An inventory of archive material relating to monasteries and religious orders in the Directorate General. Department of New East Prussia fonds in CAHR Cover Image

Inwentarz materiałów archiwalnych dotyczących klasztorów i zakonów w zesp. Generalne Dyrektorium. Departament Prus Nowowschodnich w AGAD w Warszawie
An inventory of archive material relating to monasteries and religious orders in the Directorate General. Department of New East Prussia fonds in CAHR

Author(s): Andrzej Buczyło
Subject(s): History
Published by: Laboratoire de Recherches sur l'Histoire des Congregations et Ordres Religieux (LARHCOR)
Keywords: New East Prussia; Central Archives of Historical Records; inventory; monastery; dissolution; secularisation; monks

Summary/Abstract: The units of the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw include fonds 170, Directorate General. Department of New East Prussia. It contains documents relating to the department, which existed at the turn of the 19th century. Among the numerous archive documents kept there we will find those concerning monasteries dissolved by the Prussian authorities in the New East Prussia period: the Dominicans in Liškiava, Płock, Sejny and Virbalis; the Franciscans in Wyszogród; and the Carmelites in Władysławowo, also known as Nowe Miasto (New Town). The documents make it possible to examine various aspects of the functioning of the monasteries under Prussian rule, which lasted just over ten years. Important papers include documents concerning the monks, also those who decided to leave their orders.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 205-219
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish