Metadata: Magistrate of the Municipal City of Pančevo (1794-1918)
Collection
- Country:
- Serbia
- Holding institution:
- Historical Archives of Pančevo
- Holding institution (official language):
- Историјски архив у Панчеву (Istorijski arhiv u Pančevu)
- Postal address:
- Nemanjina 7, 26 000 Pančevo, Republic of Serbia
- Phone number:
- (+381) 13 317 344
- Web address:
- https://www.arhivpancevo.org.rs/
- Email:
- arhivsek@panet.rs
- Reference number:
- F. 4
- Title:
- Magistrate of the Municipal City of Pančevo (1794-1918)
- Title (official language):
- Магистрат Муниципалног Града Панчева (Pancsova törvényhatósági joggal felruházott város tanácsa) (1794-1918)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Magistrate of the Municipal City of Pančevo
- Date(s):
- 1794/1918
- Language:
- German
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 371 linear metres (1,171 administrative books; 1,102 boxes and 1,008 bundles)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
- The documents created by the Magistrate of the Municipality of Pančevo cover a substantial period of time during which its structure and status changed. Thus, the documentation was grouped into four organisational units: 4.1. Magistrate of the Military Community of Pančevo (Pancsovaer Militär Comunitäts Magistrat (1794-1872); 4.2. Collection of Apprentice Booklets(1821-1877); 4.3. Magistrate – The Hungarian Uprising (1848-1849); 4.4. Magistrate of the Municipal City of Pančevo (Pancsova Törvénzhatósági JoggalFelruházott Város Tanásca) (1872-1918). The records reflect the life of the inhabitants of Pančevo, including Jews, from the time of the Military Border to the period of the Municipality. The collection contains records on the foundation of the Jewish Religious Community, as well as requests for grounds for a graveyard and for the building of the first synagogue.
- Archival history:
- The records were stored in the attic of the Magistrate and the record office of the City Committee of Pančevo prior to being transferred to the Historical Archives of Pančevo in 1951. They were catalogued and arranged in the following years, until 1953, not respecting the principle of provenance and the original order.
- Administrative/biographical history:
-
On 1 January 1794 Pančevo was declared a free military community (Freie Militär Communität) by the Decree of Emperor Franz I, with the obligation to establish and maintain the Landwehr Battallion and to pay prescribed taxes. It became a part of the Banat Military Border, which covered the territory along the Danube River from Pančevo to Oršava and was a separate entity from the rest of the so-called Hungarian lands. The Military Border was subordinated to the Court War Council in Vienna, via the General Command in Timisoara, which was the highest administrative and judicial authority and the official language was German.
The first Magistrate, headed by the mayor, was founded on 28 February of the same year with the mandate of being the political-administrative and judicial body, i.e., to maintain order, cleanliness and the security of citizens, to deal with probate cases, pupillary, taxes, civil cases, etc. After the Hungarian Revolution the entire Border was reorganised, based on the imperial patent dated 18 November 1849, the administrative system changed and the scope of the work of the Magistrate was limited to taking care of the city estates and to executing orders of the higher bodies. The Banat Military Border was dissolved by the Emperor's Decree of 9 June 1872 and Pančevo remained a municipal city with some jurisdiction. After 1886 Pančevo became an independent municipal town with regulated Magistrate and County Rights. The city exercised municipal authority on the basis of the XXI Legislative Article of 1886. The Magistrate ceased to exist after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, on 8 November 1918.
Jews were banned from settling in the territory of Pančevo at first. There was a quota for the so-called tolerated Jews – only 4 Jewish families were allowed to settle. Others were obliged to request permission from the General Command via the Magistrate for temporary residence. The position of the Jewish population gradually improved and their number increased. The Jewish inhabitants were mainly active in crafts and trade. By the Decree of the Emperor Franz Joseph of 1868, the Jews were granted equality and all restrictions were lifted regarding their settlement, purchase of real estate, education and choice of occupation.
- Access points: locations:
- Pančevo
- Subject terms:
- Cemeteries
- Jewish community
- Synagogues
- System of arrangement:
- The collection was catalogued and arranged in 1953, not respecting the principle of provenance and the original order. It was grouped in four organisational units which reflected the organisation and its changes: 4.1. Magistrate of the Military Community of Pančevo (Pancsovaer Militär Comunitäts Magistrat) (1794-1872); 4.2. Collection of Apprentice Booklets (1821-1877); 4.3. Magistrate – Hungarian Uprising (1848-1849); 4.4. Magistrate of the Municipal City of Pančevo (Pancsova Törvénzhatósági JoggalFelruházott Város Tanásca) (1872-1918).
- Finding aids:
- The following finding aids were compiled: 4 books of summary catalogue (1794-1918); 24 books of analytical inventory (1794-1849); 1 book of analytical inventory of the Apprentice Booklets (1821-1877); 124,221 file descriptions (1794-1863); 127,121 card descriptions (1794-1860); The Archival Fonds and Collections in the Archives of SFRY, SAP Vojvodina; Sremski Karlovci, 1977; Guide Through the Archival Fonds in the Historical Archives of Pančevo, Sremski Karlovci, 1973.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Historical Archives of Belgrade
- Author of the description:
- Smiljka Vučur; Historical Archives of Pančevo; 2020