Metadata: Records of the town of Rudna
Collection
- Country:
- Poland
- Holding institution:
- State Archives Wroclaw
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu
- Postal address:
- ul. Pomorska 2, 50-215 Wrocław
- Phone number:
- +48 71 3288101
- Web address:
- http://www.ap.wroc.pl/
- Email:
- sekretariat@ap.wroc.pl
- Reference number:
- 82/1048
- Title:
- Records of the town of Rudna
- Title (official language):
- Depozyt miasta Rudnej Dep. Rauden Rep. 132a
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal authorities of Rudna
- Date(s):
- 1561/1740
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 67 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collections contains Documents (1561-1740) of the dyers guild (statutes and guild regulations), letters of legitimate birth and the learning of crafts, ownership and disputes. There are no directly Jewish-related records.
- Archival history:
- In the second half of the In the 19th century, the state authorities had the materials that were stored in the municipal archives of Rudna transferred in the form of a deposit to the State Archives in Wrocław. They were held there in the collection Rep. 132a. The materials were taken out of Wrocław during World War II. After the war, they were taken over by the archival services of East Germany (later the German Democratic Republic). They were returned to Wrocław in 1980.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Rudna was formerly a town and is now a village in Lubin county. The town was founded around 1300. It played the role of an administrative and economic centre. A castle was built in the town In the 14th century, and it was surrounded by ramparts in the 16th century. In 1871, the town was connected with Legnica and Głogów by railway, and then with Ścinawa in 1874.
- Access points: locations:
- Rudna
- Subject terms:
- Guilds
- Professions
- Professions--Crafts
- 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
- Author of the description:
- Leszek Ziątkowski, University of Wrocław, 2018
