Metadata: Archives of the Town of Třešť
Collection
- Country:
- Czechia
- Holding institution:
- State District Archives in Jihlava
- Holding institution (official language):
- Státní okresní archiv Jihlava
- Postal address:
- Fritzova 19, 586 01 Jihlava
- Phone number:
- +420 567 301 963
- Web address:
- http://jihlava.mza.cz
- Email:
- soka_jihlava@mza.cz
- Reference number:
- 1127
- Title:
- Archives of the Town of Třešť
- Title (official language):
- Archiv města Třešť
- Creator/accumulator:
- Town of Třešť; National Committee of Třešť
- Date(s):
- 1562/1945
- Date note:
- 1562/1945 (1954)
- Language:
- German
- Czech
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 43.12 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- poor
- Scope and content:
- The fonds contains official books and files of the town of Třešť. The books include a list of Jewish families 1789–1840 (only men as heads of households), documents of the Jewish synagogue (1790) 1811–1860, principal book of seats in the synagogue in Třešť 1811–1873. The files include: Jewish cemetery - an agreement between the town and the Jewish community 1736–1739, Jews (various files in the dossier with the old calling number 339): files about the synagogue 1941–1942, topographic plan of the synagogue and its immediate vicinity in 1920s and 1930s, Jewish property 1942–1944, lists of Jewish inhabitants by age categories - after 1939, a list of Jewish flats - after 1939, a list of ‘Aryanised’ Jewish plots 1940–1942, 2 photographs of a commemorative Hebrew inscription in the synagogue about the fire of the Jewish town on October 2, 1824, a Czech translation of the inscription, made by Prof. Dr. Hugo Jokl in 1957, an obituary of Prof. Jokl from 1960.
- Archival history:
- The documents were stored at the town hall and after 1950 they were handed over to the District Archives in Třešť. After the abolition of the Třešť district in 1960, the Jihlava District Archives took over the documents and deposited them in its branch in the Telč chateau. After the cancellation of the branch, or the depository, the archives were transferred from Telč to Jihlava in 2005.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Třešť had been a non-royal town with a strong Jewish minority since the 15th century. Jews were mentioned as living in Třešť as early as the second half of the 13th century. From 1686, the compact Jewish settlement (ghetto) had been separated from the Christian community. In 1850–1864 Třešť was part of the judicial district of Jihlava, and in 1864–1911 a part of the judicial district of Jihlava-Country. In 1902, Třešť was promoted to a town. In 1908 the judicial district of Třešť was declared to be established and in 1911 it came into being, ceasing to exist in 1949.
- Access points: locations:
- Trešť
- Access points: persons/families:
- Jokl, Hugo
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds has not been processed.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is not accessible.
- Finding aids:
- There is only an incomplete list of the documents added to the fonds. Part of the official books concerning the criminal agenda which were taken from the archives in Brno in the 1970s is listed on paper cards.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Museum Prague
- Author of the description:
- JMP Survey