Metadata: Viceroyalty of Galicia, Lemberg/Lwów
Collection
- Country:
- Ukraine
- Holding institution:
- Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv
- Holding institution (official language):
- Центральний державний історичний архів України, м. Львів
- Postal address:
- 3a Soborna sq., 79008 Lviv
- Phone number:
- +380 (32) 235-40-63
- Web address:
- https://archives.gov.ua/Eng/Archives/ca04.php
- Email:
- tsdial@arch.gov.ua
- Reference number:
- F. 146
- Title:
- Viceroyalty of Galicia, Lemberg/Lwów
- Title (official language):
- Галицьке намісництво, м. Львів
- Creator/accumulator:
- Viceroyalty of Galicia, Lemberg/Lwów
- Date(s):
- 1448/1934
- Language:
- Polish
- German
- Latin
- Hebrew
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- French
- English
- Extent:
- 198,689 archival storage units
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
The fonds contains considerable amounts of material pertaining to Jewish history and culture (included in ops. 1, 3–8, 10, 11, 14, 21–28, 31, 32, 35–37, 43, 46, 48, 51, 53, 54, 58–63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 78, 80, 81, 84–86, 88, 100, 103, 108, 109), which may be provisionally divided into the following thematic groups and subgroups of documents:
1) Materials of the Galician Governorship, the Viceroyalty of Galicia, and other power structures of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire pertaining to the legal and property status of the local Jewish population (mainly in ops. 4-8, 11, 51, 58-63, 80, 103, 108), including orders, reports, bulletins, drafts, surveys and correspondence on issues pertaining to the vocational training and employment of Jews (1812); the legal and economic situation of the Jewish population in Galicia (1821-22); various changes in legislation on the legal status of Galician Jews (1823); restrictions on Jews’ choice of residence in Galicia, and complaints filed by Jews against restrictions on their presence in Galician cities or their movement beyond the boundaries thereof (1819-42); procedures for registering vital records among the Jewish population (1831); the regulation of property rights and leasing of real estate (1812-22); restrictions on the property rights of Jews (1853); permitting Jews to acquire land in Galicia (1867-68); information on pogroms against Jews in Galicia and on measures to prevent them (1881-1903); investigative materials and reports on pogroms; victims lists indicating damages suffered; etc. (1918); files on the issuance of passports to Jews, with information on the verification and/or forgery of these documents (1806-83); on obtaining permission to emigrate (1819-1827); correspondence with county starostwa on the hearing of complaints in which Jews alleged that the authorities’ rulings “restricted their rights” (1901-1906); a file on the investigation of a complaint lodged by Galician Jews alleging abuse and “oppression” on the part of local authorities (1915); reports and correspondence on the activities of Zionist organisations in Eastern Galicia (1905-13); etc.
2) Materials on the economic activity of and state tax collection from the gainfully employed Jewish population of Galicia (mainly in ops. 4, 6, 26, 27, 33, 36, 44, 51, 65, 80, 81), in particular, statements, reports and bulletins on Galician Jews’ involvement in domestic and international commerce (1806-23), including on abuses alleged to be committed by Jews of Brody and Złoczów in the grain trade (1808); on the production and trade of alcoholic beverages, and on Jews’ leasing of the right to engage in these activities (propination rights) (1802-1914); on Jews’ leasing of salt mines (1806-1807); on Jewish suppliers of food provisions to Prussian, Austrian and Russian troops (1806-1807); on Jews’ involvement in contraband, including the smuggling of cattle and chromium (1806-10); on Jews being granted construction permits to build inns, hotels, and distilleries, (1827-28), etc.; circulars, directives, orders, minutes, reports and correspondence on the taxation of Jews, in particular, on the production and trade of alcoholic beverages (1802, 1883-84, 1879-82); files on the granting of permits for the production and sale of alcoholic beverages (1905-14); on fines levied on Jews for non-payment of taxes (1897-1904); on the collection of arrears by Lwów insurance companies for accident insurance of Jewish employees and workers (1909-20); etc.
