Archive of the Town of Šumperk

Collection

Scope and content:: The fonds contains the documents of the Šumperk local self-government. After 1850, Jews are only mentioned in the following documents: expulsion of Galician Jews, 1918; teaching of Jewish religion, 1866; payment of Jewish tax, 1894; Jewish tax, 1905 and 1908; construction of Jewish cemetery, 1910; Jewish cemetery, 1909. From the period of the Holocaust, the only reference is to property of Jews and Czech officials, 1938.

Archival history:: The town's documents were stored at the town hall. The archive was transferred to the former monastery building at the end of the 19th century, where it was stored with museum collections. It was placed in the Geschader house in 1917 and moved to the former Pavlínin court after the second world war. In the mid-1970s it was taken over by the district archive in Šumperk.

Administrative/biographical history:: Šumperk (German: Mährisch Schönberg) was founded by colonists, probably at the start of the 1270s, and became a royal charter town in 1562. From 1622 it was a tributary town of the Liechtensteins and part of the manor of Ruda nad Moravou. From 1679–93 it became notorious for its witch trials. Since 1848 it has been an independent municipality. Šumperk was the seat of a Bezirksamt (political and judicial district office) from 1850–68 and a district political office from 1868. Jews were expelled from Šumperk in 1585 and settled there again after 1848.

Subject terms:: Cemeteries; Education; Expulsion; Holocaust; Plunder; Real estate

System of arrangement:: The fonds is arranged as follows: I. Charters; II. Official books up to 1850 (A. Books on insurance of rights of town as a whole, B. Books on insurance of rights and property of burghers and vassals of the town, C. Municipal judiciary books, D. Other books), II. Official books after 1850 (A. Chronicles and administrative books, B. Property and economic books, C. Record books, D. Other books); III. Files (1. Registry aids, 2. Files); IV. Accounting material (1. Ledgers, 2. Accounting files); V. Maps and plans.

Finding aids:: Spurný, F.; Jordanová, H.; Svozil, O.; Bartošíková, J.: Archiv města Šumperk (1402) 1419–1945 (1947). Inventář, 1982, 631 s., ev. č. 407.