21.01.2020: Bavaria and Poland in the first half of 20. Century. Strokes on an alternating relationship

Tuesday, 21. January 2020, the small exhibition “Bayern and Poland” was held in the first half of the 20th century in the Bavarian State Archives Directorate-General. Century. Opened to an interchangeable relationship. The exhibition was opened in the course of training in the preparatory service 2018/2020 for the entry into the 4th Qualification level of the field of education and science, specialist focus on archives, at the Bavarian Archive School. Dr. Katharina Aubele, Dr. Julia Oberst and Dr. Hubert Seliger are responsible for the exhibition. In addition to their position in the middle of Europe, Bavaria and Poland have two particularities: both countries have undergone a change in state development and both have not been seldom playing ball of the Great Powers In addition, in the first half of the 20. numerous connections and interfaces between Bavaria and Poland, which are illuminated in more detail in the small exhibition. Despite the rather light-like approach, attempts are being made to remember forgotten aspects of common, also pan-European history. In addition to basic questions about who was Pole from the Bavarian perspective and how the diplomatic relations between Bavaria and Poland and the Polish Consulate General in Munich developed, the exhibition follows the traces of Polish students in Bavaria. What Polish associations and student connections were there? Why had Bavarian universities at the beginning of the 20th century A century of attraction to Polish students? The voltage fields of the first half of the 20. During the First World War, Poland in Bavaria was often mistrusted “Ausländer”, later forced laborers subjected to the Nazi regime without protection, or displaced persons without home after the war. Art and culture reflect the alternating Polish-Bavarian relations in the first half of the 20th. The most famous example is the Landshuter Wedding, which has been celebrated regularly since 1903 and which, although taking up a historical event, should attract foreign guests to Landshut. The Polish art and also the artist Veit Shock (1447/1448–1533) were subject to significant struggles, claiming Nuremberg and Krakow equally. In Bavarian archives and libraries, the versatile and diverse Bavarian-Polish relationship can be traced. The tradition of the Bavarian ministries stored in the Bavarian Main State Archives as well as the tradition of the sub- and central authorities and the courts in the state archives should be highlighted. Further documents can be found in ecclesiastical and university archives. For example, the small exhibition combines about 40 exhibits from the Bavarian Main State Archives, the State Archives Augsburg and Munich, the Archive of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the City Archive Munich and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. The exhibition is from 21. January 2020 until 7 March 2020 in the main building of the Bavarian Main State Archive (Treppenhaus, 1st OG), Schönfeldstraße 5, 80539 Munich to see. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30–18.00, Friday 8.30–13.30 (Sa, So and at the Carnival Serviceag 25.2.2020 closed; Special opening on the Tag Archives, Sa 7.3.2020) Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed under (089) 28638-2575. Further information at www.gda.bayern.de (press images in higher resolution can be requested). To the exhibition a small Exhibition catalogue. Submitted on: 21.01.2020   Related files: Pressemitteilung Bild 3a: Reklamemarke mit Motiven der Landshuter Hochzeit, 1913, Privatbesitz (Foto: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv)  Bild 3b: Reklamemarke mit Motiven der Landshuter Hochzeit, 1913, Privatbesitz (Fotos: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv).  Bild 3d: Reklamemarke mit Motiven der Landshuter Hochzeit, 1913, Privatbesitz (Fotos: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv)  Bild 3e: Reklamemarke mit Motiven der Landshuter Hochzeit, 1913, Privatbesitz (Foto: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv)

04.07.2019: Digital cultural mediation – “Small archival studies” unlocked by the state archives of Bavaria - online presentation of 100,000 digitized archives with a total of 3.5 million images on the homepage