3) Information on the military conscription of Jews, and Jews’ interactions with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the War Ministry in Vienna (mainly in ops. 4, 6, 7, 54, 100), including directives of the Galician Governorship on the conscription of Jewish recruits into the army (1819); circulars of district draft offices on conscription among the Jewish population of Galicia (1848-49); files on the unlawful exemption of certain Jews from military conscription (1870); correspondence with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of War on draft evasion on the part of Jews (1871); reports on the spread of rumours to the effect that the Russian Army would soon arrive in Galicia and destroy its Jewish population (1877-78); files on the organising of military courts, including with jurisdiction over Jews, in the territory of Eastern Galicia, and on the evacuation of the population, including Jews, during the period of hostilities of 1914-21; etc.
4) Materials on the Jewish religious communities (their activities, relations with the government, etc.) of cities and towns of the Habsburg Empire, including Galicia (mainly in ops. 4-7, 14, 24, 25, 31, 36, 51, 58 , 59, 61, 84, 85), including:
4.1) Orders, directives, reports, protocols, instructions, and correspondence with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Religion and Education, and other Austrian state institutions on the establishment of Jewish religious communities in Galicia (1852-88); on providing Jewish communities (gminy) of Galicia with bylaws on self-government and regulations on elections to community councils (1856-58); on procedures by which the charters of Jewish communities were to be drafted and approved by county starostwa, with draft charters appended (1871-1913); on compiling cadastral registers of Jewish religious communities (1897-99); on organising the Jewish communities in the towns of Wiśniowczyk, Grodzisk, Kalwaria, Raniżów, Strusów, and elsewhere (1856-1921); on the approval and amendment of the charters of the Jewish communities of Budzanów, Dębica, Drohobycz, Dąbrowa, Husiatyn, Żmigród, Klasno, Kuty, Kołomyja, Łańcut, Lwów, Mikulińce, Mościska, Przemyśl, Sambor, Stanisławów, Sądowa Wisznia, Tarnów, Tarnopol, and elsewhere (1878-1914).
4.2) Statistical reports, budgets, balance sheets, bulletins, and correspondence of Jewish religious communities with the governorship, viceroyalty, and other institutions of the Austrian government – these materials contain information on the financial condition of the Jewish communities of Eastern Galicia (1848), in particular, on the income and expenses of the Jewish religious community in the town of Sołotwina etc. (1884-1906); on the provision of loans to Jewish religious communities (1896-97); on providing objective statistical data on these communities’ condition (1906); etc.
4.3) Documents regulating the conduct of elections to the councils and boards of Jewish religious communities, including correspondence with the Ministry of Religion and Education in Vienna and other authorities on holding elections for the leadership of Jewish communities (1819-60), and on procedures for electing board members (1898, 1899); a set of files pertaining to the holding of elections to the councils of the Jewish communities of Biała-Lipnik, Bukaczowce, Brzesko, Bochnia, Baranow, Bohorodczany, Buchacz, Brody, Bursztyn, Błażów, Budzanów, Bukowsko, Burcze, Brzostek, Wełdzirz (now Shevchenkove), Grybów, Horodenka, Grzymałów, Głogow, Gorlice, Dolyna, Delatyn, Erdanow, Jeziorna, Złoczów, Zborów, Zniesienie, Zabłocie, Załoźce, Kańczuga, Krosno, Krystynopol, Krynica, Kosów, Korolówka, Kuty, Kolbuszowa, Kamionka Strumiłowa, Kudryńce, Krostenko, Komarno, Kozowa, Łańcut, Leżajsko, Limanowa, Lesko, Łysiec, Łopatyn, Lwów, Leżajsk, Mariampol, Malewka, Myślenice, Mszana, Nadwórna, Nowy Wiśnicz, Nowy Sącz, Niemirów, Oświęcim (Auschwitz), Ottynia, Obertyn, Przeworsk, Pomorzany, Raniżów, Rzeszów, Rohatyn, Rożnów, Ropczyce, Rożniatów, Rawa Ruska, Strzeliska, Strzyżów, Sanok, Sokolów, Stary Sambor, Sołotwina, Turka, Trzebinia, Tołmacz/Tłumacz, Tłuste (Tovste), Frysztak, Chodorów, Chorostków, Chrzanów, Czortków, Czesław, Jasienica, Jaworów (1885-1914), etc.; correspondence on the hearing of complaints and protests filed by members of the Jewish religious communities of the towns of Bohorodczany, Łysiec, Sołotwina, etc. regarding irregularities in elections of community councils and boards (1885-1906); files pertaining to the disciplining of community board members for various violations (1898, 1897-99, 1902), etc.
