The Bavarian State Archive with the family archive Bayrhammer takes over the estates Gustl Bayrhammer and his father Max Bayrhammer. The family archive contains personal documents, awards and memorabilia of the actor dynasty Bayrhammer from 1870. This secures the written testimonies of this “artisticly ambitious family” (Gustl Bayrhammer) for the future and makes it accessible to research. Especially Gustl Bayrhammer (1922–1993), who was on 12. February 2022 would have become 100 years old, so far many are regarded as the epitome of the Bavarian folk actor. Like his father Max (1867–1942), he worked on many stages throughout the German-speaking world. To complement official tradition, the Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv secures estates of political and socially important personalities. The takeover of the family archive Bayrhammer takes place on the basis of a donation agreement on the basis of the public interest and the supra-regional importance of the subcontracted persons. Max Emanuel Bayrhammer on the 26th Born in Lower Bavaria in May 1867 as the son of a castle administrator. He took acting lessons and quickly found access to large stages, often with classic main roles. He performed at the Gardenerplatztheater Munich, the Stadttheater Wroclaw, the Weimarer Hoftheater, the Wiener Volkstheater or the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. After the end of the First World War, the role offers became less, already from the early 1920s, he joined NSDAP fans as an ent

On 2 November 2021, 13 candidates from the three-year preparatory service in the field of archiving started University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria. As part of their dual studies, the prospective graduate archivists will be taught in about two dozen subjects, ranging from German and Latin writing to archive management teaching, to the highly topical "Digital Archiving", which will teach craftsmen for their future profession. With three internship sections in different archives, the theoretically learned is transferred to practice. The Director-General of the State Archives, Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon, was pleased to see that, in addition to the six public participants, seven young people from municipal archives complete the training. “Not only in the light of upcoming retirements, there is still urgent need for committed and qualified young people, both at the state and at the local level. As a central educational institution for the archivist qualification in Bavaria, we take this claim into account through a need-oriented training: Her course has long been the largest by far," says Dr. Ksoll-Marcon at the welcome of young talents. She wished the applicants all the good for the period of study in Munich and with a view to the current pandemic-related challenges a lot of perseverance. Further information: https://www.gda.bayern.de/training/hochschule-fuer-den-oeffentlichen-dienst-in-bayern/ Posted on 27.01.2021