As a new e-learning module on the homepage of the Bavarian State Archives, the 4th July 2019 at 10.00 a.m. the “Small Archives” presented and unlocked (https://www.gda. bayern.de/service/archivalienkunde/). The module Prof. Dr. Joachim Wild, Director of the Main State Archive a.D., has worked out the subject “Archival Studies” for 30 years at the Bavarian Archive School, the central educational institution for archivists in Bavaria. Currently, the state archives of Bavaria store well 47 million originals from 777 to today. If you put all archives together, you could easily bridge the distance from Munich to Nuremberg. About the homepage and the finder database (https://www.gda.bayern.de/service/finding agent database/) are currently 100,000 archives Digitalisate available. Since most archives comprise several pages, this results in the fair number 3.5 million available images. These quantities already make it clear that any form of digital access to archives will always be a part of the written tradition of Bavaria. The focus is on the state archives of Bavaria, therefore, the digital collection of directories and development information. This information is not only available through the homepage, but is also fed via interfaces into important portals such as the Archive Portal D and from there into the EUROPEANA. Another focus is the digitization of audiovisual archives. Due to the shortevity of storage media such as film, video and CD, the total loss of information threatens here. Added to this is the digitization of selected backbone stocks and the provision of e-learning modules, which allow all groups of persons to familiarize themselves with archived goods and research them in the archive. With the “Small archival studies” want to offer the Bavarian State Archives a quick entry into the archival source. All archival genres to be found in state archives are presented with an explanatory text and an illustration: from medieval documents, files and official books, posters, leaflets, photographs to digital documents. The new offer complements the already existing areas of “School Discover Archive” (https://www.gda.bayern.de/service/school-entdecke-archive orhttps://www.gda.bayern.de/kulturerbejahr) and Digital Writing (https://www.gda.bayern.de/DigitalPublicity/). The ‘Digital font’ is a training platform for deciphering German and Latin manuscripts. Documents were handwritten for many centuries. Learning older fonts is therefore often the only way to use original sources. Automated text recognition also quickly reaches its limits in handwritten documents. To European Year of Culture 2018 the module Discover Schools Archive: using concrete examples from the Middle Ages to the 20th century Century students are brought to historical traditions, to sources and thus to archives. The thematic blocks or individual presented archives can be integrated into school classes and are assistance and guidance for their own research. As archives, unlike libraries and museums, are not known to everyone, the tasks of the archives, their responsibilities, their use and the archivist profession are also presented. It is a goal of the state archives of Bavaria, pupils and students to inspire archives and the cultural property stored there. Important building blocks on this path are the development of digital offers, research from the local PC and cooperation with schools, universities and other educational institutions. With the Universities Passau (Master's degree program "Historical Sciences") and Regensburg (“Public History and Cultural Education”) archivists want to generate added value and build networks directly with research. After prior registration, the state archives offer housekeeping. History is to be made tangible and, above all, pupils of historical tradition are to be brought forward. The exhibitions presented in the context of historical-political educational work are gradually complemented by archive educational materials that are provided online. Both for schools and for research institutions there is an offer to carry out teaching units in the state archives. In addition to knowing the institution archive, there is the possibility to work with source material. Archivists support the selection of suitable sources. Contact persons are available in each of the state archives. Submitted on: 04.07.2019

15.07-23.12.2021: 100 years Bavarian Main State Archive - 100 years of memory of the Free State of Bavaria

