Metadata: Archive of the Town of Blšany
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives Louny
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Louny
- Postal address:
- Mírové náměstí 57, Louny, 440 01
- Phone number:
- 00420 477 755 892
- Email:
- sokalouny@soalitomerice.cz
- Reference number:
- 288
- Title:
- Archive of the Town of Blšany
- Title (official language):
- Archiv městečka Blšany
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal Office of Blšany
- Date(s):
- 1769 /1945
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.48 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains documents of the self-government of the town of Blšany. Jewish issues are dealt with especially in inv. 55, Administration of Jewish property and the assets of Czech nationals, 1938-42. Records of the Jewish population can also be found in the local chronicle, 1863-1942 (inv. 20); market books, 1833-83 (inv. 3-5); books of issued domicile certificates, 1844-1938 (inv. 25-27); and census records, 1910 (inv. 28).
- Archival history:
- The records of the municipal office in Blšany were originally stored in the town hall archives. In 1958 the documents were transferred to the state district archives in Podbořany seated in the Blšany rectory. From there they were taken to the state district archives in Louny and placed in the synagogue depository. The files were first arranged in 1971. Most of the files were arranged chronologically, so in 2014 a rearrangement was carried out and a new finding aid was created.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The first mention of Blšany dates from 1228. The Jewish population was recorded in Blšany in the first half of the 17th century and in 1880 was 90, 8% of the total population of the town. Jewish houses were scattered and a ghetto never developed in Blšany. The prayer house, recorded in the first quarter of the 18th century, was replaced in 1903 with a synagogue, which was demolished in 1976. Jews from Blšany were buried in Letov, and later in Podbořany.
- Access points: locations:
- Blšany
- Subject terms:
- Census
- Plunder
- Real estate
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds is arranged as follows: I. Official books, II. Files, III. Accounting materials.
- Finding aids:
- Kuprová, J., Archiv městečka Blšany, Inventář, 2014, 123 s., ev. č. 628
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.