4.5) Materials on the elections and activities of rabbis, including announcements of rabbinical vacancies (1896-1903); correspondence regarding the exemption of candidates for rabbinical positions from the requirement to present certificates of education (1899, 1906-1908); a set of files on the holding of elections and appointment of rabbis to the Jewish religious communities of Galicia, in particular, Rabbis L. Babad, L. Bigs, J. Westerheim, T. Horowitz, M. Grinberg, A. Zvetsbak, B. Katz, A. Kornreich, S. Kurtz, G. Langerman, N. Levinter, L. Meer, A. Mints, T. Pinkas, E. Pfefer, B. Rosenfeld, L. Reinman, S. Friedlander, M. Fernhof, G. Ziger, A. Schanzer, G. Spier, A. Stotger, N. Ehrlich, Ia. Iakub and others (1884–1918); files on the dismissal of Rabbis A. Babad, Ia. Hamerlin, I. Heller, D. Singer, and others (1885-1917); correspondence with county starostwa on the hearing of complaints filed by rabbis in protest of their dismissal on charges of abuse of office (1896, 1905); correspondence with the Ministry of Religion and Education on the allocation of financial assistance to the rabbis of Jewish religious communities (1917-18); etc.
4.6) Orders, reports, and correspondence on the opening and operation of synagogues, houses of worship, and other Jewish community institutions, including hospitals and almshouses, with information on the number of synagogues in the districts of Eastern Galicia (1819-58); files pertaining to the issuance of permits to establish new synagogues (1825-97); on a prohibition on private houses of worship (1899); on the collection of fines for organising unauthorised houses of worship (1897-1904); on the approval of charters and the issuance of permits for Jewish communities to open houses of worship in Budzanów, Zamość, Krakow, Los, Mielec, Nowy Wiśnicz, Strzyżów, etc. (1908-13); draft budgets and a schedule of operations of the Jewish hospital in Krakow (1860-1904); etc.
4.7) A set of materials related to the process by which Jewish vital records were kept in the territory of Galicia, including, aside from the vital records themselves (which give information on births, marriages/divorces, and deaths among the Jewish population, in particular of cities and towns of the Stanisławów voivodeship; 1850-1934), also circulars, orders, reports, protocols and correspondence with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and county starostwa on procedures for keeping vital records (1875-88); on the mandatory registration of all members of Jewish communities in vital records (1904, 1906); on procedures for organising and reorganising the district structure by which vital records were kept of Jewish religious communities in Galicia (1875-98); on procedures for making corrections in vital-records documents (1892-1901); on the establishment of fees for the issuance of vital-records certificates (1889-91); on vacancies for the position of registrar of Jewish vital records (1899-1903); on fines for violations in the keeping of vital records (1896-1903), in particular, materials pertaining to a case in which M. and V. Kletter were accused of violating recordkeeping rules in the course of their keeping vital records of the Jewish religious community of the town of Łysiec (Bohorodczany county) (1899-1908); on the results of county starostwa inspections of the keeping of Jewish vital records (1895-1900); on the hearing of protests filed in connection with a prohibition on Jews changing their names and surnames (1899-1906); on granting permission to members of Jewish communities to change their names and surnames (1899, 1901-1906); etc.
