Státní okresní archiv Sokolov se sídlem v Jindřichovicích
- State District Archive of Sokolov in Jindřichovice
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Mandates/Sources of Authority
Since 1 August 2002, the State District Archive of Sokolov in Jindřichovice has been an internal organizational unit of the State Regional Archives in Pilsen and, since 1 January 2003, its territorial jurisdiction has been defined by the districts of Kraslice and Sokolov, covering the territory of the Sokolov District.
Archival and Other Holdings
The State District Archive Sokolov primarily hold:
- political administration fonds, especially district political administration after 1850 (district authorities, particularly Kraslice district offices, district councils, etc., e.g. Landrat Kraslice)
- financial administration fonds, especially district financial administration after 1850 (e.g. tax and customs offices)
- municipal self-government fonds (archives of towns, e.g. AM Horní Slavkov, Kraslice, Loket, Sokolov , and municipalities) and special-interest fonds (e.g. guilds, trade associations, professional organizations)
- fonds of national committees (district, mainly ONV Kraslice, Loket and Sokolov , municipal and local national committees) and their facilities (e.g. district commission of folk control, folk control committees, fire rescue corps, premises of national committees)
- judicial administration fonds (district courts, official courts, district prosecution offices, public and private notaries, etc.)
- school and school administration fonds (various types of schools, district, district and local school councils)
- fonds of financial institutions
- fonds of health facilities (hospitals, children's homes, educational institutions, etc.)
- fonds of political and trade unions (political parties, ROH, district and local committees of NF etc.)
- fonds of cooperative organizations (e.g. JZD)
- fonds of other organizations and associations (Sokol, workers' physical unity, Czech Physical Education Union, volunteer fire brigades, various cultural, interest, military, teacher, student, religious, artistic, educational, social, savings, etc. social organizations after r. 1948, etc.)
- fonds of cultural and scientific institutions (e.g. libraries)
- fonds of ecclesiastical institutions (mainly parishes, deaneries, vicariate offices)
- personal fonds
Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication
There is an online archival aid to the fonds and collections of the State District Archive Sokolov that have been professionally processed. This aid can be accessed at:
http://www.inventare.cz/soka-so
Archival records throughout the Czech Republic are also searchable in a nationwide database:
Opening Times
Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.