Metadata: County Office of Gryfice
Collection
- Country:
- Poland
- Holding institution:
- State Archives in Szczecin
- Holding institution (official language):
- Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie
- Postal address:
- ul. Św. Wojciecha 13, 70-410 Szczecin
- Phone number:
- +48 91 433 50 02
- Reference number:
- 65/100/0
- Title:
- County Office of Gryfice
- Title (official language):
- Starostwo Powiatowe w Gryficach
- Creator/accumulator:
- County Office in Gryfice
- Date(s):
- 1805/1939
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 12.0 metres, 556 folders
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection consists of materials produced by the administrative authorities of the county head’s office in Gryfice: local government, ordinances and regulations, deaths of members of the royal family, elections of deputies to the Reich Parliament, Parliament of the Kingdom of Prussia and national parliaments, town administration, setting up wells and pumps, marking out cemeteries, transport of corpses, building numbering, county fund, elections of: the landrat (head of the county), county officials, municipal and commune officials, state decorations, war debt repayment, organisation of courts, prison, city executioner, political and social organisations, anarchists, Red Cross, supervision of the press, cinematography, lotteries and gambling, emigration from Germany, return of emigrants, foreigners, granting citizenship, outflow of people from East Prussia, foreign workers, issuing passports, customs, correctional houses and prisons, police organisation, gendarmerie, missing persons, fire company, fire protection, fire statistics, military recruitment, lists of conscripts, requisitions during the Napoleonic wars, information on the construction of the German navy, war with Denmark, those who died in the war with France (1870), care for disabled people and families of the fallen, veteran associations, etc.
There are 4 archival units with Jewish related records:
Die Bestimmungen in Absicht der Juden, 1819-1904 (ref. no. 65/100/0/13/470) - decisions regarding Jews;
Die über die Juden zu führenden Standlisten und Nachweisungen sowie alle diese angehende Verhandkungen, 1863-1874 (ref. no. 65/100/0/13/471) - list of Jews;
Das Judenwesen, 1905-1934 (ref. no. 65/100/0/13/472) - matters relating to the Jewish population;
Das Judenwesen, 1905-1936 (ref. no. 65/100/0/13/473) - matters relating to the Jewish population.
- Archival history:
- The records created by the office of the landrat (county head) in Gryfice were transferred to the Szczecin archives in two main deposits in 1871 (13 archival units) and in 1886 (several hundred archival units). Smaller deposits probably took place in the 1930s. Between May and June 1944, materials from Szczecin were taken to Tuczno for fear of Allied air raids. From here, the collection was moved to the Szczecin archives in the second half of the 1940s.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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The landrat appeared as a state official in Brandenburg in the 16th century. In the second half of the 17th century, the officeholder was granted certain administrative functions in rural areas. From then on, the landrat’s scope of powers included certain military powers and authority over the administration. In the 18th century, these powers, although not changed in terms of territoriality, were further extended to include the police, financial and general management of the economy. The reforms of the beginning of the 19th century carried out in the Kingdom of Prussia (as part of the provincial administration reforms) led to the establishment of new counties. The division into counties (similar to that of regencies) rejected the old historical premises and was carried out to ensure, above all, efficient management. The ordinance of 30 April 1815 upheld the principle of a uniform division of the state, including counties. However, the central authorities ordered that traditional boundaries were to be respected wherever possible.
From that time, the county was an administrative unit subject to the authority of the landrat (county head or starosta). In the county, the landrat, being a representative of state authorities, managed both the work of the local county offices and supervised the entire administration at the county level as well as the social and economic life in the territory entrusted to him. However, it was not until the act of 30 July 1883 that landrats were granted full political power. From that moment on, they controlled all areas of the county's life, including political affairs, administration, trade, industry, agriculture, education and finally religion. The landrats also supervised the police, and in some areas they issued police orders (regarding e.g. transportation, hunting).
