Jan. 20, 1820

“[Royal] Court Chancellery Decree” (‘Hofkanzleidekret’) issued by Count Lazanzky and von Widmann on behalf of the Emperor and addressed to the Lower Austrian government [Present-day Austria; Austrian Empire]: “His majesty have ordered via a supreme decision […] that the prohibition for Jews to own property […] shall remain effective until the negotiations/decisions/regulations regarding the basic outlines for the treatment of Jews has come to an end [… and] that all transgressions are still met with the prescribed penalties. […]” [Researcher’s note: Count Lazanzky was governor (‘Statthalter’) of Moravia; Karl von Windmann was a [royal] court council.]
Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847 (1849). Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von A. F. Pribram. Zweiter Band. (Wien und Leipzig; 1918); (Official documents and files regarding the history of Jews in Vienna. First section, General part 1526-1847 (1849). Published and introduced by A. F. Pribram. Second volume.); (Vienna and Leipzig; 1918); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 2/21/2020