Fonds Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, 10736 - 10736 Ministry of the Interior

722,66 (nur lfm)

History: The Ministry of the Interior was established on the basis of the Saxon Constitution of 1831 and the separation of ministries provided for therein. It took up its work on 01.12.1831. The Ministry bundled a large number of tasks in its area of responsibility and was responsible between 1831 and 1919 as a combined Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Economics and Ministry of Transport in a broad and increasingly differentiated area. In the 19th century, it gained central importance, especially for the state promotion of the expansion of the Saxon economy. In 1919 the economy and agriculture were transformed into an independent ministry. Only after 1933, under the increasing influence of the Reich authorities, did the Ministry of the Interior develop into an authority for internal administrative affairs in the narrower sense. This development was accompanied by a considerable loss of function vis-à-vis the subordinate authorities. 1943 the ministry was affiliated as a department of the interior of the Reichsstatthalterei.<br /><br />>For further information see 2. Kingdom and Free State of Saxony 1831 - 1945<br /><br />Contents: 1. organization, internal administration of the ministry and cooperation with other ministries.- 2. constitution, legislation and judiciary.- 3. border matters, sovereign matters and award ceremonies.- 4. elections and parliamentary matters.- 3. 5. citizenship and homeland, civil status - 6. municipal matters and municipal supervision - 7. landowner matters - 8. municipal guards - 9. police - 10. poor and emergency matters - 11. foundations - 12. insurance - 13. industry and commerce - 14. road construction and hydraulic engineering, electricity supply - 15. transport - 16. health care - 17. press and censorship matters, book trade - 18. agriculture and forestry - 19. state institutions, welfare work - 20. art, preservation of monuments, culture - 21. mining and metallurgy - 22. war matters, measures of war economy - 22. warfare, measures of the war economy 23. registrants, file directories.<br /><br /> detailed introduction: 1. history of authorities and competence<br /><br />1.1 causes and effect of the constitutional and administrative reform 1831<br /><br />until 1831 the affairs of the internal administration of the Land Saxony in the highest instance were mainly carried out by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Privy Cabinet, but also together with justice, police and medical matters, by the state government.<br />Saxony had been a member of the Confederation of the Rhine since 1806, but as far as constitutional and administrative relations were concerned, it remained within the old system of state building, while other European and Confederation of the Rhine states carried out radical modernisation within. King Friedrich August even expressly confirmed the status quo before the Estates. At that time, the pressure for reform had been alleviated by an economic upturn in Saxon industry caused by the Continental Blockade. The fact that between 1808 and 1815 a total of 43 writings on the problem of state reforms have been published proves not only the need for reform in Saxony, which existed in comparison with the southern German kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg, but also that a way was sought, especially within the expert civil service, to modernize the absolutist state structure and above all its constitutional conditions.<a href="#B01"> <sup id="A01">[01]</sup></a> Many of these initiatives were suppressed or even pursued. But instead of the establishment of specialist ministries and the implementation of the office principle in the administration, the absolutist power of the king and his cabinet minister Einsiedel was first established in 1817 with the dissolution of the Secret Council in Saxony. Einsiedel, as head of the secret cabinet, received ever more extensive powers. The newly established Privy Council had only advisory functions. This administrative reform, characterized by centralization and concentration without changing the old organization of the authorities, provoked considerable opposition within the civil service on the one hand, and within the estates on the other, which broke out at the Landtag in 1817. The Landtag 1817/18 met on 18.10.1817 for the first time under the new conditions.<br /><br />The decree to the Landstände of 20.10.1817 contains the new organisation of the central authorities. The estates were very dissatisfied with this reorganization. In ever new applications they demanded improvements. Due to the extraordinarily hard conflicts, the Landtag lasted 8 months and caused enormous costs < a href="#B02"> <sup id="A02">[02]</sup></a> .<br /><br />>The restoration of the country badly affected by the war events and occupation was slowed down by a severe agricultural crisis (1817-20) and a social situation that hampered further development. The industrial revolution had already begun in Saxony since about 1800, especially in the regions remaining after 1815 in Saxony < a href="#B03"> <sup id="A03">[03]</sup></a> . The question of the supply of food and raw materials in Saxony in particular became a problem as a result. Increasing urbanisation - in Saxon form especially a strong industrialisation of rural communities - put agricultural reforms on the agenda at the latest now, even though certain forms of feudal rule such as hereditary subservience were never widespread in Saxony.<br /><br />The manufactory and home industry, which was exposed to competitive pressure by English factory goods after the lifting of the Continental Blockade in 1813, was in decline due to tax increases for raw materials and customs barriers of the neighbouring states.<br /><br />The consequences of these economic problems for the social situation of the Saxon population were dramatic. In order to maintain peace and order, the administrative pressure on the lower social classes was increased. However, this approach led to further radicalisation. Under the impression of the French July Revolution, massive unrest occurred in Saxony, both in the cities and in the countryside.<br /><br />The efforts of some younger civil servants to fundamentally reshape the Saxon state, which had been blocked for decades and were increasingly voiced again since the end of the 1820s, were thus given considerable emphasis.

Saxon State Archives (Archivtektonik) >> Kingdom and Free State of Saxony 1831 - 1945 >> Specialist authorities and subordinate bodies >> 02.03.03 Interior >> 02.03.03.01 Ministry, central institutions

Es gilt die Sächsische Archivbenutzungsverordnung (SächsGVBl. Jg.2003, Bl.-Nr. 4 S. 79)

• German

This description was automatically translated with the help of www.DeepL.com. Translation errors are possible. Please note that the document itself has not been translated.

https://www.archiv.sachsen.de/cps/bestaende.html?oid=02.03.03.01&file=10736.xml

Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/