Lower Austrian Chamber
The Lower Austrian Chamber was an existing 1523-1635 Managing Authority for the Lower Austrian countries , which were Austria under and above the Enns, the Styria, Carinthia and Krain.
history
Under Maximilian I , an office was created for the Lower Austrian states as a joint administrative and judicial authority ( "the regiment" ). The financial affairs were taken care of by the Court and Rait Chamber in Innsbruck.
On August 18, 1522, Archduke Ferdinand introduced a “Raitkammer” (computing chamber) for the Lower Austrian states , which was later simply called the “Lower Austrian Chamber” . The " Raitkammer " officiated independently of the " Regiment " and began its work on January 1, 1523. Their task was the administration of the chamber property, the booking of the income and expenses of the princely offices in the five subordinate countries as well as the accounting for the court chamber. In terms of personnel, the chamber consisted of the president, five councilors, a manager, a secretary and a chamber procurator. The Court Chamber in Vienna was the higher authority for both the Lower Austrian Chamber and the Upper Austrian Chamber (for Tyrol, Vorarlberg and the Swabian foothills ).
With the division of the hereditary lands among the three sons of Ferdinand I from 1564, the sphere of activity of the Lower Austrian Chamber was limited to Austria under and above the Enns . In 1635 the Lower Austrian Chamber was merged with the Court Chamber .
literature
- Josef Pauser, Martin Scheutz, Thomas Winkelbauer (eds.): Source studies of the Habsburg Monarchy (16th – 18th centuries) , R. Oldenbourg Verlag Vienna Munich 2004, PDF
- Court Finance and Lower Austrian Chamber in Publications of the Austrian State Archives, Series II, VII. Inventory of the Vienna Court Chamber Archive, Vienna 1951, web link