bavarikon4UDocuments from the Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg from 982 to 1525
The holdings of documents from the Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg include the original documents from the former St. Peter and Alexander collegiate monastery in Aschaffenburg. The oldest original document from the monastery archive dates from 982 (diploma of Emperor Otto II, call number: StiftsA U 2442). Numerous documents from popes, the archbishops of Mainz and the canons themselves, as well as imperial and royal documents can be found in the collection. Other secular and religious document issuers also appeared in the late Middle Ages.
Of the 4,000 documents preserved until the end of the monastery (1802), about 1,800 medieval originals from the period from 1127 to 1525 are digitally presented in the collection. The documents offer historians and local researchers numerous analysis options, for example on economic and property history issues, on spiritual and secular administration, on political history and regional history on the Bavarian Lower Main, and beyond. They document the close ties between the monastery and the Mainz Archbishop's Monastery, one of the most important spiritual territories in the Old Reich. For centuries, Aschaffenburg served as a secondary residence and partly also as the main residence of the archbishops, who at the same time served as monastery provosts since the Early Modern period.
An exemplary printed full edition is available for the older documents [Matthias Thiel: book of documents from the St. Peter and Alexander monastery in Aschaffenburg, Volume 1: 861-1325 (Publications of the History and Art Association Aschaffenburg 26), Aschaffenburg 1986]. The documents up to the year 1400 will also be available in printed form in the near future but will also be used for the digital collection. Regesta are also available in the city and monastery archives for the period up to 1525, and will be integrated into the collection.
>> This collection is part of the holdings of the Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg (Aschaffenburg City and Monastery Archive).