Historical archive of Ljubljana
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Zgodovinski arhiv Ljubljana Historical Archive Ljubljana
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| Archive type | City Archives |
| place | Ljubljana |
| founding | July 15, 1898 and 1951 |
| Age of the archive material | from 13th century |
| carrier | Ministry of Culture |
| Website | http://www.zal-lj.si (sloven.) |
The Ljubljana Historical Archive (Zgodovinski arhiv Ljubljana) is the archive responsible for the history of the capital of Slovenia and its environs, its seat is in Ljubljana , Mestni trg 27. It is also for the holdings in Kranj , Novo mesto , Škofja Loka and Idrija responsible where there are dependencies.
history
In 1689 Janez Vajkard Valvasor drew attention to the importance of the stocks stored in the town hall, which at that time were still fully valid as legal sources. When they lost their legal significance in the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, they were only of importance for those interested in history. Mayor Etbin Henrik Costa made sure that the historian Peter pl. Radics was able to organize the stocks. The holdings that were recorded in 1866 comprised 69 documents from the 14th to 18th centuries, 213 facsimilia of archival documents from the 18th and 19th centuries, 66 farm holdings from the 16th to 18th centuries, 177 tax books that were created between 1600 and 1752 as well as more than 200 pieces that were not bound into fascicles. After 1866 no one was directly responsible for the inventory.
The first archivist in the city was the poet Anton Aškerc († 1912), who started work on July 15, 1898. The Ljubljana City Archives were financed by the mayor of the time, Ivan Hribar , who was in office from 1896 to 1910, so the archive was initially part of the city administration. Oton Župančič , who was also a poet, was succeeded in the office of archivist in 1913 , but he did nothing for the archive - a situation that lasted until 1921.
After this bad experience, the post was not filled until 1923 with Vladislav Fabjančič, who, however, was only a politician and essayist - so the Society of Slovenian Authors protested against his attitude. He also did nothing for the archive, except that he reported on the good work up to 1912 and that hardly anything had happened since then, apart from the fact that some of the holdings had disappeared. In 1933, when he was absent for three years, Lojze Slanovec succeeded him. He published a magazine on the city's history and tried to make the house look good. On April 19, 1933, a committee for museums and archives was set up, as well as a cultural section, under which the archive fell. As early as Aškerc's time, the archive and library were closely linked, so that, by resolution of February 27, 1934, they moved together to the Auersperg Palace the following year. The result was considerable disorder, the archive was given a total of 155 square meters. In addition, Slavonec died and Vladislav Fabjančič († 1950) took office again. Contrary to expectations, he managed to end the chaos and rearrange the material.
With the statutes of 1939 this amateur management of the house was ended. They prescribed that the leader be a trained historian. Now an overview of the houses of the city since 1600 and a list of the mayors and judges from 1269 was created. During the Second World War the holdings were housed in a bunker, after the war the facility became a department for culture and science of the People's Committee of Ljubljana . It was not until 1951 that the archive became an independent cultural institution. From June 17th to October 1st, Jože Šorn managed the house, followed by Božo Otorepec. Finally, on December 1, 1950, Sergij Vilfan became director, who served until 1972.
When the archive returned to the town hall in 1953, increasing the storage area to 525 square meters, the library remained in the palace in question. For its part, the archive began to build a new library, which should primarily serve as the basis for the work of archivists and users. Therefore, the purchases were limited to specialist literature on archives and literature on local history. In 1972 Jože Žontar became the new director. At the time, only eleven employees worked in the archives, five of whom were university graduates. In 1973 four organizational units were created, and the city archive became the historical archive. The systematic publication of archival works in the Gradivo in razprave (from 1979) began. In 1980 separate departments were added in some neighboring cities. The archive is now divided into five branches, which include Ljubljana on the one hand, and holdings in Kranj (Savska cesta 8), Novo mesto (Skalickega ulica 1 (grad Grm)), Škofja Loka (Partizanska cesta 1c) and Idrija (Prelovčeva ulica 2) ). The inventory thus covers the delivery of a total of 20 government organizational units.
In 1992 Janez Kopač headed the archive, although formally he was only its director from 1995 to 1996. During this time, the often poorly housed stocks in the dépendances were moved to better-secured premises. In Idrija they were transferred from the castle to the former grammar school, in Novo mesto the documents from the former Kartelj elementary school were moved to the renovated premises of the Grm castle in 1996, to which the holdings from Dolenjska and Bela krajina also moved in 1997.
From 1998, instead of the 50 or so municipalities that had financed the archive up to that point, the Republic of Slovenia became the house's sole overlord and financier. In 1999 Branko Kozina became director of the house. At the end of 2000, the holdings were still distributed over 16 locations.
Holdings and publications
In 2008, there were 5949.1 meters of shelf space in Ljubljana, 2809.6 in Kranj, 1389.4 in Novo mesto, 776.9 in Škofja Loka and 722.9 meters in Idrija, for a total of 11,647.9 meters. Among the outstanding publications are Malefične svoboščine Ljubljančanov (a penal code, i.e. an edition of the sources) and Ljubljanski župani skozi čas 1504-2004 (Mayor of Ljubljana from 1504-2004). Since 1964, all holdings have been entered in the general directory compiled by the National and University Library.
In 2008 the archive became a member of the national bibliographic system, the COBISS (Kooperativni online bibliografski sistem in servisi), and from 2012 it took an active role in it. The historical archive has a list of publications on the holdings and individual subjects. Three volumes of the documents on the history of the city published by Boža Otorepca are available on the Internet, more precisely Volumes III, IV and VIII.
literature
- Janez Kopač, Nataša Budna Kodrič, Tatjana Šenk: 111 Years of Historical Archive Ljubljana , Historical Archive Ljubljana 2009. ( online , PDF)
- or in the Slovenian version as 111 let Zgodovinskega arhiva Ljubljana ( online , PDF)
Web links
- Website of the house (sloven.)
- Media in the “Historical documents of Slovenia” category , Wikimedia commons