Archiv města Tábor

partly accessible The fonds contains the local government documents, deeds, official books, file material, and accounting material. Information on Jews can be found in documents from 1628-1945 (debts of the municipality to the Prague Jews David Lury and Aaron Tausk and to Matyáš Žlutický of Tábor, and the debt of Saul Israel to the municipality 1622; debts of the Jewish population; the permission of the town council to establish a Jewish cemetery (copy) 1634, list of Jewish families living in Tábor 1691, the number of children registered in Jewish registries 1913-1916, the proposal of the city council to close the Jewish cemetery 1937, the proposal to remove the Jewish cemetery 1940, the proposal for anti-Jewish actions 1941, persecution of Jews,1942-1945; general book of funds and foundations (Jewish communities) 1906-1921 (1924). Tábor was founded in 1420 by the Hussites. The town was headed by four elected governors. Tábor became a royal town in 1750 and Maria Theresa promoted Tábor to regional town (remaining so until 1848). In 1960, Tábor became the center of a large district, which also included the existing Soběslav district, and parts of the Milevsko, Votice, Pacov and Týn nad Vltavou districts. Political district: Tábor. Judicial district: Tábor. Vančata V.: Archiv města Tábor 1406-1945 (1955). Prozatímní inventární seznam, 2000, 187 s., ev. č. 973.