The Bavarian State Archive invites you to a virtual tour through its building and a view into its magazines. Access is conveniently possible via any mobile terminal or 3-D with a VR glasses: https://vr-easy.com/tour/publicarchivebayerns/210706-Bayerischeshauptstaatarchiv/ The Bavarian State Archive celebrates its 100th anniversary on 16 July 2021. Birthday and can present a proud record. 100 years and still in growth. 100 years and compared to the age of the preserved archives – the oldest document dates back to 794 (↗ Digitalisat St. Emmeram Urk. 1) – just ungrowing the infancy. 100 years and with the archiving of digital documents before the great challenge of keeping this information readable and comprehensible for generations. At the beginning of 2021, the Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv was responsible for 813.362.069 digital information objects in the Digital Archive of the Free State of Bavaria, tending strongly increasing. In addition, there are 4 million analogue archiving units that bridge the distance between Munich and the Tegernsee or to Rosenheim (55 lfd km) and every year the route from the Feldherrnhalle to the Siegestor comes new to paper tradition. Employees are not only responsible for securing the digital and analogue transmission of the Free State of Bavaria: annually, they answer more than 5000 written and approximately the same number of oral requests from citizens and authorities. On the occasion of the 100. Art Minister Bernd Sibler stressed: “The Bavarian State Archive is a flagship of our cultural state: It is not only the largest of the state archives in Bavaria, but also one of the most important archives in the German language area and beyond. As a citizen archive and child of democratic Bavaria, it is open to legal seekers, home and family researchers and is a guarantee of the rule of law and transparency. Due to its far-reaching stocks, it is also a focal point for scientific researchers from close and far. Here we can meet our past, trace our history back to the early Middle Ages and become aware of our common roots with our neighbouring countries. The main state archive is the central memory institution of the Free State of Bavaria. ‘ Before 16th. July 1921 and the regulation which established the Bavarian Main State Archives, there were central government archives in Bavaria. The history of these predecessor institutions dates back to the late Middle Ages. The oldest known directory from the archives of the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich dates back to 1438. With the foundation of the Bavarian Main State Archive, a central archive was created in Bavaria for the first time in a modern sense. The four state archive facilities in Munich were merged into an institution as departments: General Reichsarchiv, Secret State Archive, Secret House Archive and District Archive Munich. Writings of Bavarian authorities and courts, important documents on foreign affairs and even the archives of the royal house of Wittelsbacher, which reigned until 1918, were now united organizationally under one roof. However, until the spatial assembly of the individual departments, it took another 55 years. Only after the Second World War the Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv got its own building complex at the Ludwig and/or Schönfeldstraße with modern magazine construction. The construction of the Bavarian Main State Archive marks a fundamental change in the archival self-image. As a new guiding principle in the formation and demarcation of stocks, the principle of provenance prevailed, i.e. the preservation of the original context of origin, in contrast to the reorganization according to content (pertinencies). At the same time, the archives opened up beyond scientific research for home and family research and thus for all citizens. From the Treasury of the Kingdom of Bavaria, a memory and research institution committed to the rule of law and transparency becomes of international importance in the democratic free state. A considerable gap in the stock profile of the Bavarian Main State Archive was created in 1946 with the integration of the Bavarian War Archives closed. After the fall of the German Reich in the Second World War, the documents of the Bavarian army came back to the Free State of Bavaria and in logical consequence to the Bavarian Main State Archive. In 1977 a separate Collection department, such as leaflets and posters or photos, for estates as well as association and association articles. Since 2007, the Sudeten German Archive, as “Archiv im Archiv” and beyond the Bavarian borders, has also been responsible for the preservation of the heritage of the displaced persons from the southern German territories. The Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv is also an important parliamentary archive. Although the Bayerische Landtag maintains its own archive for its archived documents after 1945. The documents of the Bavarian parliamentary bodies of the monarchy and the interwar period are located in the Bavarian Main State Archive (↗ Digitalisat Constitution 1818). In addition, the documents of the second Chamber of Parliament, the Bavarian Senate, which was dissolved at 31 December 1999, are included. The exhibition “100 Years Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv” is located in the main building, stairwell, Schönfeldstr. 5, 80539 Munich, from 15 July to 29 October, extended until 23 December 2021. The entrance is free. Opening hours: Mo–Do 8.30–16.00, Fr 8.30–13.30. The Protection and hygiene concept of the Bavarian State Archives, among others, carrying a FFP2 mask throughout the building is mandatory for visitors. Current information http://www.gda.bayern.de or 089/28638-2596. The exhibition will be published small catalogue: 100 years Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv. Conception and editing: Bernhard Grau u.a. (Staatliche Archive Bayerns - Kleine Exhibitions 66), Munich 2021, ISBN 978-3-938831-75-5, 160 S., zahlr sw-Abb., 6,00 Euro ↗ SZ article on the anniversary: "The memory of Bavaria". Posted on 6. July 2021, last added on 25.10.2021

26.09.2024: Presentation of the archive inventory “Staatsarchiv Coburg. Imperial Chamber Court (Bayerische Archivinventare 60)’

