Metadata: District court of Sonnenberg (Bludenz)
Collection
- Country:
- Austria
- Holding institution:
- National Archive of Vorarlberg
- Holding institution (official language):
- Vorarlberger Landesarchiv
- Postal address:
- Kirchstrasse 28; 6900 Bregenz
- Phone number:
- +43 5574 511 45 012
- Email:
- landesarchiv@vorarlberg.at
- Title:
- District court of Sonnenberg (Bludenz)
- Title (official language):
- Landgericht Sonnenberg (Bludenz)
- Creator/accumulator:
- District court of Sonnenberg (Bludenz)
- Date(s):
- 1606/1874
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 321 boxes and 59 manuscripts
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection “Landgericht Sonnenberg (Bludenz)” (district court of Sonnenberg/Bludenz) contains only one document concerning the Jewish community or Jews in general. It holds the correspondence and the protocol of a trial in 1829 concerning the alimony of a child of Anna Katharina Welte and Samuel Joseph (also called Schmul). Samuel Joseph and Anna Katharina Welte had a short-lived affair and one of the consequences was the birth of a child. As Samuel Joseph refused to pay alimony for his child, Anna Katharina Welte went to court. The verdict of the court is not preserved. (Landgericht Sonnenbers, Nr. 3780)
- Archival history:
- The archival history of this collection is unknown.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Landgerichte (district courts) were introduced by the Bavarian rulers in 1806/1807 and were an institution that had administrative and jurisdictional duties. The Landgerichte (district courts) were in place until 1850, when their duties were split up and they were replaced by the Bezirkshaupmannschaften (district administrations) and the Bezirksgerichte (district courts) respectively.
- Access points: locations:
- Hohenems
- Access points: persons/families:
- Joseph, Samuel (Schmul)
- Welte, Anna Katharina
- Subject terms:
- Children
- Legal matters
- Legal records
- Access, restrictions:
- No restrictions on access.
- Finding aids:
- There are two finding aids. The first is the “Landgericht Sonnenberg (Bludenz) Akten” (district court of Sonnenberg (Bludenz) files). This contains a list of all boxes and their contents. The second is the “Landgericht Sonnenberg (Bludenz) Handschriften” (District court of Sonnenberg (Bludenz) manuscripts). It contains the protocols of interrogations and trials.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht, Jewish Museum of Hohenems, 2017