4.8) Related to the above set of materials are documents on marriages among the Jewish population, including circulars, orders, and correspondence with the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Vienna, county heads, and other institutions regarding measures intended to ensure that the marriages of Jews were performed according to “Jewish religious ritual” (1809-59); on changing the procedures by which marriage licenses were issued to Jews (1852-53); on the prohibition against improperly conducted “ritual marriages” between members of Jewish communities (1892); on the possibility of granting a marriage license in the absence of a birth certificate (1895); on requiring Jews to register civil marriages, and recognising civil marriages as the only valid ones (1898-99); on the dissolution of marriages (1897-1903); etc.
4.9) A separate group of materials consists of files on the calculation and collection, from members of Jewish communities, of special types of taxes on kosher meat, wine, candles, etc. – levies referred to in the documents as “Jewish ritual taxes”, including files on procedures for calculating such taxes and on leasing the right to collect them (1808-10), in particular, correspondence with the Court Chancellery, the police, and the prosecutor’s office on a case in which T. Steinberg was charged with abusing the position of “Jewish ritual tax” collector (1808); reports of the provincial commission on “Jewish ritual taxes” (1810); complaints filed by members of Jewish religious communities regarding rules violations in the calculation of the kosher meat and other taxes (1885-1907), and regarding an increase in “Jewish ritual taxes” (1901, 1902, 1906), in particular, correspondence with the Bohorodczany starostwo regarding a complaint filed by the Jewish community of the town of Bohorodczany in connection with the starostwo’s requirement that the community submit a report on funeral fees (1904-1906); reports on fines issued for the improper collection of the kosher meat tax (1898-1904); etc.
5) Documents on the organising and status of Jewish education in Galicia (mainly in op. 4, 7, 14, 24, 25, 51, 66), including correspondence with government ministries, district administrations and directors of religious schools on the introduction of Jewish religious instruction for Jewish students in primary and secondary schools (1815-62), including the opening of the Jewish school of I. Perl in Tarnopol (1815-39); reports on the state of Jewish primary education (1863-1907); orders on the approval of curricula, the admission and expulsion of students, increasing subsidies to maintain Jewish primary schools, etc. (1863); bulletins, expense reports, and other documents on the opening and reorganisation of Jewish public schools in Galicia (1864-68); on the establishment and operations of the Galician Jewish School Fund (1876), and reports and balance sheets thereof for the 1890s-1910s; lists of Jewish primary schools in the territory of Bohorodczany and Nadwórna counties (1877-1908); files pertaining to the allocation of financial aid to teachers of Jewish public schools (1908-11); information on unauthorised cheders, fines imposed on their owners, and the closure of private Jewish educational institutions of this type (1875-91); lists of cheders of Stanisławów county (1877-1908); complaints filed in protest of the closure of unauthorised cheders (1908); statistical data on the number of cheders in Galicia (1877-1908); statistical reports and correspondence on the state of yeshivas, materials on the permitting process involved in establishing them, and on the imposition of fines for opening yeshivas without the approval of the authorities (1890s-1910s); etc.
6) Reports, newsletters, correspondence, and other documents on Jewish charitable and philanthropic activities (mainly in ops. 4, 7, 25, 58, 70), including the following thematic subgroups of documents:
6.1) Directives pertaining to the regulation of the activities of Jewish charitable institutions in Galicia, including correspondence with the Jewish religious community of Lwów about fundraising for persons emigrating to Palestine (1836-38); with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, starostwa, police directorates, and leaders of Jewish communities on the granting of permits to fundraise among the Jewish population of Galicia and Bukovina for the benefit of indigent Jews of Palestine, with an appended letter from leaders of the Jewish community of Safed, Palestine, and names of donors from cities of Eastern and Western Galicia, as well as information on the detention of a Jew from Palestine named M.-I. Weidberg (1880-98); an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs establishing an agricultural association for Jews in Galicia, with the charter appended (1851-53); reports on the activities of Jewish societies for the colonisation of Palestine, including the Ahavat Zion Society in Tarnów (1891-1904); etc.
