Deposit of the town of Lądek Zdrój

Collection

Title (official language):: Depozyt miasta Lądka Zdroju Dep. Landeck Rep. 132a

Scope and content:: The collection comprises documents (1392-1736) including municipal privileges; records relating to craftsmen, property matters, fairs and documents of right of origin. There are no evident Jewish-related records. Jews from nearby Kłodzko and Nachod sometimes attended the town fairs in Lądek.

Archival history:: Materials were stored in the municipal archives of Lądek [Zdrój]. In the second half of the 19th century at the initiative of the state authorities the documents were transferred in the form of a deposit to the State Archives in Wrocław and placed there in collection Rep. 132. During World War II, they were moved out of Wrocław. After the war, they were taken over by the archives of East Germany (later the German Democratic Republic). They were transferred back to Wrocław in 1980.

Administrative/biographical history:: Lądek is town in the present county of Kłodzko, on the Biała Lądecka river. It received a town charter at the end of the 13th century. Its privileges were renewed in 1392 by King Wenceslaus IV. The oldest mention dates from 1325. Lądek was a town that belonged to Kłodzko county and the Czech Kingdom. From 1741 in was in Prussian hands. The mineral spring [zdrój] was located 1 km east of the town. From the 19th century, the town became an important tourist centre. Numerous spa patients came from nearby countries. However, it wasn't until 1935 that the word Bad/Zdrój was added to the name - hence the parenthesis in the record title. A railway line to Kłodzko was built in 1897. In 1945, it was occupied by Soviet troops, under Polish administration. Evacuation of the German population took place between April and July 1947.

There is no information about Jewish settlement during the Middle Ages. Jews appeared in the 19th century as hotel owners and patients in connection with the development of the spa. Number of permanent Jewish residents: in 1850 – 8; in 1890 – 13; in 1906 - 34. There were some several dozen Jewish patients each year until the 1930s.

Subject terms:: Jewish community records; Professions; Professions--Crafts; Trade and commerce

Finding aids:: A printed inventory is available in the archive.

An online finding aid is also available.

Yerusha Network member:: The Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the University of Wrocław