Chur City Archives

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Chur City Archives

Archive type Municipal archive
place 7000 Chur
Visitor address Town hall, Poststrasse 33
scope approx. 1500 running meters
ISIL CH-001104-7
carrier City of Chur
Organizational form Department
Website City of Chur

The Chur City Archives are the archives of the Graubünden capital Chur . It has holdings of documents, files, photos and cards. The collection area is documents on the history of Chur and the files of the city administration of Chur. The city archive is located in the historic town hall in Chur's old town.

The city archive in the Chur town hall

tasks

The city archive of Chur is responsible for the security, indexing, storage and evaluation of the city archive material. It looks after documents of public or urban historical significance from associations, companies and private individuals. In addition, the Chur City Archive promotes knowledge of its holdings and their evaluation through its own scientific work and the organization of exhibitions.

Services

The Chur City Archives are open Monday to Friday. In addition to archival materials from the 10th to the 21st century, a public reference library is available to users. There are works on the history of Chur and Graubünden as well as magazines. a. the official gazettes of the city of Chur since 1846.

Archives holdings

The holdings are divided into the historical archive, the administrative archive and bequests / deposits as well as the collections of printed matter, plans, photos, engravings and graphics.
The main holdings of the historical archive date from the time the city was dissolved by the bishop in the 15th century until the canton of Graubünden was founded in 1803. It includes documents, council, criminal and guild files as well as bound manuscripts on finance and the judiciary as well as other topics . The oldest document dates from 952. The administrative archive contains the modern administrative documents from the 19th to the 21st century (contracts, administrative files and volumes).
The official and unofficial publications from the 18th to the 21st century are kept in the publication collection. These are laws, ordinances, instructions, voting messages, reports from municipal associations, pamphlets, etc. The plan collection contains city, corridor, street and clock plans as well as building plans since the 18th century. The collections of photos, engravings and graphics mainly contain images of Chur.

Exhibitions

The Chur City Archives hold exhibitions.

Window displays and window displays

As an important center of Graubünden for centuries, Chur has a rich architectural heritage. The city archives put together a tour of the most important sights. It consists of five sections: around Reichsgasse, Kirchgasse, Bischöflichen Hof , Obere Gasse and Kornplatz . Since November 2011, the buildings have been presented with historical and current photos and explanatory texts in the shop windows of the city archive in Reichgasse.
At the entrance to the city archive on Poststrasse, the exhibition "Chur lit" - poetry and reality of a legend in 1821 can be seen in a showcase. The legendary figure of the shoemaker Rimmel (an alleged arsonist) is juxtaposed with the real person (a multiple murderer).

In the past, u. a. the following exhibitions take place:

  • Winter in Chur
  • Chur Alps
  • CADA pasta factory 1841–2006
  • Gas supply in Chur

Exhibitions in the city gallery

In addition, the Chur City Archives have organized exhibitions in the City Gallery:

  • Chur 1893 - The glamor and dirt of an Alpine town in the industrial age (2010)
  • Chur in fathoms and shoes. Peter Hemmi (1789–1852) and his work (2008)
  • Railway fever. Graubünden railway stories between dream and reality (2006)
  • Snow & ice revue. A film show by the city archive on Chur winter sports from the years 1920 to 1960 (2004)
  • Memories for the photo album. Pictures from the estate of the Chur studio photographer Walter Goetz (1897–1971) (2003)
  • Angels, monks and poor souls. A world judgment in fired clay from the former Dominican monastery of St. Nicolai (2002)
  • Architect's dreams. Projects for the Grave School in Chur (1891/92) (2002)
  • In the Chur underground. A sewage story (2001)
  • Make way! The Kornplatz then and now (2000)

Publications

The city archive of Chur publishes publications on the history of the city of Chur:

  • Ulf Wendler: Chur 1893. Glitz and filth of an Alpine town in the industrial age, Chur: Verlag Desertina 2010.
  • Ulf Wendler: Chur in fathoms and shoes. The cartographer Peter Hemmi (1789–1852) and his work, Chur: Verlag Desertina 2008.
  • Armon Fontana: Chur. Der Stadtführer, Chur: Verlag Desertina 2003.
  • Ursula Jecklin: Chur town history. Volume 1: From the beginnings to the middle of the 17th century, Chur: Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt 1993.
  • Ursula Jecklin: Chur town history. Volume 2: From the middle of the 17th century to the present, Chur: Verlag Bündner Monatsblatt 1993.

City archivists

  • since 2006: Ulf Wendler
  • 1977 to 2006: Ursula Jecklin
  • 1928 to 1977: not occupied
  • 1920 to 1928: Michael Valèr
Valèr was born on March 4, 1861 in Davos . In 1881 he graduated from the teachers' seminar in Chur. He later studied history and languages ​​in Zurich. From 1920 to 1928 he was Chur city archivist. He has published publications on the city of Chur, Graubünden politics and statehood in the early modern period. He died in Scuol on August 20, 1929 .
  • 1893 to 1919: Fritz Jecklin
Jecklin was born on July 9, 1863 in Chur. He studied history at the University of Zurich . From 1891 to 1927 he was the curator of the Rätisches Museum in Chur. From 1893 to 1919 he also served as Chur city archivist Fritz Jecklin was the first city archivist to keep the municipal archive according to modern principles. From 1919 to 1927 he was the state archivist of the Canton of Graubünden. Fritz Jecklin wrote publications, a. a. to the three frets . He died in Chur on July 30, 1927.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Chur, regulations of the city of Chur for the city archive, filing and archiving (archive regulations), (online)
  2. ↑ City Archives Chur, exhibition "Tour through Chur", (online)
  3. ↑ City Archives Chur, exhibition "Chur anzünd" - poetry and reality of a legend, (online)
  4. ↑ City Archives Chur, exhibition "Winter in Chur", (online)
  5. ↑ Chur City Archives, exhibition "Chur Alps", (online)
  6. ↑ Chur City Archives, exhibition "CADA Pasta Factory 1841–2006", (online)
  7. ↑ City Archives Chur, exhibition "Gas supply in Chur", (online)
  8. ^ City of Chur, Publications of the City Archives, (online)
  9. ↑ Michael Valär [Valèr] in: Lexicon Istoric Retic. Volume 1, Chur 2011, p. 521. (online)
  10. ↑ Michael Valär [Valèr]: History of the Chur City Council 1422-1922. Chur 1922, p. 142.
    Fritz Jecklin (von Hohenrealta) in: Lexicon Istoric Retic. Volume 1, Chur 2011, p. 495. (online)

Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '56.1 "  N , 9 ° 31' 56.9"  E ; CH1903:  759 680  /  190774