6.2) Statutes, financial reports, and correspondence on the formation and activities of Jewish public charitable organisations, including the Tarnów Jewish Charitable Society (1877); the Society for Aid to Poor Sick Jews “Linas Hatsedek” in Stanisławów (1892-96); a Jewish charitable society that provided firewood to the underprivileged population of Lwów (1904); Jewish charitable societies for the care of orphans in Przemyśl (1900), Podhajce, and Stryj (1906-07); the Kosów society “Esther” (1909); the Society to Aid Jewish Orphans in Need of Treatment “Mayne Ha-Yeshia” in Lwów (1913), etc., as well as a set of materials on the activities of private Jewish charitable foundations in Eastern Galicia: the S. Berger foundation in Lwów (1911-12); the D. Byk foundation in the town of Orły (1908-12); the B. Bilich foundation in the town of Sołotwina (1906-10); the E. Wertheimer foundation in the town of Gorlice (1899-1913); the L. Hammer foundation in the town of Orły (1910-12); the I. Handlukh foundation in Brody (1911-12); the R. Helbard foundation in the town of Trembowla (1907-10); the H. Horna Chaim foundation in the city of Leżajsk (1906-11); the H. Horowitz foundation in the city of Stanisławów (1908-14); the S. Distler foundation in the city of Drohobycz (1908-13); the S. Zilberg foundation in the town of Sambor (1900-14); the S. Kalish foundation in the town of Orły (1908-10); the R. Kesselman foundation in the city of Drohobycz (1910-11); the V. Kessler foundation in the town of Żurawno (1911-13); the D. Klingofer foundation in the city of Szczerzec (1908-10); the M. Laufer foundation in the town of Chyrów (1901-12); the L. Lebenstein foundation in the town of Buczacz (1909-11); the R. Lilenfeld foundation in Stanisławów (1910-12); the Iu. Lovengerts foundation in the town of Orły (1906-11); the E. Markusson foundation in the town of Śniatyn (1901-13); the S. Medlinger Sail foundation in the city of Sambor (1906-11); the S. Natanzon foundation in the city of Brody (1877-1917); the B. Niger foundation in the city of Przeworsk (1910-12); the S. and R. Nemand foundation in the town of Kamionka Strumiłowa (now Kamianka-Buzka) (1909-1912); the R. Oberlander foundation in the town of Orły (1881-1910); the M. Parnas foundation in the city of Tarnopol (1908-1911); the Ts. Plifer foundation in the town of Tyśmienica (1909-14); the A. Rappaport Adeli foundation in Żółkiew (1901-1910); the M. Rathauser Moisey foundation in Czortków (1907-13); the Ia. Samuel foundation in the town of Tyśmienica (1909-13); the R. Spegel Rachel foundation in the town of Orły (1904-13); the M. and L. Feigenbaum foundation in the town of Orły (1906-11); the Sh. Fink foundation in Stanisławów (1912-14); the R. Fischler Rivka foundation in Stanisławów (1908-13); the A. Flanz foundation in the city of Sokal (1897-1913); the S. Fuchs foundation the town of Budzanów (1901-20); the M. Horrie foundation in the town of Orły (1909-11); the M. T. Zauder foundation in the town of Bohorodczany (1911-14); the M. Tsikorii foundation in the town of Gołogóry (1911-12); the D. Zimmer foundation in the town of Podhajce (1903-12); the G. Schweitzer foundation in the city of Szczerzec (1910-14); the B. Shmil foundation in the village of Kasperowce (1908-12); the O. Shutsman Oziash foundation in the town of Budzanów (1908-12); etc.
6.3) Charters and other documents of Jewish educational organisations, including the societies “Tsori Gilod” (undated), “Gmilus Hesed” and “Bikur Holim” in Tarnobrzeg (1894), “Hevra ha-Mikra” in the city of Sambor (1902), “Ahavas Hesed” in Podhajce (1908), “Shenos Chaim” in the town of Radomyśl (1908), “Tsikre Yehuda” (1913), the Jewish Society to Organise a People’s Reading Room (Polish: Powszechny Czytelnia ludowa) in Dąbrowa (1898); the Jewish Women’s Reading Room in the town of Jasło (1909), the Union of Jewish Women in Lwów (1903-04); the Lwów Jewish Society to Combat Human Trafficking (1903); etc.
