Archive of the Town of Český Dub

Collection

Scope and content:: The fonds includes documents of the municipal self-government, including those from before 1850. Jews are explicitly mentioned in the following files: AM Český Dub, Mayor's Office; Foreign workers - forced labour (Czechs, Poles Russians, Ukrainians, and Jews - lists), 1938-45 (inv. 524, box 109); Jewish cemetery (correspondence, plan) 1940-43 (inv. 584, box 122).

Archival history:: In 1920 the old files of the town of Český Dub were transferred to the Podještědské museum. They remained in the museum and its successors (Grenzlandmuseum under the Nazi occupation and Museum Karolíny Světlé) until 1952, when a branch of the district archives of Liberec opened in Český Dub. The documents, however, continued to be physically stored in the museum. The first part of the fonds was arranged there in 1966. The fonds was not transferred to Liberec until 1985. Today it is stored in the depository of Machnín.

Administrative/biographical history:: The first record of Český Dub (German: Böhmisch Aicha) is alleged to be in a deed of Prince Vladislav from 1115, but the first confirmed record of the settlement comes from 1291. In 1838 Kamil Rohan bought the estate from a Viennese religious fund, and in 1855, Český Dub became the seat of the political and judicial district. The judicial district ceased to exist in 1927. The population was Czech and German, and important textile firms (Franz Schmitt, Konrad Blaschka) were located in the town. The name Český Dub or Böhmisch Aicha appeared around 1600. During the Nazi occupation of 1938-45 the name Aicha or Deutsch Aicha was used.

System of arrangement:: The fonds is divided into two units: the years of 1525-1938 and the Mayor's Office 1938-1945 (with prior documents). The older part of the pre-1938 files is divided into I. Charters, II. Books, III. Files including registry finding aids - files registers, etc., and files ordered chronologically, IV. Accounting material (accounting books). The second part (Mayor's Office) is divided into: I. Books, II. Files of Český Dub arranged by the German file plan for municipal offices (decimal classification), III. Files of the attached communities, and IV. Accounting materials (accounting books and accounting annexes).

Finding aids:: O. Nejedlová, Archiv Města Český Dub, 1525 - 1938, DÍL I., Český Dub 1975; Robert Filip, Archiv Města Český Dub II - Purkmistrovský Úřad (1926) 1938-1945, Liberec 2007