Metadata: Archive of the Town of Ostrov
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:
- 88
- Title:
- Archive of the Town of Ostrov
- Title (official language):
- Archiv města Ostrov
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal Office of Ostrov
- Date(s):
- 1331/1945
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 30.89 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds includes documents of the self-government of the town of Ostrov. The Jewish population is referred to in documents from the following files: Supervision of Jews, Jewish property, 1938-44 (box 121).
- Archival history:
- The documents of the archives of Ostrov were transferred to the district archives in Karlovy Vary in 1958. There were further additions to the fonds from 1972-2009.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Ostrov was first indirectly referred to as a royal town under the privilege of John of Luxembourg in 1331. After the Hussite wars Ostrov belonged to various noble families, and in 1798 it was taken over by the royal chamber. The municipal office of Ostrov ceased to exist in 1945 after the end of the German occupation.
- Access points: locations:
- Ostrov
- Subject terms:
- Law enforcement
- Real estate
- System of arrangement:
- Being unarranged, the fonds is only roughly divided into charters, 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.
