Okresní soud Chrudim

Available upon request due to the personal data protection. The Chrudim District Court was established in 1849. In 1855, when a mixed district office was established in Chrudim, which managed all administrative, tax and judicial matters. In 1867, the mixed district offices were again divided into separate district courts and district offices. This arrangement lasted even after the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia. A change did not occur until 1952 - the Constitutional Act on Courts and the Prosecutor's Office brought about a division into people's courts (former district courts), regional courts and the Supreme Court. During the territorial reorganization in 1960, the People's Court in Hlinsko ceased to exist being annexed to Chrudim. The fonds contains documents of the judicial administration of the Chrudim district. Jewish affairs can be found in the following documents: inheritance files (files marked A, D) 1850-1935, index of estates, and registers of estates. Also relevant are the files concerning the declarations of death (file marked M) 1945–1948, guardianship files and registers (files marked E, P). Letocha J. – Letochová A. – Slavíková Z.: Okresní soud Chrudim, 1959.