On the other hand, their competences did not include supervision of mining offices, industrial inspection, weights and measures offices and separate (special) offices. As representatives of the state authority, the landrats were directly subordinate to the president of the regency. Initially, they were elected by the county nobility. An attempt to make them officials by appointment, making them independent of the local landowners and resembling the prefects according to French models, met with strong resistance from the Prussian Junkers (landed gentry). In this situation, the landrats were partly trustees and representatives of the interests of the owners of large landed estates in the area of a given county.
The election of candidates for landrats was regulated by a special instruction issued in 1833. Only the owners of knightly estates, who lived in the county and entered into the register, could run for the position. As of 1872, landrats were appointed by the minister of internal affairs on behalf of the king. From then on, the office became a representative of the state, completely independent of local communities. However, the prerogative of the county council to propose candidates for the post of landrat from among county residents remained intact. Moreover, the county council elected two deputies, who were then approved by the provincial chief president. From 1933, Hitler himself appointed landrat officials. Before the Nazis came to power, landrats were the chairmen of the County Department operating in the county as an organ of local government.
In 1938, the newly created Piła regency was incorporated into Pomerania.
- Access points: locations:
- Gryfice
- Subject terms:
- Legal status of Jews
- Statistics
- Vital records
- System of arrangement:
-
The collection is divided into 16 sub-series:
1. State and local government administration, 1819–1936 (ref. no. 65/100/0/1 /) - sub-series includes 53 archival units;
2. Jurisdiction, 1826–1925 (ref. no. 65/100/0/2 / 54–65 / 100/0/2/56) - sub-series includes 3 archival units;
3. Police and security, 1818-1937 (ref. no. 65/100/0/3 / 57–65 / 100/0/3/155 and ref. no. 65/100/0/3/551) - sub-series includes 100 archival units;
4. Finance, taxes, 1822–1894 (ref. no. 65/100/0/4 / 156–65 / 100/0/4/161) – sub-series includes 6 archival units;
5. Industry, craftsmanship, trade, 1824–1935 (ref. no. 65/100/0/5 / 162–65 / 100/0/5/201) - sub-series includes 40 archival units;
6.. Agriculture, 1817-1938 (ref. no. 65/100/0/6 / 202–65 / 100/0/6/362 and ref. no. 65/100/0/6/549 and 65/100/0/6 / 550) - sub-series includes 163 archival units;
7.. Forestry and fishery, 1822–1934 (ref. no. 65/100/0/7 / 363–65 / 100/0/7/371) - sub-series includes 9 archival units;
8. Communication, mail, 1819–1932 (ref. no. 65/100/0/8 / 372–65 / 100/0/8/403) - sub-series includes 32 archival units;
9. Medicine, 1839–1932 (ref. no. 65/100/0/9 / 404–65 / 100/0/9/420) - sub-series includes 17 archival units;
10. Social welfare, foundations, 1818–1928 (ref. no. 65/100/0/10 / 421–65 / 100/0/10/423) - sub-series includes 3 archival units;
11. Press, culture, 1805–1934 (ref. no. 65/100/0/11 / 424¬ – 65/100/0/11/435) - sub-series includes 12 archival units;
12. Education, 1821–1932 (ref. no. 65/100/0/12 / 436–65 / 100/0/12/453) - sub-series includes 18 archival units;
13. Religious Affairs, 1819–1936 (ref. no. 65/100/0/13 / 454–65 / 100/0/13/493) - sub-series includes 40 archival units;
14. Statistics, 1823–1931 (ref. no. 65/100/0/14 / 494–65 / 100/0/14/501) - sub-series includes 8 archival units;
15. Military affairs, 1812–1929 (ref. no. 65/100/0/15 / 502–65 / 100/0/15/548) - sub-series includes 47 archival units;
16. Construction, 1934–1939 (ref. no. 65/100/0/16 / 552–65 / 100/0/16/555) - sub-series includes 4 archival units.
- Finding aids:
- A printed inventory is available in the Archive. A digital catalogue entry also exists.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/zespol/-/zespol/68090
- Yerusha Network member:
- The Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the University of Wrocław
- Author of the description:
- Mikołaj Wojciechowski, Taube Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wrocław
