Metadata: Council minutes
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:
- 11.01 Ratsprotokolle - Gemeinderatsniederschriften
- Title:
- Council minutes
- Title (official language):
- Ratsprotokolle
- Creator/accumulator:
- Local Council
- Date(s):
- 1522/1999
- Date note:
- ca. 1527-1999
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 17 running metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection “Council Minutes” is a non-Jewish collection with a small number of documents related to Jewish points of interest. It covers the period from 1527 to 1999 and includes minutes of meetings of the local council. These documents deal with municipal daily business, for example construction matters (public buildings, streets, street lamps as well as bridges, pavements and street traffic) or financial concerns and business matters (e.g. milk and meat supplies and the regulation of prices). Further topics are electricity and water consumption, poverty, housing assistance and health matters. Moreover, it includes information about elections of mayors and vice mayors and questions about the budget. The council minutes are structured as follows: location, duration, attendants (presidency and members of the local council are listed here), attendants of the city council as well as absentees with valid excuses and the secretary who is responsible for recording the minutes. In general there are a few references about Jewish life in this collection. This is partly due to the fact that antisemitism was not unusual and therefore not discussed separately. Nevertheless, the collection reflects the attitude of the local council against minorities, including Jews. For example the council minutes of 18 August 1919 include an application to block “non-Aryan” elements in the city of Innsbruck. This application mentions a food and resource shortage resulting from “foreign/non-Aryan” groups who buy the local stocks for high prices, making it more expensive for local residents to acquire basic supplies. According to the application this leads to increasing poverty in the lower social classes. Primarily “non-Aryan” businessmen or traders were blamed for the bad conditions and overcharged costs. Therefore, the municipal council was asked to block this “non-Aryan” elements and to punish violations.
- 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:
- The City Archive of Innsbruck received the documents in this collection from the city council of Innsbruck and its various departments and offices. The municipal council is the highest political court or institution with the highest decision making power in Innsbruck, presided over by the mayor. The municipal council and its chairmen are responsible for different jurisdictions, for example matters concerning building, finance and budget, traffic, health, law and order, police and school. After the “Anschluss” of 1938 the municipal council was abolished by the Nazis. It was reestablished in 1945. Cf. Werbeamt des Landesverkehrsamtes (ed.), Adressbücher 1930-1940. (The address books are publicly accessible at the City Archive in Innsbruck).
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Access, restrictions:
- Public access
- Finding aids:
- There are no finding aids.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec, March 2017