6.4) Analogous materials of Jewish professional associations, including the Society of Jewish Clerks in the town of Orły and the cities of Kołomyja and Stanisławów (1897-99); the Society of Jewish Woodworkers “Napshud” in the city of Kołomyja (1898-99); the Jewish National Society of Trade Workers “Akhva” in Lwów (1902); the Jewish Society of Apprentice Bakers “Anfim” in Krakow (1903-04), of Tailors in Krakow, Kołomyja, and Lwów (1895-1906) and of Messengers in Krakow (1895); the Society of Jewish Merchants and Artisans “Gmilas Hassadim” in the city of Złoczów (1902); the Union of Jewish Austrian Trade Workers “Poalei Zion” in the city of Stryj (1904-07); branches of the Jewish Union of Austrian workers in Krakow, Przemyśl, Jarosław, Łańcut, etc. (1905-06); the Jewish trade societies “Ahavat Israel” in Janów (1903) and “Gathia” in Krakow (1906); the Jewish Society for the Care of Artisans “Poaley Israel” in Lwów (1907-08); the Abraham Goldfaden Society of Jewish Artists in Lwów (1908); the Society of Young Jewish Merchants in Brzesko (1904); the Society of Jewish Craftsmen and Industrial Workers in Nowy Sącz (1907); Jewish merchant societies in Brody, Przemyśl, Jasło (1908); etc.
6.5) Analogous documents of religious and community associations, including the burial society “Khevra Kadisha” in the village of Zniesienie (Lwów district) (1872-1914); the Shomer Shabbat Society in Pidhirja (1907); the Central Organisation of Orthodox Jews of Poland in Czortków (1921); etc.
6.6) Analogous materials of Jewish philanthropic organisations operating in the field of higher and secondary education, in particular, the Society to Organise the Jewish People’s University in Krakow (1875-1908); the Society for Seminaries for Young Jewish Students in Brzeżany, Krakow, Kołomyja, Stryj, Tarnopol, etc. (1897-1908), the Society for Mutual Aid of Jewish Students of Higher Schools in Drohobycz (1897); Jewish teachers’ societies in Borszczów, Brody, Buczacz, Grzymałów, Czortków (1901-21); the Jewish Student Society “Libonia” in Tarnopol (1906); the Jewish Society to Aid Young Students “Ognisko” (“Bonfire”) in Stanisławów (1908); the Society for Mutual Aid for Jewish Students in Tarnów (1909); the Jewish Society of Students “Hasmonea” in Złoczów (1912-21); etc.
The fonds also includes fascicles (bundles of documents) consisting of particular files pertaining to Jewish history, including on the work of the Grand Sanhedrin (Paris), an advisory body of rabbis and laity involved in developing civil legislation regarding Jews in Napoleonic France (op. 6 , 1807); on the recruitment of secret agents among Galician Jews (op. 6, 1808-10); on the Jewish mystical sect of Frankism in Bukovina, founded by Jacob Frank (op. 6, 1831); on cases of the abduction and forced baptism of Jewish children (op. 4, 7; 1896-1909); etc.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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The Viceroyalty in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (German: Galizische Statthalterei, Polish: Namiestnictwo Galicyjskie), known as the Viceroyalty of Galicia, was the supreme executive body in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, part of the Austrian, then Austro-Hungarian, Empire.
