Metadata: Archive of the Town of Bochov
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives Karlovy Vary
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Karlovy Vary
- Postal address:
- Nám. 17. listopadu 2, Karlovy Vary, 360 05
- Phone number:
- 00420 353 565 155
- Email:
- soka-kv@soaplzen.cz
- Reference number:
- 79
- Title:
- Archive of the Town of Bochov
- Title (official language):
- Archiv města Bochov
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal Office of Bochov
- Date(s):
- 1349/1945
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 24.13 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds includes documents of the self-government of the town of Bochov. Sources on the history of Jews can be found in the following materials: Czechs and Jews in Bochov, 1938-43 (box 4/18); Assets of Jews and Czechs, 1938-43 (inv. 660); Jewish houses register, 1939 (inv. 661), 1940 (inv. 662).
- Archival history:
- The documents were transferred to the district archives in Karlovy Vary in 1961. There were further additions to the fonds from 1972-2010. The fonds has not yet been arranged.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The town of Bochov was founded in the first half of the 14th century. After 1609 the town belonged to the administration of the manor of Andělská Hora, in the 18th century called the manor of Stružná. The municipal office of Bochov ceased to exist in 1945 after the end of the German occupation.
- Access points: locations:
- Bochov
- Subject terms:
- Plunder
- Real estate
- System of arrangement:
- Being unarranged, the fonds is only roughly divided into documents, books, registry finding aids and files.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is not accessible.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
