Metadata: Older fiscal 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:
- Oberösterreichische Kammer - Ältere Cameral-Akten
- Title:
- Older fiscal records
- Title (official language):
- Ältere Cameral-Akten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Upper Austrian Chamber
- Date(s):
- 1475/1785
- Date note:
- ca. 1480/1780
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 23 fascicles
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection “Upper Austrian Chamber – Older fiscal records”, held by the Tyrolean regional archive of Innsbruck, is a non-Jewish collection with a small number of Jewish-related documents. The files cover the period c.1480–c.1780 and were compiled in c.1730. The collection contains individual case records and comprises 1,424 file series sorted into 23 fascicles. The catalogue to this collection is book B24, which is incomplete as it lacks the last 200 record positions. The index, Rep. B23, contains all the record positions [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 81]. Of relevance to Jewish history is file 1349 in box 39, which contains file numbers 1312–1395. File 1349 includes a writ of protection concerning a Jew named Isack and his family. The liberations and privileges of the family were confirmed for ten years by Maximilian I on 20 July and they received permission to remain, travel, trade and lend money. The entire protection letter is preserved and accessible. Most of the repertories of the Tyrolean regional archive contain both content registers and subject indexes containing references to “Juden” (“Jews”), “Judentum” (“Judaism”), “Judenschaft” (“Judaism”), “Israeliten” (Israelites) and “Hebräer” (Hebrew). There are numbers next to most of the entries concerning Jewish matters, which can be used to find the records in the associated registers. These registers give an overview of the written sources, and documents of interest can then be ordered with their reference numbers and dates for further consideration.
- Archival history:
- This collection was transferred to the Tyrolean Regional Archive according to the regular document transfer process stipulated by national archival regulations.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The creator of this collection was the Upper Austrian chamber, a stable commission established in 1493. This authority was responsible for the territorial fiscal administration of the county of Tyrol and Anterior Austria. Its counterpart was the Upper Austrian government, which was equivalent to the chamber and was responsible for the inner administration and judiciary of Tyrol and Further Austria. Both authorities were later subordinated to the Privy Council, which was established in the late 16th century, and subsequently to the Second Privy Council. In the administrative reformation of 1749, the Upper Austrian chamber was incorporated into the new comprehensive administration authority for Tyrol and Anterior Austria, “Repräsentation und Kammer” (Representation and Chamber), founded by Empress Maria Theresa. The jurisdiction of the Upper Austrian government also shifted to this new authority for general administration. The traditional Upper Austrian chamber and the Second Privy Council no longer existed after Maria Theresa’s reformation. [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 78.]
- Access points: locations:
- Innsbruck
- Tyrol
- Upper Austria
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is publicly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Rep. B 24, Rep. B 23
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec; Tyrolean Regional Archive Innsbruck; 2018
