Metadata: Older Main Archive
Collection
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Holding institution:
- State Archive of Basel City
- Holding institution (official language):
- Staatsarchiv Basel Stadt
- Postal address:
- Martinsgasse 2, CH-4051 Basel
- Phone number:
- +41 61 267 86 01
- Web address:
- https://www.staatsarchiv.bs.ch/
- Email:
- stabs@bs.ch
- Reference number:
- Kirchen Q; Civilstand
- Title:
- Older Main Archive
- Title (official language):
- Älteres Hauptarchiv
- Date(s):
- 1098/1936
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 400 shelf metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The Older Main Archive contains documents from 1098 to 1936. Especially important from a Jewish point of view is a series in the holdings of the churches. Another series contains the registers of births, marriages and deaths of Jews, Anabaptists and separatists from 1843 to 1869. [Kirchen Q 1.; Civilstand Ja 6.]
- Archival history:
- This collection has been in the State Archive since the foundation of the Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The oldest document in the State Archive, a monastery charter, dates back to 1098. The city archive was destroyed in the Basel earthquake of 1356. Since then, administrative activities have been closely preserved in most areas. The online archive catalogue offers numerous research options. Selected photographic and film documents as well as some 420,000 pages of written documents can be viewed online via the archive catalogue. The collection holds official documents documenting the coexistence of Jews and Christians in Basel.
- Access points: locations:
- Basel
- Subject terms:
- Vital records
- Finding aids:
- An online finding aid is available, although the information is often rudimentary.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://query.staatsarchiv.bs.ch/query/suchinfo.aspx
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Hohenems
- Author of the description:
- Severin Holzknecht; Jewish Museum of Hohenems; 2020
