Metadata: Record series
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:
- Oberösterreichischer Hofrat - Aktenserie
- Title:
- Record series
- Title (official language):
- Aktenserie
- Creator/accumulator:
- Upper Austrian Privy Council
- Date(s):
- 1564/1595
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 113 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Record series” of the Privy Council, held by the Tyrolean regional archive of Innsbruck, is a non-Jewish collection with a significant number of Jewish-related references and documents. The collection covers the period 1564–1595 and consists of two main groups, “Einlauf” (incoming records) and “Auslauf” (outgoing records), each of which is divided into two subgroups, “Regimentssachen” (government matters) and “Kammersachen” (chamber matters). “Regimentssachen” is only partly preserved. [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 87.]
In the incoming records, two collections are worthy of note. The first is the “Record series”, consisting of incoming records (originals) or “Missiven” (missives), sorted by year, month and date of issue). The second is a collection of subject records (“Betreffakten”) created by archivists in the 20th century, called “Record selections – Ferdinandea”. These records are sorted by common subjects such as “Beneficia”, “Confiscationes”, “Freiheiten”, “Visitationes” and “Münzsachen” and specific subjects such as “Ehz. Karls Vormundschaften”, “Deputationstag in Frankfurt” and “Königin Magdalenas zu Hall Todfall”. The subject groups subdivided into several files, in which each files is sorted by fascicles [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 87].
Repertories to “Incoming records” and “Record selections – Ferdinandea” are Rep. B701 and the Jahresjournale or “Einkommene Schriften”, annual journals of incoming records. The latter includes alphabetical indexes, in which many Jewish references can be found. Next to these references are side numbers or folio numbers, which lead to the related passages in the books, giving an insight into Jewish matters. Beside these short text passages, the associated subject groups of the collection “Ferdinandea” are mentioned, in which the documents were collected. Each subject group is composed of files including fascicles to different subjects and cases. It is necessary at first to work with the repertory B701 and annual journals “Einkommene Schriften” (incoming records) to find Jewish references to records in the collection “Record selections – Ferdinandea”.
The journal “Einkommene Schriften” (1564–1573) contains many references to Jewish people and the early Jewish “communities” of Obernau, Tannhausen, Burgau, Swabia and Alsace. Examples include Sara and her son of Bolzano, Haym of Issenhaim, Moses of Oberhausen, Lemble of Kriegshaber, Samuel May of Innsbruck, Leo of Lauterhofen and Simon of Günzburg. Regarding the Jewish people of Obernau, a 1565 document deals with the expulsion of the “community” due to concerns that they would impede or complicate the lives of the subjects. Another resolution includes the confirmation of the expulsion, issued on 5 November 1566. A document of 1570 records a petition by the Jewish “communities” of Swabia and Alsace for confirmation or reconfirmation of their privileges and liberties.
References to Sara of Bolzano and her son include an argument of 17 November 1565 that they should no longer be allowed to live in Bolzano. Two records of Moses of Oberhausen, from 14 June 1567 and 3 October 1569, refer to permission to buy or build a house in Pfersee (Burgau). A similar permission was received by the Jew Lemble in Kriegshaber (Augsburg) in 1575. He was allowed not only to build or buy a house, but also to live there for twenty years. A document from 1568 concerns Moses of Oberhausen and deals with his petition for a writ of protection. Documents about the court Jew Samuel May concern his precious goods, which he sold to the court and aristocracy of Innsbruck in 1576.
