Acknowledgements

The editors would like to express their gratitude to Peter Mommsen and Erdmann von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, who not only made important sources available, but also provided numerous leads; without their generous and unselfish help, the project would not have been feasible.

Also of great siginificance was the extraordinary willingness of those involved in the project in Bern, Heidelberg and Marbach, for which they are warmly thanked.

Last, but not least, great thanks are due to the numerous researchers who were able to contribute important information for the commentary in many places:

• Beata Baraniecka (Heidelberg)
• Juliane Bruder (Zerbst City Archives)
• Dr. Uwe Czubatynski (Brandenburg)
• Marek Doczekalski (Wieleń)
• Dr. Agnieszka Dylewska (Uniwersytet Zielonogórski, Zielona Gora)
• Gudrun Karbe (Mainz)
• S. Knackmuß (Streitsche Stiftung, Berlin)
• Dr. Christian Marcks (Hannover)
• Ioanna Mouzaki (Athen)
• Petra Nemethova (Heidelberg)
• Dr. Katarzyna Podczaska
• Marian Przybylski (Strzelno)
• Saskia Simons (Secret State Archives of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin)
• Dr. Martin Sprungala (Landsmannschaft Weichsel – Warthe, Wiesbaden)
• Dr. Marion Stein (German Nobility Archives)
• Eberhard Stumm (Working Group for Family Research in the Association for Local History in the District of Birkenfeld)
• Dr. Jürgen Thaler (Franz-Michael-Felder Archive, Bregenz)
• Dr. Veronika Wiegartz (Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Bremen)
• Dr. Sylvina Zander (City of Bad Oldesloe)