The Reichskammergericht (1495–1806) was, in addition to and in competition with the Reichshofrat (1498/1527–1806), one of the two highest dishes in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. The process files were managed by the German Confederation in Wetzlar and around the middle of the 19. After the separation criteria developed at the time were distributed to the German states. In 1853, the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha Reichskammergerichtsakten, which remained in Gotha for the smaller part, also received a majority vote in Coburg. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 26th. September 2024, at 17.00, the archive inventory “Staatsarchiv Coburg. Reichskammergericht (Bayerische Archivinventare 60)” to present to the public in the state archive Coburg, Herrgasse 11 in 96450 Coburg. You are invited to the book presentation! The tradition of the Reich Chamber Court over 77,000 files, distributed in 48 archives in Germany and abroad, is one of the most extensive and important archival sources of early modern times. In particular, the evidence submitted in the course of the process management provides clear insights into the life world of previous centuries. Because the court records are of high value for legal and Reich history, but also for national, economic and social history, the German Research Foundation started the long-term project “Inventory of the files of the Reich Chamber Court” at the end of the 1970s: Essentially, the content of each process is briefly described according to uniform specifications and is developed via registers. This project is completed, although not all inventory is fully under pressure. Important income also provides the development of the files of the Reichshofrats, which are predominantly located in the Haus-, Hof- and Staatsarchiv in Vienna. The Inventory Band for State Archive Coburg includes 76 Reichskammergerichtsakten. Most of the Coburg processes are due to the reign of Duke Johann Casimir of Saxony-Coburg (1564–1633). The further Reich Chamber Court tradition, concerning Bavaria in its current borders, is completely located in the Bavarian Main State Archive in Munich. Starting and contact points for research on jurisdiction at Reichsebene in the period from 1500 to 1800 are the Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung and the associated research center in Wetzlar as well as the network of Reichsgerichtsbaren. For your reporting or review, you can receive an inventory book free of charge. Manfred Hörner (Bearb.), [Promotion by Bernhard Grau; Introduction by Alexander Wolz and Manfred Hörner], Staatsarchiv Coburg. Reichskammergericht (Bayerische Archivinventare 60), Munich 2023 (ISBN 978-3-910837-00-3), XIX and 182 pages; Book retail price 17,00 Euro Further information here. The inventory volume is available in the book trade. Created on 26.9.2024

01.05.2021: Change of office in the State Archive Nuremberg

With effect from 1. May 2021 will be archive director Dr. Christian Kruse with simultaneous promotion to Ltd. Archive director appointed as head of the State Archive Nuremberg. He follows Ltd. Archive Director Prof. Dr. Peter Fleischmann, who was appointed 31st January 2021 retired. Prof. Dr. Fleischmann has led the State Archive Nuremberg since 1 December 2012 and returned to the state archive Augsburg and the state archive Munich – in both state archives he had the lead in – to the state archive in which his professional activity began after his training at the Bavarian Archive School. On the occasion of the change of office, Bernd Sibler emphasised: “Archive bridges between our history and the present. Prof. Dr. Fleischmann has built numerous such bridges with his long-standing, dedicated work. With the refurbishment of the State Archives, he also initiated and accompanied a project that will now be one of the tasks waiting for his successor. I am very pleased that with Dr. Christian Kruse we welcome a new archive manager who brings a broad wealth of experience to lead the state archive into the future and thus preserve the memory of our country. ‘ Dr. Christian Kruse, born in Kiel, studied history and German at the universities of Erlangen and Vienna. He received his doctorate in Erlangen with a work on “Franz Friedrich Anton von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld 1750–1806”. From 1991 to 2002 he worked in the Bavarian Main State Archives and from 2002 to 2007 in the State Archives of Augsburg and Nuremberg. From 2007 to 2008, he worked as a permanent representative of the Head of State Archives in Munich, from 2008 to 2018 he was responsible for archive building, stock conservation, publications and public relations in the Bavarian State Archives Directorate-General. He has been head of the Bamberg State Archive since 1 December 2018. The State Archive Nuremberg – apart from the effects of the Coronapandemy – has to cope with great challenges: its headquarters at the Nuremberg Archive Street 17 is refurbished, the offices were moved to Rollnerstraße 14 in 2020, the archives were stored in four locations (external office Lichtenau bei Ansbach, Staatsarchiv Augsburg, Staatsarchiv Landshut, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern). The refurbishment of the State Archive Nuremberg – the first archive-purpose building of the Kingdom of Bavaria, built in 1880 – is expected to last until autumn 2026. The State Archive Nuremberg has approximately 8.2 million archives totaling 36.8 km in its storage. It is responsible for the transfer of all the authorities, courts and prosecutors of the middle and lower level in the Central Franconia government district. For the time before 19. In the century, the State Archives handed over the documents, official books, files and plans of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach, the Reichsstadt Nuremberg, the Hochstift and Domkapitels Eichstätt, as well as the calibertic monasteries, the German Order, smaller Reichsstadt, Reichsritterschaften, the nobility and the Patriziate. Submitted on 29.04.2021, supplemented on 10.05.2021

21.06.2022: Cooperation Agreement between the University of the Federal Armed Forces of Munich and the Directorate-General for State Archives of Bavaria signed