There are also documents addressing Jewish people in general: according to documents issued by the Upper Austrian government in Innsbruck in January, May and August 1570 and December 1571, Jews were no longer accepted in the Habsburg territories. In an earlier file of 1568, the authority of Innsbruck told the Upper Austrian government to limit Jewish people in the Habsburg territories. Most of the files can be found in file 99 (22–24), “Parteisachen strittige” in point P. Other files concerning Jewish people are in file 190, “Markgrafschaft Burgau”. A fascicle about a Jewish person of Krakow is numbered as file 56, “Jud krakauischer”. The box in file 99 (22–24), “Parteisachen strittige”, contains documents sorted by fascicle concerning private controversies between parties in legal matters. The fascicles are sorted by surnames from A-Z. There are also documents from 1565–1569 concerning Simon and Moises (Moise) of Günzburg against marshal Hainrich of Pappenhaim and the Jew Joseph of Günzburg in this file in point P (Pappenhaim).
“Markgrafschaft Burgau” in file 190 includes records concerning the Jew Isaac as foreman of a printing company in Tannhausen. Emperor Rudolf II ordered Isaac of Günzburg to pay a fine of 200 guilders for opening his print house in Tannhausen in Burgau without permission. The correspondence between Isaac and the authority of Innsbruck is preserved and can be ordered at the Tyrolean regional archive. It deals with the petition of Isaac and Simon of Günzburg to the authority of Innsbruck for permission to sell Jewish prayer books.
The file “Jude – krakauischer” consists of several records of 1578 concerning Joachim of Krakow. They include the correspondence between Archduke Ferdinand II, Emperor Rudolf II and Philipp Eduard Fugger of Weißenbach. The records state that Joachim deceived Fugger in alchemistic matters. Fugger captured Joachim and led him to Weißenhorn. The records also state that the king of Poland wanted Joachim to be returned to Krakow, where he would get a fair trial. Archduke Ferdinand II ordered Fugger to release Joachim to Krakow.
The registry of this collection is not very well elaborated or revised and has not been adequately maintained, making research concerning Jewish life considerably more difficult. Various fascicles should be consulted to aid the process.
Alongside the collection of incoming records, which were filed annually, there is a counterpart collection of “concepts” of outgoing records. The repertory to these concepts is the “Konzeptbücher” (concept books), which were chronologically transcribed in the collection “Privy Council – Older cartularies”, which consists of cartularies, most of which have alphabetical indexes, with several entries concerning Jewish people under I, J and Y. It is preferable to work with this collection rather than with the concepts. For further details of these concepts regarding Jewish people see JMH-137 in the Yerusha database, “Privy Council – Older cartularies”.
- 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 Privy Council, a commission responsible for government business established in c.1564 by Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol, who was governor of Bohemia. During his residence in Bohemia, the Privy Council ruled Tyrol and Anterior Austria in his name. In 1576, Ferdinand moved from Bohemia to Tyrol and the Privy Council and the archduke advised and decided about important political and administrative matters concerning Upper Austria. The Privy Council was the highest executive authority beside the Upper Austrian government and the chamber, which were the subordinated administrative and financial offices of Tyrol and Anterior Austria. Most of the decisions of the Privy Council were executed via the Upper Austrian government and the chamber. The Privy Council, as a loyal commission for political decisions, had its own chancellery for political and administrative correspondence.
The Privy Council was also an appellate body or court of appeal, established in 1573. It dealt with complaints against decisions, measures and verdicts of the Upper Austrian government, which also presented a court of appeal, and the Aristocratic Territorial Law in Bolzano (“Adeliges Landrecht in Bozen”) [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 87; q.v. Repertory B. 701/7].
- Access points: locations:
- Alsace
- Bolzano
- Günzburg
- Krakow
- Swabia
- Tannhausen
- Upper Austria
- Access points: persons/families:
- Isaac of Günzburg
- Joachim of Krakow
- May, Samuel
- Moses of Oberhausen
- Sara of Bolzano
- System of arrangement:
- The collection consists of two main groups, “Einlauf” (incoming records) and “Auslauf” (outgoing records). Within this collection there are two subgroups, i.e. “Regimentssachen” (matters of the Government) and “Kammersachen” (matters of the Chamber).
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is publicly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Rep. B 701/7
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec; Tyrolean Regional Archive Innsbruck; 2018