The structural predecessor of the viceroyalty, the regional governorship, was established on 13 May 1773; the central body of the political and administrative power of the Austrian Empire in the western lands of Ukraine, this was headed by a governor endowed with broad powers. The governor answered to the central authorities of the Habsburg Empire, in particular, the combined Court Chancellery, responsible for foreign relations and legislative activity. The governorship’s duties included making rulings in all cases, except for financial ones and (from 1784 on) cases of the Court of Appeal. The governor was entitled to dissolve the Estate Diet and nullify rulings of the Diet Committee. During the reign of Emperor Joseph II, the governor also received the right to rule in all cases that were heard by the Diet. The governorship consisted of sections, subsequently departments, headed by provincial councillors, who were appointed by the emperor. With the gradual expansion of the jurisdiction and functions of the governorship, the number of departments also increased: in 1773, there were six of them, and by 1809, fourteen.
Pursuant to an imperial decree of 16 April 1854, the governorship was reorganised and renamed the viceroyalty, and the governor became known as the viceroy (German: Statthalter). The viceroys, like the governors before them, were appointed by the emperor. Most of them were Polish magnates who pursued a policy of Polonisation in Eastern Galicia. The first Galician governor was Count Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski, who held this post with some interruptions from 1849 to 1875. The viceroyalty, like the earlier governorship, remained the supreme authority in Galicia, exercising administrative and police functions, and also dealing with issues pertaining to religion, education, trade, and the development of crafts, agriculture, and construction activities; this office held jurisdiction over district administrations and all other state institutions. In administrative matters and civil-service personnel issues, the viceroyalty was subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and in other matters, to the relevant ministries or central chambers in Vienna. It saw to the implementation of all laws and government orders. In 1914, as a result of hostilities, the viceroyalty was transferred from Lemberg/Lwów to Biała in Western Galicia, and in late 1917 returned to Lemberg/Lwów, where it operated until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in October 1918 and the proclamation of the Polish Republic, which included Western Galicia.
The authorities of the new Polish Republic based their own local power structures on the viceroyalty apparatus. Pursuant to an order of the Council of Ministers of Poland dated 7 March 1919, a general legate, endowed with the rights of the former viceroy, was appointed to form the government of Galicia. The legate was charged with liquidating the operations of the viceroyalty and making preparations for the new administrative apparatus: the voivodeship administration. The post of the general legate was liquidated on 3 December 1920. (For more information on the fonds, see: Галицьке намісництво (1772–1921). Архівно-бібліографічний фондовий покажчик / [Укладачі: У. Я. Єдлінська, О. Я. Мацюк]. Київ: Поліграф, 1990.)
- Access points: locations:
- Bohorodczany
- Brody
- Budzanow
- Dąbrowa Tarnowska
- Dębica
- Drohobycz
- Galicia
- Grodzisk
- Husiatyn
- Kalvarija
- Kołomyja
- Krakow
- Kuty
- Lańcut
- Los
- Lwów
- Łysiec
- Mielec
- Mikulince
- Mościska
- Nowy Wiśnicz
- Przemysl
- Raniżów
- Sambor
- Sołotwina
- Strusów
- Strzyżów
- Tarnopol
- Tarnów
- Wiśniowczyk
- Zamość
- Złoczów
- Żmigród
- Subject terms:
- Aid and relief
- Aid and relief--Philanthropy and charity
- Conversion to Christianity
- Correspondence
- Education
- Education--Cheders
- Education--Schools and universities
- Education--Students
- Education--Vocational training
- Education--Yeshivot
- Financial matters
- Financial records
- Health and medical matters
- Health and medical matters--Hospitals
- Hospitality industry
- Hospitality industry--Inns
- Jewish community
- Legal matters
- Legal status of Jews
- Marriage and divorce
- Migration
- Migration--Emigration
- Military
- Mining
- Orphans
- Passports and visas
- Pogroms
- Professions
- Professions--Crafts
- Rabbis
- Real estate
- Residency issues of Jews
- Smuggling
- Synagogues
- Taxation
- Trade and commerce
- Trade and commerce--Alcohol trade
- Vital records
- Vital records--Birth records
- Vital records--Death records
- Vital records--Marriage records
- World War I
- Zionism
- Zionism--Zionist organisations and parties
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds contains 109 series, arranged mainly by subject, chronologically and alphabetically.
- Finding aids:
- Inventories and subject indexes are available.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Jewish Theological Seminary
