Metadata: Parish archive of Rankweil
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:
- Parish archive of Rankweil
- Title (official language):
- Pfarrarchiv Rankweil
- Creator/accumulator:
- Parish of Rankweil
- Date(s):
- 1637/1902
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 1 box and 1 manuscript
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection of the parish of Rankweil is very small. It contains a fascicle entitled “Altkatholiken, Juden und Lutheraner” (Old Catholics, Jews and Lutherans). This fascicle includes a letter written on 9 February 1700 by a priest, who expresses his concern about the Jewish community. He fears that the cohabitation of Jews and Christians might be bad for the spiritual wellbeing of the Christians, especially the children.
Signatures: Pfarrarchiv Rankweil; Nr. 8
- Archival history:
- The archival history of this collection is unknown.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Today there are over 100 Catholic parishes in Vorarlberg, where Catholicism is by far the most numerous religious denomination. In 1700, the Catholic Church was even more dominant than it is today. The Jews of Hohenems suffered under the distrust of the Catholic clergy and Catholic laymen. In 1781, most of the Christian denominations were made equal before the law, but the Jews of Austria had to wait longer. In 1867, the Austrian Jews gained the same rights as their Christian fellow citizens.
- Access points: locations:
- Hohenems
- Subject terms:
- Christianity
- Jewish-Christian relations
- Access, restrictions:
- No restrictions on access.
- Finding aids:
- There are two finding aids. The first is “Pfarre Rankweil Akten” (parish of Rankweil files). It is an overview of the arrangement of the box that comprises the collection. The second finding aid is the “Pfarrarchiv Rankweil Handschriften” (archive of the parish of Rankweil manuscripts). There you will find information about the manuscript.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht, Jewish Museum of Hohenems, 2017
