!!!Hofkammer

Hofkammer, authority that administrated the ruler´s assets. 
First created 1494 under Maximilian I as "Raitkammer" for the 
Lower Austrian Laender, from 1495 for the Tirol. Under 
Ferdinand I (from 1527) the Hofkammer was slowly turned into a 
kind of ministry of finance and commerce for the court and the nation. 
In 1564 the Hofkammer was split, and Innsbruck and Graz were given 
their own Hofkammer. From the times of Maria Theresia and 
Joseph II on the Hofkammer was frequently restructured; 1816-48 
the "allgemeine Hofkammer" was headed by the Minister of Finance. 
Since 1848  Finance, Ministry of.

!Literature
T. Fellner, H. Kretschmayr and F. Walter, Oesterreichische 
Zentralverwaltung, 1907-1971.


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