Provincial Accounting Office

Collection

Scope and content:: The fonds contains many sources regarding development of the finances of the provincial estates and provincial self-governing authorities and their loan operations in the 18th and 19th century and regarding the history of contributory fonds. Its importance for the history of the Jews is merely supplemental. In particular, it contains documents regarding financing of public schools in Moravia from 1801-1903, which Jewish schools usually also belonged to.

Archival history:: The fonds was created artificially in the Moravian Provincial Archives from the remainder of the Estates and self-government financial documents which were taken on by the Moravian Provincial Archives from individual accounting groups of the Provincial Office during Nazi Occupation before 1943. On acceptance, documents were listed, arrangement of the fonds was competed in 1990. Amendments were added in 2004.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Moravian Provincial Diet, in its capacity as the Supreme Estates Authority, operated in Moravia from the Middle Ages. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, its sphere of authority was restricted by the ruler, but it did retain its authority in the field of taxation and economics. To exercise its powers, the Diet established various committees. A permanent Provincial Council was established in 1686 which was the actual creator of the fonds. It was briefly dissolved in 1784-1791 and reorganised in 1848. In 1861, after issuance of the February Patent, a constitutional Provincial Council was elected, the documents of which were stored in this fonds until 1874, the remaining documents are in fonds A 9 Provincial Council.

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Financial matters; Financial matters--Banks, banking, and bankers

System of arrangement:: The fonds was artificially structured into subject groups according to the individual sections of the Land Office.

Finding aids:: Matějek F.: Inventář fondu zemské účtárny 1768-1913. Inventář 1951, s. 39, ev.č. 409; Balcárek P.:, A 10 Zemská účtárna Brno. Dodatky II. Inventář, 2004, s. 14, ev.č. 409.