Metadata: Collection of Mandates and Regulations
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 - Sammlung Mandate und Verordnungen
- Title:
- Collection of Mandates and Regulations
- Title (official language):
- Sammlung Mandate und Verordnungen
- Creator/accumulator:
- Tyrolean Estates
- Date(s):
- 1500/1864
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 60 boxed sets of books, 4 fascicles
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The “Collection of Mandates and Regulations”, held by the Tyrolean regional archive of Innsbruck, is a non-Jewish assemblage with a few Jewish-related documents.
The collection covers the period 1500–1864 and includes mandates and regulations (Similien) of the Upper Austrian government and Gubernium sorted by boxed sets. The first 12 boxed sets are divided into two series, Series I (1500–1747) and Series II (1687–1758). These 12 sets are covered by an index in set 12, while sets 13 to 60 are registered in repertory I/19, but this finding aid is not complete. Sets 13 to 60 are filed chronologically and consist of mandates and regulations concerning the military, police, religion, taxes and customs, forestry and donations [q.v. Richard Schober, Gesamtinventar des landschaftlichen Archivs (Abteilung des Tiroler Landesarchivs), 2. Auflage, Innsbruck 1998, 75–76; q.v. Beimrohr, Das Tiroler Landesarchiv und seine Bestände, 289].
There is at least one Jewish reference leading to a mandate issued on 3 May 1786, referring to Jewish subjects in matters of the civil marriage. This record may be found in set 29, 1786–87 (Speicher: 3.2.10) of this collection.
According to the index in the set 12, there are no references or records concerning Jewish heritage in Series I or Series II of this collection.
- 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
- Upper Austria
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- Marriage and divorce
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes mandates and regulations (“Similien”) of the Upper Austrian Government and Gubernium, which were sorted into boxed sets.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is publicly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Rep. I/9; Rep. B 634
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec; Tyrolean Regional Archive Innsbruck; 2018