Archiv města Berouna

Beroun as a town is mentioned in a document from 1265. The town was administered by the town office with 12 councilors and the mayor. The regulated municipality office was established in 1786 and functioned until 1849. After 1848, a Jewish minority engaged in trade began to form there. The Jews had their own prayer house and cemetery.From 1850, the elected town council headed the mayor administered the town affairs. Since 1855, the town was the seat of the district governor's office, in 1868 being transferred to Hořovice. In 1936, the district office was restored there. During the German occupation, a government commissioner was appointed the mayor. In 1945, a revolutionary national committee was established there.

Despite considerable losses, especially in the pre-municipal registry, the fonds documents the development of the town from the 15th century to the present. The fonds was organized and inventoried in 1960-1965. The books were divided into three time periods with divides in 1786 (establishment of the regulated municipality office), 1850, and 1945. The file material is arranged according to the original registry systems and is partially accessible using the original registry finding aids. Only the oldest part until 1786 has an artificial order, as it is a fragment. The final inventory was made in 1980. The additions were processed in 1999.