Metadata: Trial records of Vorarlberg
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:
- Oberösterreichische Regierung - Prozessakten - Vorländische Prozessakten
- Title:
- Trial records of Vorarlberg
- Title (official language):
- Vorländische Prozessakten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Austrian Superior Government; Austrian Anterior Authority for Appeal
- Date(s):
- 1545/1785
- Date note:
- ca. 1550-1780
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 74 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Trial records of Vorarlberg” is a non-Jewish collection with an unknown number of Jewish-related documents. It covers the period from ca. 1550 to ca. 1780 and primarily includes trial documents concerning controversies between individuals in Austria Anterior. The records are structured into different series (“Positionen”), where each series consists of a fascicle with various records relating to one case. There are 1500 series, but unfortunately only 1153 records are preserved.
In the index repertory B 130 there are at least three series relating to Jewish individuals, namely a reference to the Jew Joseph from the year 1706 and two references to trial documents from the years 1695 and 1738 about the Jewish brothers Landau in Innsbruck. As mentioned above, each series consists of several pages including reports, abstracts, judgements, minutes of the trial and appellations and citations in court of the responsible official. In these records judicial appointments of the relevant individuals and postponements are mentioned. On some occasions the reasons for missing certain court appointment are recorded and the article of accusation is discussed and declared.
For example, in the series about the Jew Joseph of Nordstetten it is known that he and his business partners accused the innkeeper Caspar Neupert of Stockach in a case of a dispute concerning the quantity of delivered trading goods and outstanding debts. It is argued that the businessman Joseph of Nordstetten did not get the desired amount of goods for the money he paid. This trial occurred in the year 1706.
In case of Jacob Landau of the year 1695, the records deal with financial matters in terms of debts. Additionally, there is a series about his brother Isaac Landau of 1738 in a legal case against the Jew Moises Neuburger dealing with the collection of debts (lat. “denunciationis ad liquidandum”). This series contains minutes of the trials, citations in court, an abstract and a decree issued by the authorities.
NB: For successful research in this collection it is necessary to know the names of Jewish individuals, as repertory B. 130 is arranged by names of individuals rather than by subjects. There are dates and series numbers next to the entries, which are needed to consult the relevant records in the archive.
- 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 accumulators or creators of the collection “Trial records of Vorarlberg” were two authorities: Firstly, the Austrian Superior Government as the highest administrative authority and secondly the Austrian Anterior Authority for Appeal (“Vorderösterreichisches Revisorium”). In the last years of the 18th century the trial records of both offices were gathered into one extensive collection. (Cf. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 75.)
- Access points: locations:
- Austria
- Innsbruck
- Vorarlberg
- Access points: persons/families:
- Landau, Isaac
- Neuburger, Moises
- Access, restrictions:
- Public access
- Finding aids:
- Finding aid: Rep. B 130 (Index).
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec, November 2017