!!!Hofkanzlei

Hofkanzlei (Court Chancellery): In addition to the Imperial 
Chancellery a Hofkanzlei existed from 1620 exclusively for the 
hereditary lands. Initially its functions were restricted to those of 
a Chancellery, but the Hofkanzlei very soon developed into a central 
authority (e.g. court of appeal). From 1705 the Hofkanzlei was led by 
2 chancellors, from 1720 it was divided into 2 sections; in 1742 the 
section for external affairs was turned into the Court and State 
Chancellery, in 1749 the section for internal affairs was united with 
the Bohemian Hofkanzlei and a part of the  Hofkammer to form the 
"directorium in publicis et in cameralibus". From 1761 "k. k. 
vereinigte boehmisch-oesterreichische Hofkanzlei" (k.k. United 
Bohemian-Austrian Hofkanzlei) served as the Ministry of the Interior 
of the Bohemian and Austrian lands. In 1782 the "Vereinigte Hofstelle" 
was created, abolished under Leopold II; 1792 re-centralisation, 
from 1797 the Bohemian and Austrian Hofkanzlei were again independent, 
1802-48 "Vereinigte Hofkanzlei" (united Hofkanzlei).

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


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