Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV [Present-day Germany]: “We, Louis, (‘Ludowig’), Roman Emperor by the grace of God […] announce publicly with this letter/writ […] to the wise-men […] the [City] Council, and the citizens in the community of Nordhausen (‘Northusen’), our dear loyal […] and that we and all our heirs free and absolve them of any claims which the Jews in Nordhausen may hold against them […].”
Förstemann, Ernst Günther: Geschichte der Stadt Nordhausen. Erste Lieferung, bis zum Jahre 1250. (History of the city Nordhausen. First issue, until the year 1250.); (Nordhause; 1827); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 8/17/2020