Metadata: Deeds
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:
- Tiroler Landschaft - Urkunden
- Title:
- Deeds
- Title (official language):
- Urkunden
- Creator/accumulator:
- Tyrolean Estates
- Date(s):
- 1342/1906
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 12 metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Tyrolean Territorial Estates – Deeds”, held by the Tyrolean regional archive of Innsbruck, is a non-Jewish assemblage with at least one Jewish-related document.
The assemblage covers the period 1342–1906 and includes approximately 260 deeds concerning territorial and legal matters. Short summaries (“Regesten”) to most of these deeds can be found in Karl Böhm, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv, Innsbruck 1911 (Rep. I/1). The deeds from 1342–1600 were edited by Richard Schober in Die Urkunden des Landschaftlichen Archivs zu Innsbruck (1342–1600) (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 29), Innsbruck 1990 [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 285]. There is an index to these deeds in repertory B. 634, the general finding aid for the collections of the Tyrolean Territorial Estates and Tyrolean Landtag. Concerning Jewish life, there is at least one deed, with the signature Tiroler Landschaft/Landschaftliches Archiv – Urkunden – Urkunde 86 (1551 VIII 1). It is a printed regulation or mandate issued by King Ferdinand I on 1 August 1551 and concerns the requirement for Jews to wear the “Jewish badge”, a visible yellow ring in the form of a cloth or scarf, on their chest to distinguish them from Christians. This document shows an example of such a ring. Jews who disobeyed this regulation had their belongings withdrawn and divided between the complainant and the authority. A second violation resulted in banishment from the territory. A complete transcription of this deed can be read in Richard Schober, Die Urkunden des Landschaftlichen Archivs zu Innsbruck (1342–1600) (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 29), Innsbruck 1990, 166–68.
The cited books and repertories are accessible and can be ordered from the archive. It is also possible that the collection contains further references or deeds pertinent to Jewish history.
- 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 accumulator of this collection was the Tyrolean territorial estates (“Tiroler Landschaft”), a corporation consisting of the Tyrolean aristocracy and important economic cities established in opposition to their territorial lord. Important decisions, territorial matters and emergencies were discussed by the Tyrolean Serenity and the estates. The estates were a powerful counterpart to the territorial lord due to their financial and economic resources and political influence. During the Middle Ages, the estates were structured into four groups: the aristocracy; territorial cities and scattered markets; prelates; and judicial communities, which were mainly composed of peasants. These groups, along with the territorial Serenity, made up the Landtag. Only the territorial lord could convene the Landtag, which met irregularly in various locations. The lord used the assembly to voice his concerns, make financial demands and negotiate with the estates, who in turn made demands and complaints to the lord. The Landtag differed from the modern state parliament, as it lacked legislative power and control over the lord’s territorial governance. The estates reached their height of influence in the 15th and 16th centuries, after which their powers waned due to the increasing influence of the territorial lord and his administration. By the end of the 18th century the estates had lost all their power and influence [q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 284–85].
- Access points: locations:
- Tyrol
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Jewish badge (non-Holocaust era)
- Legal matters
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is publicly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Rep. I/1 (Regesten)
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec; Tyrolean Regional Archive Innsbruck; 2018