Documents relating to Croatian Istria in the State archive in Trieste

Abstract

The Author presents the administrative organization in Istria, and its changes from the mid-18th century to the 20-ies of the 20th century, with particular reference to those services which had their head-office in Trieste and a wider role of higher authority in the region (e.g. the Imperial-Royal Government for the Littoral, the Directorate of Istria in Trieste, the Governorship for the Littoral). In the same time, he presents the essential information on archivistic documents belonging to these offices, kept at the State Archive in Trieste. It is shown that some collections belonging to local authorities (e.g. the Imperial-Royal District Prefecture in Koper and the District Court in Buzet). He mentions not only administrative authorities, but also the education, maritime affairs, and commercial civil service, as well as the juridical and military administration.