HISTORICAL ARCHIVE KIKINDA – Kikinda

HISTORICAL ARCHIVE KIKINDA – Kikinda

 The Archives’ primary activities are defined by the Law on Cultural Heritage (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 71/94) and comprise a range of procedures and activities relating to the protection of cultural heritage, particularly archival records. In addition to these core responsibilities, the Archives provides access to archival materials for legal entities and private individuals, issues various certificates based on the records in its custody, publishes archival documents and historical research, and organises exhibitions, lectures and other cultural events. The Archives holds approximately 1,500 linear metres of archival material, organised into more than 350 fonds and collections. The records span the period from 1774 to the present day. Four fonds contain documents dating from the eighteenth century, 40 fonds contain nineteenth-century records, and a further 213 fonds contain material from the first half of the twentieth century. Among the oldest and most valuable documents are two imperial charters dating from 1774. Several fonds also contain records relating to the administrative and governmental activities of the Great Kikinda Privileged District (Veliko-kikindski privilegovani dištrikt), which existed from 1774 to 1886. In addition to Kikinda, the District encompassed several settlements that are now part of northern Banat, including Srpski Krstur, Novi Kneževac, Mokrin, Bašaid, Novo Miloševo, Novi Bečej, Melenci, Kumane and Taraš. Archival records dating from before 1918 are predominantly in Hungarian and German, with fewer documents in Latin and Serbian. Materials created after 1918 are primarily in Serbian. The Archives’ library contains approximately 2,000 books, focusing mainly on local and regional history, art, culture and related subjects. The Archives has also published more than 20 books and publications on local historiography, covering the period represented in its collections. These works make a valuable contribution to the study and understanding of the history of northern Banat. Two notable recent publications are Kikinda – Centuries Pass, the City Remains by Biserka Ilijašev, an extensive and richly illustrated monograph on the urban development of the city, and The History of the City of Kikinda up to 1918 by Milivoj Rajkov.

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