Metadata: Archives of the Executive of the province of Antwerp. Archives of the 1st section, the Griffie (from ca. 1880), the 1st section (from ca. 1890), the 3rd section (from ca. 1900) and the 6th section (from ca. 1960). Files concerning the construction and renovation of clergy houses
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- State Archives in Antwerp
- Holding institution (official language):
- Rijksarchief te Antwerpen
- Postal address:
- Sanderusstraat 81, 2018 Antwerpen
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)3 236 73 00
- Reference number:
- SAA-Beveren-PAA 647
- Title:
- Archives of the Executive of the province of Antwerp. Archives of the 1st section, the Griffie (from ca. 1880), the 1st section (from ca. 1890), the 3rd section (from ca. 1900) and the 6th section (from ca. 1960). Files concerning the construction and renovation of clergy houses
- Title (official language):
- Archief van het provinciebestuur Antwerpen. Archief van de 1ste afdeling, de Griffie (vanaf ca.1880), de 1ste afdeling (vanaf ca. 1890), de 3de afdeling (vanaf ca. 1900) en de 6de afdeling (vanaf ca. 1960). Dossiers inzake het bouwen en verbouwen van pastorieën
- Creator/accumulator:
- Provincie Antwerpen; Province d’Anvers; province of Antwerp
- Date(s):
- 1799/1968
- Extent:
- 7.5 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- In this fonds we find a file related to war damage to movable goods (located in the Lange Van Ruisbroekstraat 16) of the Jewish community Machsike Hadass – see file no. 86 (dated 1953-1957).
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The present division of Belgium into provinces dates back to the French period, when the Southern Netherlands were split up into nine départements (decree of 14 Fructidor, year III). Since the division of the province of Brabant in 1995 Belgium has ten provinces. For almost 150 years, the Provinciewet of 1836 remained the legal framework. The constitutional reforms of 1970 and 1980 also affected the provinces, who escaped elimination but were thoroughly reformed (law of 6 July 1987). Since 1 January 2002 the organic law regarding the provinces is a competence of the Regions; both the Flemish and Walloon Regions have since issued their own provincial decrees. A province is headed by a governor. He/she is assisted by a provincial executive (bestendige deputatie; today called ‘deputatie’ in Flanders, ‘collège provincial’ in Wallonia) selected from the provincial council. The tasks and competences of the provinces were only vaguely described in the Provinciewet. In practice, the provincial executive and the governor primarily supervise(d) lower administrations including municipalities, the Public Centres for Social Welfare and church councils (kerkfabrieken). The province also has the authority to create certain institutions such as schools. The governor is responsible for keeping the peace, public order and security; for this purpose he is authorised to call upon the Gendarmerie (Federal Police, since 1998). As a consequence of these tasks and competences, provincial archives contain documents on a wide range of subjects such as public works, public health, finances of the municipalities and local institutions, elections, provincial education, public order etc. Among the general sources we notably mention minutes of meetings but also the (published) Bestuursmemoriaal in which the decisions, circulars, regulations etc. of the provincial bodies are included. Relevant for this guide are the documents resulting from the organisation and supervision of recognised religions (incl. budgets, accounts, appointment and housing of rabbis, works to synagogues). Provincial archives also contain documents regarding policy during the Second World War, including material on the anti-Jewish ordinances, registration of Jews, deportation, spoliation etc. (P. van den Eeckhout, “De provincies”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche (ed.), Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave, Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 105-138.)
- Access points: locations:
- Antwerp
- Subject terms:
- Architecture
- Jewish community
- Plunder
- World War II
- Finding aids:
- K. Ronse & Y. Staelens, PAA 647 Pastorieën, 1799-1968, Antwerpen, Provinciearchief, 2008.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
