Metadata: Construction records
Collection
- Country:
- Austria
- Holding institution:
- City Archives of Innsbruck
- Holding institution (official language):
- Stadtarchiv/Stadtmuseum Innsbruck
- Postal address:
- Badgasse 2; 6020 Innsbruck
- Phone number:
- 0043 512 5360 1400
- Reference number:
- 07.03 - Magistratsabteilung VI - Bau
- Title:
- Construction records
- Title (official language):
- Bauakten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal Department VI
- Date(s):
- 1801/1974
- Date note:
- ca. 1806-1974
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 972 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Construction files” is a non-Jewish collection with a significant number of documents related to Jewish points of interest.
It covers the period from 1806 to 1974 and is divided into different subject sections (German “Abschnitte”) with various records. In general, these documents, which comprise regulations, applications, bills, maps, prohibitions and permissions as well as correspondence between the administrative bodies of Innsbruck, deal with all construction matters in private and public areas. For the private sector one may find building applications as well as building permissions of people who lived in Innsbruck. Matters of the public sector were, for example, renovation or construction of schools and other public institutions as well as infrastructure. Beside that, the collection also deals with matters concerning the water and sewer system, garbage collection, streets, public places and traffic. Furthermore, one may find documents about building negotiations as well as inspection reports and minutes, concession permits, damage reports and documents about completions of buildings and repair works. There are several records about private construction projects by individuals or companies, which include personal data, such as names and addresses. In these records there are an unknown number of documents or references of Jewish individuals. Between 1918 and 1937 only about 400-500 Jewish people lived in Tyrol, of whom 90% were in Innsbruck. As the collection is tabulated according to names, research will be most successful if the relevant individual is known. NB: Entries about Jewish people in the finding aids of 1906 to 1974 can be found in two ways: 1. Searching for personal names or subjects, such as “Jews” (German “Juden”) or “Jewish community” (German “Israelitische Kultusgemeinde”). This applies to records until 1945, after which point there are no more Jewish references in the “subjects”. 2. For records after 1945, one must search for personal names. This is usually the more fruitful approach, as the majority of documents in the Innsbruck city archive is arranged by individuals’ names rather than by subject.
- Archival history:
- This collection was transferred to the City Archive as part of the regular document transfer process stipulated by national archival regulations. It no longer receives any accruals.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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The City Archive of Innsbruck received the documents in this collection from the city council of Innsbruck and its various departments and offices. First the construction files were part of“Gruppe II – Bau” (“Group II – construction”) of Office 3, which was responsible for construction matters, social insurance as well as fire safety, vendors and the sewer system. In 1934 the agencies of Innsbruck were changed and restructured, which means that from 1935 to 1997 parts of the jurisdiction of Office 3 shifted to Department VI. Since 1998 Department III has been being responsible for construction and measurement matters.
Note: As a rule it can be said that in the 20th century, in consequence of the political circumstances, the responsibilities of the different administrative departments in Innsbruck frequently changed and agencies were often restructured. Cf. Stadtmagistrat Innsbruck, Geschäfts- und Registratursplan, 23-24; Cf. Stadtmagistrat Innsbruck, Aktenplan, Abteilung VI.
- Subject terms:
- Jewish community
- Real estate
- Access, restrictions:
- Public access
- Finding aids:
- Finding aids of 1906-1974 are available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec, March 2017