OSJEČKO GRAĐANSTVO U UPISNIKU GRAĐANA OD STJECANJA SLOBODNOG I KRALJEVSKOG STATUSA DO PRVOG POPISA NEPLEMENITOG STANOVNIŠTVA (1809.-1814.)
OSIJEK CITIZENRY IN THE REGISTRY OF CITIZENS FROM THE ACQUISITION OF THE FREE AND ROYAL STATUS TO THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE NON-NOBLE POPULATION (1809-1814)

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the Osijek citizenry between 1809 and 1814 on the basis of data recorded in the Osijek Registry of Citizens. It provides a short description of sources that facilitate research into the citizens of Osijek; it adduces the civil rights granted by the Charter of the Free Royal City of Osijek from 1809 and the requirements for obtaining citizenship. The data analysis is based on the Registry because this source provides the highest number of individual data on each citizen. By applying statistical, comparative and descriptive methods, an endeavour is made to present the number, the religious and the “national” structure, the marital status and the scope of activities of Osijek citizens. The paper comprises the period from 1809, when Osijek acquired the free royal status, until 1814 when the Osijek non-noble population was recorded for the first time. Hence, this is the first census of commoners after Osijek was proclaimed a free royal city. The proclamation of Osijek as a free royal city created the preconditions for the Osijek population to acquire civic status which resulted in a series of privileges for individuals, including personal freedom, inalienability of properties and non-payment of certain levies. The obtained data on the Osijek citizenry in this paper are the result of the analysis of the Registry of Citizens; the following conclusions can be drawn: in the period between 1809 and 1814, 569 persons complying with the requirements necessary for taking a civic oath were registered.

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