Metadata : Municipality Office of Jelšava
Collection
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Holding institution:
- State Archive in Košice, Rožňava branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Štátny archív v Košiciach, pracovisko Archív Rožňava
- Postal address:
- Zakarpatská 12, Rožňava, 04801
- Phone number:
- 00421 58 732 41 54
- Web address:
- http://www.minv.sk/?archivy
- Email:
- archiv.ke.rv@minv.sk
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Holding institution:
- State Archive in Košice, Rožňava branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Štátny archív v Košiciach, pracovisko Archív Rožňava
- Postal address:
- Zakarpatská 12, Rožňava, 04801
- Phone number:
- 00421 58 732 41 54
- Web address:
- http://www.minv.sk/?archivy
- Email:
- archiv.ke.rv@minv.sk
- Reference number:
- 8989
- Title:
- Municipality Office of Jelšava
- Title (official language):
- Magistrát mesta Jelšava
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipality Office of Jelšava
- Date(s):
- 1299/1923
- Language:
- Latin
- German
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 23 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds provides information about the history and development of the municipality of Jelšava since the Middle Ages. However, only a part of the fonds is available so it is not possible to estimate the amount of Judaica. The inventory mentions several types of official books in which references to the Jewish population could be found. These are, for example, the minutes of the municipal council's meetings and the minutes of the meetings of the council board. The finding aid mentions several files relating to the Jewish population. They include a Jewish trader's request from 1823 for permission to sell kosher wine at markets in Jelšava. In the period after 1850 an increase in the number of documents can be seen. These include a request of merchant Emanuel Fisher from 1850 for permission to settle in the town, along with an attached copy of the statutes of the Jewish religious community, a list from 1851 of Jews paying for the school, and a list of debtors of the Jewish school tax from 1854. From 1855 there is a document prohibiting Jews from assembling without the permission of the rabbi on holidays. From 1858 there is a summons ordering the new head of the Jewish religious community in the town to appear before the district head. The finding aid mentions a report from the following year concerning the transfer of land for the establishing of the Jewish cemetery. From 1867, some information has been preserved concerning the postponing of the term of a market in the town because of a Jewish holiday, and from the following year there is a private Hebrew teacher's request for permission to settle in the town. Among interesting documents there is a list of the Jewish families in the town from 1869 and a report on the property of the Jewish religious community in the town from 1870.
- Archival history:
- The fonds was handed over to the Archives in 1960 after a territorial reorganisation of the District National Committee in Revúce. The fonds has not been completely organised yet. Part of the fonds has been available since 2005 when a partial inventory was made.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The creator of the fonds is the Municipality Office of Jelšava. It is not entirely clear what its structures were. However, there is no reason to believe that Jelšava had a different development than most of the towns in Hungary. In the past, it was probably a feudal community. The inhabitants of the village were subject to the landlord, paying him fees. The village was headed by the reeve or an officer of the landlord. When the village was transformed to a town, urban structures were created. These were the municipal council, sworn lay judges and the reeve. The reeve and the lay judges formed the municipal board and performed judicial and administrative functions. Later, the municipal board included the mayor, the captain of the police and the notary. The authority of the board was gradually extended to all areas of town life. The Municipal Office issued statutes, granted citizens' rights, elected the Assembly deputies, appointed lower officials, managed the property of the town and orphans, and supervised trade and crafts. Jelšava retained the status of a town even in the second half of the 19th century. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, there was a transitional arrangement of the state administration. The Municipality Office ceased to exist in 1923.
- Access points: locations:
- Jelšava
- Access points: persons/families:
- Fisher, Emanuel
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds includes documents, official books, finding aids, files, and accounting material. Part of the fonds is made available in the form of a partial inventory. The inventory unit is a single unit for the documents, official books and registers, and one year for the files.
- Access, restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Finding aids:
- Salma, Miroslav - Bischofová, Gabriela: Magistrát mesta Jelšava. Čiastkový inventár, 2005, ev. č. 6.
- Author of the description:
- JMP/HDC Survey 2016-18
- Reference number:
- 8989
- Title:
- Municipality Office of Jelšava
- Title (official language):
- Magistrát mesta Jelšava
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipality Office of Jelšava
- Date(s):
- 1299/1923
- Language:
- Latin
- German
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 23 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds provides information about the history and development of the municipality of Jelšava since the Middle Ages. However, only a part of the fonds is available so it is not possible to estimate the amount of Judaica. The inventory mentions several types of official books in which references to the Jewish population could be found. These are, for example, the minutes of the municipal council's meetings and the minutes of the meetings of the council board. The finding aid mentions several files relating to the Jewish population. They include a Jewish trader's request from 1823 for permission to sell kosher wine at markets in Jelšava. In the period after 1850 an increase in the number of documents can be seen. These include a request of merchant Emanuel Fisher from 1850 for permission to settle in the town, along with an attached copy of the statutes of the Jewish religious community, a list from 1851 of Jews paying for the school, and a list of debtors of the Jewish school tax from 1854. From 1855 there is a document prohibiting Jews from assembling without the permission of the rabbi on holidays. From 1858 there is a summons ordering the new head of the Jewish religious community in the town to appear before the district head. The finding aid mentions a report from the following year concerning the transfer of land for the establishing of the Jewish cemetery. From 1867, some information has been preserved concerning the postponing of the term of a market in the town because of a Jewish holiday, and from the following year there is a private Hebrew teacher's request for permission to settle in the town. Among interesting documents there is a list of the Jewish families in the town from 1869 and a report on the property of the Jewish religious community in the town from 1870.
- Archival history:
- The fonds was handed over to the Archives in 1960 after a territorial reorganisation of the District National Committee in Revúce. The fonds has not been completely organised yet. Part of the fonds has been available since 2005 when a partial inventory was made.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The creator of the fonds is the Municipality Office of Jelšava. It is not entirely clear what its structures were. However, there is no reason to believe that Jelšava had a different development than most of the towns in Hungary. In the past, it was probably a feudal community. The inhabitants of the village were subject to the landlord, paying him fees. The village was headed by the reeve or an officer of the landlord. When the village was transformed to a town, urban structures were created. These were the municipal council, sworn lay judges and the reeve. The reeve and the lay judges formed the municipal board and performed judicial and administrative functions. Later, the municipal board included the mayor, the captain of the police and the notary. The authority of the board was gradually extended to all areas of town life. The Municipal Office issued statutes, granted citizens' rights, elected the Assembly deputies, appointed lower officials, managed the property of the town and orphans, and supervised trade and crafts. Jelšava retained the status of a town even in the second half of the 19th century. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, there was a transitional arrangement of the state administration. The Municipality Office ceased to exist in 1923.
- Access points: locations:
- Jelšava
- Access points: persons/families:
- Fisher, Emanuel
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds includes documents, official books, finding aids, files, and accounting material. Part of the fonds is made available in the form of a partial inventory. The inventory unit is a single unit for the documents, official books and registers, and one year for the files.
- Access, restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Finding aids:
- Salma, Miroslav - Bischofová, Gabriela: Magistrát mesta Jelšava. Čiastkový inventár, 2005, ev. č. 6.
- Author of the description:
- JMP/HDC Survey 2016-18
