Archives of the Municipality of Zájezdec

Collection

Holding institution:: State Regional Archives Zámrsk – State District Archives Chrudim

Holding institution (official language):: Státní oblastní archiv Zámrsk – státní okresní archiv Chrudim

Creator/accumulator:: Municipal Office of Zájedec; National Committee of Zájezdec

Scope and content:: The fonds contains a fragment of the municipal documents: file material and official books. Records of the life of the Jewish community can be found in the minutes of the meetings of the municipal council (1889-1960), of which Jewish citizens were also members. Genealogical data on local families is also available in the book of domicile certificates and labourers' books (1901-1947), the book of temporary accommodation, and the issuance of labourers' books and domicile certificates (1889-1948), the book of labourers and other servants (1857-1946).

Archival history:: The fonds is held in the State District Archives in Chrudim. It was organised in 1978. The first additions came to the Archives in 1956. According to the new criteria, the fonds was again categorised as unprocessed in 2012.

Administrative/biographical history:: The earliest record of Zájezdec dates from 1318. The lords often changed there, the most important being the Chrást estate since 1749. Jewish settlement has been documented since the 18th century. In 1724, there were already 89 Jewish inhabitants, making up a third of the municipality's population. In the first half of the 19th century, 31 Jewish families lived there in 20 houses. At the end of the 19th century, the number of Jews decreased. In 1910 there were only 16 people of the Jewish faith and before the Second World War only two families - the Kobias family and the Ornstein family. There was a synagogue and a Jewish school in the municipality.

Finding aids:: Šáda, František: Archivy obcí chrudimského okresu, díl III. St-Ž, Chrudim 1978.