Community archives in the canton of Bern

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Bern City Archives on Helvetiastrasse (2013)

The municipal archives in the canton of Bern keep the archival cultural assets of the public corporations in accordance with the cantonal municipal law. Residential communities, civic communities, church communities, dependent institutions and community associations are legally obliged to maintain their own archives. The municipalities of Bern, Biel and Thun operate institutionalized city archives, the civic municipalities of Bern , Burgdorf and Thun have civic archives with archivists on a full or part-time basis. Corresponding companies can take over archiving activities on behalf. The other parish archives are accessible via the respective parish clerks or secretariats.

legislation

The municipal archives in the canton of Bern are publicly accessible. Access to individual files and documents is restricted by the cantonal data protection legislation . The Information Act protects administrative files with a general protection period of 30 years. The regulations for the management of the communal archives are regulated in the cantonal law on archiving, in the associated ordinance and in particular in the directorate ordinance on the administration and archiving of documents of public corporations according to the communal law and their institutions. The municipalities issue further regulations on archive management and inspection in their area of ​​application. The legally compliant management of the archives is checked by the responsible government offices at least every four years.

Municipalities

Grindelwald municipal archive, Mannlehenbrief (around 1780)

The municipalities (→ municipalities of the canton of Bern ) emerged in the area of ​​today's canton of Bern from 1798. As the name suggests, the municipality includes all residents of a municipality with voting rights. In some regions, the municipalities were only created by decree in 1831 or 1847. The local property (local property, poor property, school property, etc.) was divided up through separation contracts with the civil parishes and parishes. The archives of the municipalities therefore generally extend to the Helvetic , depending on the relationship with the civic and parish up to the Middle Ages, e.g. through the dissolution of the local civic community or if the financial management of the church assets is carried out by the local community.

Civic communities

The Bernese civic communities or civil usage corporations emerged in today's canton area from 1798 as personal communities, including those who are entitled to the homeland within the traditional village fairy tales as legal and citizen corporations with their own assets (civic property). In many places, civil parishes or corporations were created through asset segregation agreements between the resident and church parishes. In the city of Bern this role was played by the societies and guilds . The civil corporations grant civil rights, administer their property, their property (often forests), in the city of Bern and in some larger civil communities, poor relief and guardianship were among their tasks. The archive holdings are designed accordingly. In a few cases, the civic communities have retained the management of the civic toboggan run (citizens' register) and can thus issue civil information.

Parishes

The parishes of the Evangelical Reformed regional church are the legal successors of the parishes that existed before 1798 . Masses have been celebrated again in the area of ​​today's Canton of Bern since 1799, and the Roman Catholic regional church of the Canton of Bern has existed since 1982 . The Christian Catholic Church in Switzerland was given the status of a regional church in the canton of Bern by decree in 1877. The Bernese parishes keep their own archives, some of them are housed in the archive rooms of local communities. In addition to cantonal legislation, the regional churches issue their own laws and ordinances, e.g. for keeping and inspecting church registers .

literature

  • Beatrix Mesmer: New ways to old sources . In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Bern, Jg. 50 (1988), pp. 199–213 doi : 10.5169 / seals-246487

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bern City Archives .
  2. ^ Law on informing the population of November 2, 1993 (Information Law, IG; BSG 107.1) . Ordinance on informing the public of October 26, 1994 (Information Ordinance , IV; BSG 107.111)
  3. ↑ Data Protection Act of February 19, 1986 (KDSG; BSG 152.04) Data Protection Ordinance of October 22, 2008 (DSV; BSG 152.040.1)
  4. ↑ Act of March 31, 2009 on archiving (ArchG; BSG 108.1) .
  5. ↑ Ordinance of November 4, 2009 on archiving (ArchV; BSG 108.111)
  6. ↑ Directorate Ordinance on the Administration and Archiving of Documents from Public Corporations in accordance with the Municipal Act and their Institutions of October 20, 2014 (ArchDV Municipalities; BSG 170.711)
  7. ↑ Decree on the Catholic National Diocese of April 13, 1877 (BSG 410.41)

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