Metadata: Archive of the Town of Krásná Lípa (Municipality of Šindelová)
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives Sokolov located in Jindřichovice
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Sokolov se sídlem v Jindřichovicích
- Postal address:
- Jindřichovice 1 - zámek, Kraslice, 358 01
- Phone number:
- 00420 352 695 254
- Email:
- soka-so@soaplzen.cz
- Reference number:
- 360
- Title:
- Archive of the Town of Krásná Lípa (Municipality of Šindelová)
- Title (official language):
- Archiv města Krásná Lípa (o. Šindelová)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Town of Krásná Lípa
- Date(s):
- 1638/1945
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 0.64 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains fragments of documents of the self-government of the town of Krásná Lípa until 1945. Information about the Jewish population can be found in the following books: records of deaths (Todenstatistik), 1909–39; municipal registry (Familien Matrik) from the first half of the 20th century; and list of graves.
- Archival history:
- The archive took over charters from the municipal national committee of Krásna Lípa in 1953 and books and files from the municipal national committee of Šindelová in 1955.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The first record of Krásná Lípa (German: Schönlind) dates from 1508. In 1631 the village achieved market town rights. The administration of the town changed in 1849 (provisional local government, functioning from 1850), 1864 (local government under the 1862 imperial local government act) and 1945, when local self-government was replaced by national committees.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is not accessible.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.