Metadata: Pawn records
Collection
- Country:
- Austria
- Holding institution:
- Tyrolean Regional Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tiroler Landesarchiv
- Postal address:
- Michael-Gaismair-Straße 1; 6020 Innsbruck
- Phone number:
- 0043 512 508 3502
- Web address:
- https://www.tirol.gv.at/kunst-kultur/landesarchiv/
- Email:
- landesarchiv@tirol.gv.at
- Reference number:
- Mischbestände - Pfandschaftsakten
- Title:
- Pawn records
- Title (official language):
- Pfandschaftsakten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Territorial Chamber; regional authorities
- Date(s):
- 1445/1865
- Date note:
- ca. 1450-1865
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 38 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Pawn records” (“Pfandschaftsakten”) is a non-Jewish collection with an unknown number of Jewish-related documents. It covers the period from 1600 to 1850 (as well as 1450) (Cf. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 53) and contains pawns of territorial or royal properties which were mostly transferred to aristocrats. These properties were defined as court-dominions, which means that the holder of this dominion could execute the right of administration and jurisdiction of regional courts as his own, although the actual ownership remained with the prince. Additionally, these pawns were long-lasting and inheritable within the family.
This collection is divided into four series. I: Records of the Austrian Superior Chamber concerning pawns of Further Austria dating from 1600 to 1784. This part also includes some pawns of the period before 1600. II: Records of the Austrian Superior Chamber concerning pawns of Tyrol and Vorarlberg dating from ca. 1600 to 1784. III and IV: Records of the Tyrolean “Gubernium“ and of the fiscal authority called “Kameralgefällenverwaltung” referring to pawns in Tyrol and Vorarlberg dating from 1785 to ca. 1865. (Cf. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 53.) In 1750 Series I and II were reorganised and alphabetically sorted by local names. Moreover, all pawns include personal names of their owners as well as references to their redemptions.
It is possible that there are references to Jewish heritage. However, unlike most other collections in the Tyrolean Regional Archive, this collection is arranged according to regional courts or communities, which means it is essential to know the names of individuals for successful research.
- Archival history:
- This collection was transferred to the Tyrolean Regional Archive as part of the regular document transfer process stipulated by national archival regulations.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The collection “Pawn Records” includes territorial dominions, courts and regalian rights which were granted to private persons until the first half of the 19th century. These records, created by the territorial Chamber and other regional authorities, were combined in 1936 into one large collection and divided into four series: I: Further Austria 1450-1750, II: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1450-1784, III: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1815-1865 and IV: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1820-1850. (Cf. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 53.)
- Access points: locations:
- Tyrol
- Vorarlberg
- Subject terms:
- Financial records
- Nobility
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is divided into four series (I to IV). I: Austria 1450-1750, II: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1450-1784, III: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1815-1865, IV: Tyrol and Vorarlberg 1820-1850. Series I and II consist of records of the Austrian Superior Chamber and its registry, Series III contains records of fiscal authorities such as the so-called “Kameralgefällenverwaltung” and Series IV includes records of the “Gubernium”.
- Access, restrictions:
- Public access
- Finding aids:
- Finding aids: Rep. B 117a (Register, Index), structured according to the local names of pawns. It contains the names of the owners of the pawn as well as dates of their delivery.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec, June 2017