Die ältesten Stadtbücher und die Anfänge der Stadtkanzlei in Eger (Cheb)
The Oldest City Guides and the Beginnings of the City Chancery in Eger (Cheb)

Summary/Abstract: The city of Cheb (Eger) was an important centre situated on the border between Bohemia and the Empire (first mentioned in 1061, in 1203 referred to as a city). An important executive authority of the city was the city chancery. The significance and importance of the chancery along with other administrative authorities in Cheb is substantiated by an unusual series of municipal books and a very substantial quantity of other acts and documents, which are nowadays held in the state district archive in Cheb. The oldest preserved municipal book was founded in 1352. In the 1380’s the municipal chancery underwent fundamental reform, during which new types of specialized administrative books were instituted. Another step in chancery development came in the 1440’s in relation to the Nuremberg administrative reform. The municipal books of Cheb then existed in this new setting until the modern era.

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