT (provision of two halls - cancellation),; Rheinhessischer BIENENZÜCHTERVEREIN e..V. Worms (installation of a beehive queen station on the Guntershausen estate); military association Hassia BÜRSTADT, Elisabeth DÖRSAM (representative of the station administrator in Monsheim; representation of interests support also towards the Royal Prussia.
Contains: among others: Regulations of the district office Worms to the rural communities concerning the issue of bread stamps, regulation of the traffic with flour and bread, treatment of Russian workers employed in agricultural enterprises; application for leave of absence; appeal for donation for the Reichsverband zur Unterstützung deutscher Veteranen u. für den Kolonialkriegerdank e.V. (Imperial Association for the Support of German Veterans and for the Colonial Warrior Thank You)Potato stocks, 1914; list of young teams registered in the municipality of Horchheim, 1914; list of leaders registered for the training of young teams, 1914; list of teams for reinforcement work, n.d.; letter of the district office Worms to the administrative commission of the hospital fund Neuhausen concerning war loan 1915; list of inhabitants [1915]; forms concerning harvest aid registration; letter of thanks from the substitute battalion Reserve-Inf.-Reg. No. 116 to the mayor's office and inhabitants of Horchheim, 1915 Darin: WZ vom 10.09.1914, 20.01.1915 (title page only), 30.03.1915 (title page only), 21.06.1915; 'Aufforderung zur Erntehilfe', Extrablatt zur WZ , 02.08.1914; Leaflet concerning allotment gardening and war care, 1915; 'Die Bundesverordnungen über Getreide, Mehl, Brot, Kartoffeln, Fleisch u. Ammoniak', Berlin, 1915; 'Soldat u. Alkohol. A patriotic chapter' by Karl Briegleb, o.D.; Preisliste für Lebensmittel, edited by the Zentral-Einkaufsgesellschaft Berlin, 1915; Verordnung betr. Verwendung von Kriegsgefangenen zu landw. Arbeiten, 1915; 'Die Heimstätte', Mitteilungsblatt des Hess. National association for Kriegerheimstätten e.V., 1919