Metadata: Record collection Older Provinces
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 - Aktensammlung Ältere Provinciale
- Title:
- Record collection Older Provinces
- Title (official language):
- Aktensammlung Ältere Provinciale
- Creator/accumulator:
- Tyrolean Estates
- Date(s):
- 1365/1794
- Date note:
- ca. 1370/1789
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 19 boxed sets of books
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection “Older Provinces”, held by the Tyrolean regional archive of Innsbruck, is a non-Jewish assemblage with a few Jewish-related documents.
The collection covers the period c.1370–1785, focusing on the 18th century, and is divided into 17 subject groups. The records are filed in 19 boxed sets. Subject groups include judiciary and administration, Tyrolean judiciary, money and taxes, coinage, trade, customs and transportation, the postal system, school and forestry [q.v. Richard Schober, Die älteren Provinziale des landschaftlichen Archivs zu Innsbruck. Aktenauszüge (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 28), Innsbruck 1989, Inhaltsverzeichnis]. 248 deeds were previously part of the collection, but these were extracted and incorporated into the deed series of the Tyrolean Territorial Estates (q.v. JMH-165 in the Yerusha database). The “Younger Provinces” (JMH-172 in the Yerusha database) are related to this assemblage. Short summaries of this collection can be found in repertory I/5 and are published in Richard Schober, Die älteren Provinziale des Landschaftlichen Archivs zu Innsbruck (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 28), Innsbruck 1989. This book is a counterpart to repertory I/5 and can be ordered from the archive.
There are at least two Jewish-related records. Number 387, issued 29 July 1730 by the Upper Austrian (Second) Privy Council, is addressed to Jewish people in the Austrian Territories. It is based on an imperial regulation dealing with the prohibition of Jewish and other local pedlars [q.v. Schober, Die älteren Provinziale des Landschaftlichen Archivs zu Innsbruck (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 28), Innsbruck 1989, 76. In number 544, from after 1591, addressed to the city council of Innsbruck, Samuel May requests a further residence permit for himself and his children and asks for the permission to practise his business based on a writ of Archduke Ferdinand issued on 16 May 1591, in which he was granted permission to stay in Innsbruck for eight or 13 years. These two summaries can be found in Richard Schober’s book mentioned above.
- 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: persons/families:
- May, Samuel
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- Residency issues of Jews
- Trade and commerce
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is divided into 17 subject groups, primarily from the 18th century. These records of the Territorial Estates were arranged into 19 boxed sets.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is publicly accessible.
- Finding aids:
- Rep. I/5; Rep. B 634
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Rebecca Muršec; Tyrolean Regional Archive Innsbruck; 2018