Metadata: Records of the chancellory of the magistrate’s office
Collection
- Country:
- Italy
- Holding institution:
- City Archive Meran
- Holding institution (official language):
- Stadtarchiv Meran
- Postal address:
- Passeiergasse 7, 39012 Meran/Merano
- Phone number:
- +39 0473 250 112
- Web address:
- https://www.gemeinde.meran.bz.it/de/Stadtarchiv
- Email:
- info@gemeinde.meran.bz.it
- Reference number:
- SAM SEK
- Title:
- Records of the chancellory of the magistrate’s office
- Title (official language):
- Sekretariatskanzleiakten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Magistrate of Meran
- Date(s):
- 1857/1923
- Language:
- German
- Italian
- Extent:
- 1,082 fascicles
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- SEK 121 includes an extensive file concerning the Jewish cemetery of Meran including files produced between 1872 and 1921. The file mainly comprises correspondence between the Königswarter Foundation or its partners and authorities, companies and the Catholic church about the possibility of establishing a Jewish cemetery, the establishment of the cemetery and later discussions. The file also holds plans of possible locations and the statutes of the cemetery. SEK 344 holds correspondence of the Königswarter Foundation concerning the religious education of Jewish children in Meran. The foundation was looking for a location for a new school in 1908 and negotiated with the mayor of Meran. SEK 354 includes correspondence of the Jewish community of Meran concerning the religious education of Jewish children in Meran. The community was looking for a new location in 1922–23. The file also includes documents concerning the desire of the Jews of Meran to establish a South Tyrolean Jewish community in 1914. SEK 387 includes an extensive file concerning the Jewish cemetery and mortuary. The documents were produced between 1857 and 1873, mainly by the Königswarter Foundation, the administration of Meran and several companies. The file comprises correspondence, protocols, plans, accounts and similar documents.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The collection SEK Sekretariatskanzleien (files of the chancellery of the office of the magistrate) includes four files concerning the Jewish community of Meran. The city of Meran is one of the most important cities in Tyrol. It was the first capital of the princely county of Tyrol and from the middle of the 19th century one of the most visited spa towns in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city archive of Meran holds files of the municipal administration.
- Access points: locations:
- Meran
- Access points: persons/families:
- Biedermann
- Gutmann
- Hausmann
- Subject terms:
- Cemeteries
- Education
- Education--Schools and universities
- Jewish community
- Access, restrictions:
- There are no restrictions on access.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2018