29.4-1.10.2024: The Penzberger Pechkohlenbergwerk. The last years of an era (1954/56–1966)
From 29. April 2024 is the small exhibition “The Penzberger Pechkohlenbergwerk. The last years of an era (1954/56–1966)” in the city archive Penzberg. The exhibition was developed as part of the current archiving training for the 3rd level of qualifications at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria (HföD). Looking back to the past, it is clear that the search for mineral raw materials has a long tradition. Mining is particularly important. The spectrum of raw materials obtained ranges from precious stones and uranium to salts and ores to coal. Coal is mainly used as fossil fuels. Even Oberbayern was not too long ago characterized by a certain type of coal: the pitch coal. This type of coal originated in the tertiary age. As a result of the folding of the Alps and the resulting tectonic stress due to pressure and temperature, the pitch coal solidified to such an extent that it clearly belongs to the brown coal, but optically resembles the coal. It was built in Bavaria in the Penzberg, Hausham, Peiting, Peißenberg and Marienstein mines. The exhibition takes a look at the depreciation of pitch coal in the Upper Bavarian small town of Penzberg in the district Weilheim-Schongau. The focus is on modernising the mine during the last years of operation. Despite the most modern technology, however, shutdown was no longer to be stopped – the pitch coal could not withstand the cheaper mineral oil as an energy carrier. The path of coal in the mod
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15.4.2024: New construction for the state archive Würzburg in Kitzingen
Bavaria’s building minister Christian Bernreiter, represented locally by Ministerial Director Ingrid Simet, expressed his congratulations: “Modern archival work requires modern spaces, because despite digitization, the storage of archived goods is indispensable. I am therefore pleased that the work is on the cost and timetable. ‘ Director-General of the State Archives, Dr. Bernhard Grau, expressed great joy in his greeting that the State Archive for Lower Franconia in Kitzingen receives an architecturally impressive service building that fully meets the high demands of modern archive construction. He stressed the importance of the new building for the historical tradition of Unterfranken and pointed out that the oldest document in state ownership will be preserved here in Kitzingen in future. Spatial engraving for the construction project was in May 2023, the completion of the building is planned for the end of 2025, the state archive is expected to commence its operation at the new site at the end of 2026. Press release of the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport >>> Created on 17.4.2024
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14.3.-4.4.2023: Cannon bells. Bell seizure and restoration in Bavaria 1917–1922
The 14th. March 2023 became the small exhibition “Glocken zu Kanonen. Bell seizure and restoration in Bavaria 1917–1922” opened in the Bavarian Main State Archive. The exhibition was developed as part of the current archiving training for the 3rd level of qualifications at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria (HföD). Bells have shaped our everyday life as a clock generator for centuries. In their ornamental and sound art, they testify not only to the worship of God and the saints, but also to the craftsmen of their founders. In the First World War, about one third of the Bavarian bells were crushed and melted to cover the metal requirements of the armaments industry. Despite these massive losses, the “Glockenland Bayern” succeeded better than other countries of the German Reich to preserve its bell stock as far as possible and in particular to preserve historical bells from destruction. The exhibition is dedicated to the processes and actors of bell events during the First World War in Bavaria. Finally, the question of state compensation or restoration of bells after the end of the war. The exhibits originate mainly from the collections of the Bavarian Main State Archives, the city archives Augsburg and Rosenheim have provided digitalisate. accompanying exhibition is a leaflet available on this page under 'Family files' and under https://www.gda.bayern.de/publikationen/lehrausstellungen-der-bayerischen-archivschule/ availabl
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27.2.-26.5.2023: Vaccines in Bavaria at the beginning of 20. Century
The small teaching exhibition "Impfgegner in Bavaria at the beginning of the 20th century from 27 February to 26 May in the State Archive Munich. Kevin Beesk's exhibition was launched as part of the current preparation service 2021/2024 for the start in the 3rd. Qualification level of the field of education and science, specialized focus on archives at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria, was developed from the 7th January to 7 Feburar in the Bavarian Main State Archive. Vaccinary scepticism and vaccination are not phenomena of the corona pandemic and associated discussions about vaccines or a general vaccination obligation. There have been reservations and resistance to vaccinations since the end of the 19th century. Century. The impfgegneric movement in the German Reich experienced a spy supply, especially since the introduction of a general vaccination obligation against the Pocken 1874. The small exhibition takes a look at the impfgegneric movement, its activity in Bavaria and main actors at the beginning of the 20th century. The nearly 30 exhibits originate mainly from the collections of the Bavarian State Archives. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the German Medical History Museum in Ingolstadt have provided digitalisate. accompanying the exhibition is a booklet available on this page under 'Family' files and under Publications available for download. Digitalized archives for exhibition: Exhibition 23: BayHStA, MK 16653: Dr. Heinrich Molena
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