District Office of Liptovská Sielnica

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Štátny archív v Žiline so sídlom v Bytči

Scope and content:: The fonds contains documents of the political governance of Liptovská Sielnica district. Relevant subject groups are: The public administration documents, I. The period of absolutism, A. Administrative documents, 1. Files; II. The provisional period and the period of dualism, A. Administrative documents, 1. Files. Jews are mentioned in documents concerning church tax, collection of taxes and due sums of money (1852, 1867-69). Also relevant are: complaints about traders not selling on Saturdays and not respecting Sundays (1852, 1853); list of Jewish craftsmen and tradesmen (1853); statistical overview of the district’s inhabitants (1862); and rentals of property and rights (1862-71).

Archival history:: The fonds was stored in Liptovský Mikuláš until the 1923 reorganisation of public administration. A part of the fonds was transported to Levoča, where it was made partially accessible, and in 1954 it was returned to Liptovský Mikuláš. Within the new territorial reorganisation, the fonds was transferred to the State Archives in Bytča. The arrangement of the fonds was completed in 1981 when an inventory was created.

Administrative/biographical history:: District offices (Szolgabírói hivatal) were established in 1849 as temporary offices of the public administration. A reorganisation took place in 1850, and another in 1853. The district office was the lowest political-administrative unit and at the same time the first instance court in Liptov County. The district gradually became to be seated in Liptovska Sielnica. It was headed by the chief officer who was helped by another officer. There was other staff in the office, too. The office supervised obedience to law, kept the agendas of taxes, charges, military affairs, and elections, being also the industrial supervision of the first instance and the first instance court. The office ceased to exist in 1871.

Subject terms:: Legal matters; Professions; Professions--Crafts; Shabbat; Statistics; Trade and commerce

System of arrangement:: The original arrangement in subject groups was preserved during processing.

Finding aids:: Churý, S.: Slúžnovský úrad Liptovská Sielnica, 1849 – 1871. Inventár, Bytča 1981, 73 str.