Feb. 8, 1301

“Official Decree” of King Albrecht I of Habsburg [Present-day Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland]: “[…] to the Councilmen and citizens of Dortmund, and the local Jews as well as all Jews who reside in Westfalen, and belong to Our kingdom […] we place the Jews under the trusted jurisdiction of Count Eberhard [II. von der Mark] […].”
Münster, LA, Grafschaft Mark, Urkuden, Nr. 26, Orig., lat., Perg. (Münster, LA [Land-Archive], County Mark, [Official] Documents, No. 26, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 7/14/2017