Metadata: Archive of the canton
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- National Archive of St. Gallen
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv St. Gallen
- Postal address:
- Klosterhof 1; 9001 St. Gallen
- Phone number:
- +41 58 229 32 05
- Web address:
- https://www.staatsarchiv.sg.ch/
- Email:
- info.staatsarchiv@sg.ch
- Reference number:
- KA
- Title:
- Archive of the canton
- Title (official language):
- Kantonsarchiv
- Creator/accumulator:
- Administration of the canton of St. Gallen
- Date(s):
- 1815/1863
- Language:
- German
- French
- Extent:
- 600 running meters
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “KA Kantonsarchiv” (archive of the canton) covers the timespan between 1803 (the establishment of the canton of St. Gallen) and 1931. It mainly holds documents produced by the authorities of the canton, such as minutes of council meetings of the canton.
The collection includes a file containing a circular concerning the handling of criminals (including “Jüdische Gauner”, i.e. Jewish criminals) and itinerant tradesmen (especially Jews) that was produced in 1842 (KA R.89). Jews were allowed to settle in the canton of St. Gallen from 1863 onwards. Prior to this they were considered undesirable. The circular’s aim therefore is to keep Jewish merchants away from St. Gallen.
It also contains a file concerning the permission for Jews to settle in St. Gallen (KA R.91 D). The law was called “Gesetz über den Handelsverkehr, den Aufenthalt und die Niederlassung der Israeliten” (Law concerning the trade, the place of residence and the permission to settle for Israelites), which was enacted in 1863. The collection also holds a file containing a proposed motion from 1861 on which the motion from 1863 was based.
File KA R 49 B contains a large number of documents dating back to the 19th century. They mainly cover the evolving discussion about permissions for Jews to trade and settle in the canton of St. Gallen and include lists of Jewish tradesmen.
Signatures: KA R 49 B; KA R.89; KA R.91 D
- Access points: persons/families:
- Barschall
- Baumann
- Bernheim
- Bernheimer
- Biedermann
- Bikart
- Bollag
- Brandenburger
- Brettauer
- Brunner
- Burgauer
- Dreyfuss, Wolf
- Egg
- Emanuel
- Frank
- Frankstadt
- Frey
- Galizier
- Gans
- Gerstle
- Guggenheim
- Gumpel
- Gutmann
- Hamburger
- Heymann
- Hirschfeld
- Ickle
- Klein
- Kuhn
- Kuriel
- Laßner
- Löwengard
- Mayer
- Mendershausen
- Michael
- Mögling
- Moos
- Nördlinger
- Rosenthal
- Sachs (Sax)
- Schwarz
- Stengel
- Strauß
- Sulzer
- Weil
- Wohlgenannt
- Wolf
- Wolfers
- Access, restrictions:
- No restrictions on access.
- Finding aids:
- There is an online catalogue, which covers all the files that are held in the national archive of St. Gallen. It includes a full-text search tool, archive plan search tool and field search tool.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://scope.staatsarchiv.sg.ch/suchinfo.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht, Jewish Museum of Hohenems, 2017
