The Social and Geographical Origin of Officials of the Prague Police Headquarters in the Second Half of the 19th Century
2020
Abstract
The article contains the results of aresearch aimed at mapping the social and geogra-phical origin of officials working at the Prague police headquarters in 1851, 1871 and 1891 based on the study of archival sources. The collected data provide information on the personnel structure of the police headquarters in the given years.
Comparison of the composition of officials in twenty-year intervals allows tracking of along-term changes in the monitored parameters. The article contains an introductory chapter describing abrief history of the Prague police headquarters.
The article also includes adescription of the standard course of service of a Prague police official and the awards that such official could have received for his services.