22.02.2021: Who was Anastasia Anderson Manahan really?
Anastasia Anderson Manahan gained worldwide attention with her multi-filmed life history. The story of the young woman who allegedly escaped the shooting command of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution as the only member of the tsar family and then hoped for general recognition in vain contained all elements of a modern tragedy. With the help of a DNA analysis on the mortal remnants of the Russian Zaren family, it was clear in 2007 that the youngest Zaren daughter was murdered together with her family. This proved that Anastasia Anderson Manahan was not the great-fearer Anastasia of Russia. For many years, friends and Plenipotentiaries from Anastasia Anderson Manahan's closest environment gathered written documents of all kinds that should prove that Anastasia was actually the daughter of the last Russian pair of fences. Thus, the so-called “Anastasia Archive”, which has now been handed over to the Bavarian Main State Archive for archiving. In addition to letters and correspondences with their supporters (many of them from high aristocratic circles), there are business documents that regulate the publishing and film marketing of their history. In addition, there are process documents and legal correspondences that document the struggle for recognition and the related legal claims over several decades. Insight into the personality structure of Anastasias give not least the wills written by her. In addition, the archive holds a variety of memories and te
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07.10-04.12.2020: Conference and exhibition "We Ludwig of God's Grace"
From 7 to 9 October 2020, the conference “We Ludwig von Gotts Grace” was held in the University of Augsburg and the State Archive Augsburg. The first appearance of national-language documents in European law firms of kings and landlords’. During the conference, the Staatsarchiv Augsburg will show an exhibition that will be on display until 4 December. The exhibition focuses on documents from the collections of the State Archives of Augsburg, complemented by top-class lending from the Bavarian Main State Archives. The German-speaking documents Ludwigs des Bayern are at the centre of the exhibition and conference. A systematic study of this document complex and the language used has so far been available. The conference is dedicated especially to the German language of law under Ludwig to Bavaria and its significance for the new high-German language. The Programme at the meeting here ready for download. Please note the current Hygiene rules; a visit to the meeting is only possible after prior registration (with name, telephone number, e-mail address; there will be a participation announcement). Contact: poststelle@staau.bayern.de or by phone at 0821/59963-30 The conference results are published in a volume of the series STUDIA AUGUSTANA (DeGruyter). A digital presentation of the documents on Bavarikon, the cultural portal of the Free State of Bavaria, is planned. The exhibition We Ludwig of God's Grace: Place of exhibition: State Archive Augsburg, Salomon-
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24.09.2020: "Fabrikkinderarbeit in Bayern im 19. Jahrhundert" - Lehrausstellung im Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv
On the occasion of World Children's Day will be on Tuesday, 24. September 2019, the small exhibition "Fabrikkinderarbeit in Bayern" in the Bavarian Main State Archive in 19th Century’ open. The exhibition was opened in the course of training in the preparation service 2017/2020 for the entry into the 3rd Education and Science, specialized in archives, at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria. Employment of under 14-year-olds in Bavaria totaled 19. A century of reality, such as crafts and services, but above all in agriculture. Since the beginning of industrialization, children have also been employed as cheap workers in factories, including bricks. The exhibition highlights this chapter of Bavarian economic and social history among the questions: What sources give information about factory child labour in Bavaria? How high was the number of children employed in Bavarian factories? In which regions, cities and industries were children used in factories? What were typical activities, how were working hours and working conditions? What were health consequences of factory child labour? How did you try to arrange work and schooling? What reward did children receive for their work? How did the state and politics and various social groups such as parents, employers, doctors, educators and churches judge the factory work of children? The exhibits are exhibited chronologically – the first section extends from the 1830s, when the first factories were c
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