Drohobycz Municipal Administration, Drohobycz (Lwów Voivodeship)

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний Архів Львівської області

Title (official language):: Дрогобицьке міське управління, м. Дрогобич Львівського воєводства

Scope and content:: The documents in this fonds include an application submitted by the Jewish Mutual Aid Society of Students of the Higher School of Foreign Trade in Lwów to the Drohobycz Magistrate requesting the provision of quarterly grants, and containing a brief report on the society’s activities (1930) (no. 1); real estate tax calculation sheets of Jewish institutions and organisations, including the Drohobycz synagogue, the Drohobycz Jewish religious community, the Beth Josef and Beth Jehuda societies, and the Jewish children’s shelter in Drohobycz (1924-33); etc.

Administrative/biographical history:: Prior to the Polish Parliament’s adoption on 23 March 1933 of the “Law to partially alter the structure of territorial government,” which unified the system of local government in all regions formerly belonging to the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian Empires, municipal government in Galicia continued to operate according to Austrian law. The executive and controlling body of city government remained the magistrate (renamed the municipal administration in 1933). The municipal administrations of Drohobycz, Lwów, and Stryj were headed by a president, of Żółkiew and Sambor by a burgomaster. Municipal administrations were in charge of finances and, in particular, the city budget and collection of local taxes, public services and sanitation, urban planning and construction, road maintenance, plumbing and sewerage, public health and public education and keeping city statistics. They also enforced regulations pertaining to commerce, traffic, fire safety, etc. They were abolished in 1939.

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Children; Education; Education--Students; Jewish community; Synagogues

System of arrangement:: The series in this fonds are arranged according to the structural-chronological principle.