Nové materiály švédské provenience k dìjinám mìsta Olomouce
New sources of Swedish origin to the history of Olomouc

Summary/Abstract: Swedish occupation is one of the most interesting period of history of Olomouc. Nevertheless, we have only a few authentic sources about this time. Some of them are deposited abroad, in archives in Wien and Stockholm. More systematic survey of these sources was conducted by Béda Dudíkin the 19th century . His conclusions were published mainly in two books: Forschungen in Sweden für Mährens Geschichte and Die Schweden in Böhmen und Mähren. It is necessary to accomplish a new research and revalue his more than one and half century old conclusions. This article is a summary of sources about Swedish occupation of Olomouc that are stored in two Swedish archives – “Riksarkivet” (The National Archive) and “Krigsarkivet” (The Military Archive) in Stockholm. The full collection of original sources on this topic has, however, not survived. Only items were saved and it is very complicated to find them in the other, very voluminous, archive collections. The papers of the Czech origin are located in a group of sources “Tyskland” – meaning “Germany”. The most important collection for us is “Axel Oxienstierna Brefväxling”, the correspondence of the chancellor A. Oxenstierna. Most of the sources of this collection were printed in edition. Today, the National Archive prepares electronic database of all Oxenstierna letters. In addition of A. Oxenstierna collection there are another type of sources: “tidningar” and “handlingar”, meaning other documents and reports. Most of them were sent from the large cities in Central Europe, in our region from Prague and only a few from the other places (Olomouc, Brno, Plzeò). Additional sources about Swedish occupation can also be found in other in other collections in The National Archive. In collection “Stegeborgssamling” there are letters of Czech emigrants from the 17th century. In “Diplomatica Germanica” there are relations and reports after the Peace of Vestfall, from the year 1651. Letters of generals Wrangel and Torstensson are in collection “Skoklosterarkivet”. Very interesting sources there are in collection “Extranea”, meaning something like „remains“. This collection contains the emperor Ferdinad’s archive that the Swedish took with them from Prague in 1645. Among other items there are in this archive one hundred and four letters of Leopold Vilém, brother of the emperor and bishop of Olomouc. Maps and military plans from the period of Swedish occupation and the years after are stored in the Military Archive. In the collections “Handritade kartverk” and “Historiska planscher” there are many maps and coloured plans of most of Czech towns.

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