Archiv města Hořice
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Archiv města Hořice
Archives of the Town of Hořice / NAD 780
Archiv města Hořice
Archives of the Town of Hořice / NAD 780
Textual material
72,32 linear meters
The fonds contains documents of the municipality of Hořice: books, file material, accounting material, plans, and seal matrixes. In the period before 1850, there are records of the Hořice Jews mainly in the town books, - court books, books on hereditary leases, minutes of council meetings and protocols. In general, these are records relating to the sale and purchase of houses and land, debts, petty offenses, trade, complaints, and taxes. For the second half of the 18th and the 19th centuries, a number of Jewish land books have been preserved in the fonds - Jewish book containing original covenants and other Jewish affairs 1756-1840, Jewish contract book 1804-1828, Jewish contract book 1841-1879, Jewish contract book for school seats in the synagogue 1828-1866 and Jewish general book of assets and liabilities for school seats in the synagogue 1844-1872. As for the 20th century, the fonds includes a folder concerning a Jewish funeral office from 1907, and the Holocaust period is covered by the general affairs folder, which contains various regulations, decrees, circulars and correspondence. Neither should be left out commemorative books of the town (chronicles), memorial books of Professor Jandera with registers, lists of inhabitants, registers of members of the municipality and foreign persons, war records of inhabitants and documents concerning domicile and trade matters.
The fonds is divided as follows: Mayor's office and municipality office 1582-1849 - I Deeds, II Books, III Files, IV Plans, V Seal matrixes; Municipality office 1850-1949 - I Books, II File material - a) registry finding aids, b) files (according to the file plan from 1910), III Accounting material, IV Plans, V Seal matrixes, VI Various.