Metadata: Archive of the Town of Ústí nad Orlicí
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives Ústí nad Orlicí
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Ústí nad Orlicí
- Postal address:
- Pivovarská 137/II, Ústí nad Orlicí, 562 03
- Phone number:
- 00420 465 519 870
- Email:
- podatelna@sokauo.cz
- Reference number:
- 383
- Title:
- Archive of the Town of Ústí nad Orlicí
- Title (official language):
- Archiv města Ústí nad Orlicí
- Creator/accumulator:
- Town of Ústí nad Orlicí
- Date(s):
- 1499/1953
- Language:
- Czech
- German
- Extent:
- 59.14 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds includes records of the town of Ústí nad Orlicí such as chronicles, foundation deeds, registers, minutes of meetings of the municipal board, and council etc.. There is only one item related directly to Jewish history: No.1311, Jews (1939-1941).
- Archival history:
- Documents created by the town administration and Municipality Office (Magistrat) were stored at the town hall. At the end of the 19th century, the older part of the Registry became part of the collections of the Town Museum in Ústí nad Orlicí. The archival records of the town of Ústí nad Orlicí were handed over to the then District Archives in Ústí nad Orlicí in 1952. Further acquisitions took place in 1959, 1978 and 1985.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The settlement of Ústí nad Orlicí shared the fate of the Lanšperk and later Lanškroun manor until 1850. The first written mention of the town is from 1292. There are no other direct archival records concerning the town; the first surviving charter from 1499 explains this fact by a fire in 1498. In 1784 a Municipality Office (Magistrat) was established due to the Josephinian Reforms. In 1795 the town was declared to be a free municipal town. It has been the seat of the District Court since 1850. In 1925, Hylváty municipality was annexed to Ústí nad Orlicí. The municipality was annexed to the Sudetenland in the fall of 1938; thus the town became a border town.
- Access points: locations:
- Ústí nad Orlicí
- Subject terms:
- Occupation (military)
- World War II
- Finding aids:
- Křivohlávek, F. - Macková, M. - Sekotová, V. - Veverka, J. Archiv města Ústí nad Orlicí 1499-1945, Inventář, 1989, 185 s., AP č. 43.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey, 2015.
