Metadata: County Court of Levoča
Collection
- Country:
- Slovakia
- Holding institution:
- Spiš archive in Levoča
- Holding institution (official language):
- Spišský archív v Levoči
- Postal address:
- Nám. Majstra Pavla 7, Levoča, 05445
- Phone number:
- 00421 53 451 24 24
- Web address:
- http://www.minv.sk/?archivy
- Email:
- archiv.po.sal@minv.sk
- Reference number:
- 24209
- Title:
- County Court of Levoča
- Title (official language):
- Župný súd v Levoči
- Creator/accumulator:
- County Court of Levoča
- Date(s):
- 1850/1861
- Language:
- German
- Hungarian
- Slovak
- Extent:
- 66.5 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains files of the first-instance court as well as some kinds of disputes of the appellate court. Of particular relevance are civil disputes concerning bills of exchange, debts and property matters of persons and legal entities (1850-61). Inheritance and probate matters are also important. Also of note is the file on the investigation of Rabbi Solomon Perlstein of Huncovce for misusing his official authority.
- Archival history:
- The fonds contains documents of the Levoča Regional Court (1850-1853) and the Levoča County Court (1854-1861). As early as 1867, the documents were organised by the County archivist and in this form they were taken over by the State Archives. They were arranged in 1989 and inventoried in 1996-1999. The fonds is the only one in Slovakia to have been preserved completely, therefore no appraisal (shredding) was carried out.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The court started to work in January of 1850 having jurisdiction over Spiš County. It continued to do so in 1854-1860, after a reform of the judiciary. In 1861, the judiciary returned to the state before 1848.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Perlstein, Solomon
- Subject terms:
- Financial matters
- Financial matters--Debt
- Legal matters
- Rabbis
- Real estate
- Wills
- System of arrangement:
- During processing, the original system of arrangement was fully respected regarding the intact condition of the fonds.
- Access, restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Finding aids:
- Mislovičová, V.: Župný súd v Levoči, 1850 – 1861. Inventár, Levoča 2001, 110 s.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP/HDC Survey 2016-18