21. In June 2022, the President of the University of Bundeswehr Prof. Dr. Merith Niehuss, whose Vice President Prof. Dr. Uwe Borghoff and the Director-General of the State Archive Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon signed a cooperation agreement at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. The aim is to co-operate the Institute of Software Technology and the datArena of the University of the Bundeswehr Munich with the state archives of Bavaria in data backup and long-term data storage. The contract includes the cooperation of the two institutions with the organization and support of student projects and internships in order to close students with forms, methods and instruments of archival information management, as well as to give insights into the field of archives and the challenges of digital long-term archiving. Focus: Recovering old records and long-term archiving The intention of the agreement is that both partners develop joint projects, scientific meetings and workshops. For this purpose, the stock of the Bavarian State Archives can be used for research purposes by students and lecturers of the Institute for Software Technology. Research projects as well as project or master's work are intended primarily to restore and interpret older data stocks of the Bavarian State Archives, document formats and digital long-term storage and long-term preservation. Software solutions that can be created in research and used for the purposes of archiving are released for use by the State Archives. “The cooperation with the state archives is of particular importance for the University of the Bundeswehr Munich and the work in the datArena. This gives our researchers access to authentic and historically valuable data material as well as close personal contacts to internationally identified experts of long-term digital archiving,” explains Prof. Dr. Borghoff. Dr. Ksoll-Marcon said: “Enge contacts to the Institute of Software Technology at the University of the Bundeswehr have existed for many years and are intensified by this cooperation. The aim is to make research data readable and usable and to further develop the necessary technologies." The datArena: A forum of encounter The signing of the cooperation agreement took place in the new premises of the datArena on the grounds of the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. The datArena is a teaching, research and exhibition centre that conveys between technical, cultural and social history and will also offer researchers, students and the public a forum for encounters. The datArena was founded jointly by Prof. Dr. Borghoff and John G. Zabulitzky. At present, a move on the grounds is completed. In addition to valuable, technology-historical, representative electronic computers, the datArena houses a software archive of international rank and one of the largest collections of historical digital media. Since the software and media can be used on functional devices from the respective era, historical software and digital documents can be brought back to life. Thus, datArena offers an excellent infrastructure for research in the field of digital long-term archiving and preservation of digital cultural heritage. In conjunction with the datArena, courses and internships of the Bayerische Archivschule will be organized and conducted in the future.

10.03.2020: ‘Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age” - Tag der Archive im Staatsarchiv Landshut am 9. und 10. March 2020

Guided tour of the State Archive Landshut with archival presentation On the first weekend of March the 10th will be German. Tag Archives organized. This year he is entitled “Communication: From the Depesche to the Tweet”. Several hundred archives in Germany open their doors and provide insights into their work with historical documents. The State Archive Landshut participates in the following working days. On Monday, 9th and Tuesday, 10th will be held in two “Feierabend tours”. March at 16.00 a.m. in the Landshut State Archive presented the diverse tasks of the Landshut State Archive. Following this, there is the possibility to visit the distinctive new building of the state archive at the Schlachthofstraße, which was only purchased in 2016. To this end, visitors can also use the small exhibition “Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age” admire some selected originals on the subject of “communication”. One focus is on the correspondence of and with Edmund Jörg, who was born in 19th. Century as an archival on the castle Trausnitz and its 200th. Birthday was celebrated a few months ago. In addition, private letters from persons from all social classes, from young nobles to prison occupants in Straubing, who are handed over to the state archives. Location: State Archive Landshut, Schlachthofstraße 10, 84034 Landshut Time: Monday, 9. March 2020, 4 pm Tuesday, 10. March 2020. 16.00 am Meeting point: Main entrance of the State Archive Landshut, Entrance Hall Special exhibition: “Handwritten? Messages in the pre-electronic age” of 2.-13. March 2020 opens at the opening hours of the State Archive for visitors (Mo, Di, Do 8.00-16.00, Mi 8.00-18.00, Fr 8.00-13.30 h). Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed by phone or e-mail. Contact person: Dr Martin Rüth, Telephone: 0871/ 92328-0 or 0871/92328-21, E-mail: poststelle@stala.bayern.de Submitted at: 06.02.2020

Event series "DREI um DREI"

In spring 2020, the State Archive Nuremberg had to withdraw from its buildings in the Archivstraße 17 in Nuremberg due to the necessary renovation. It'll take time to move back. Common formats of public relations such as archive tours or exhibitions cannot be offered during the outsourcing. The State Archive Nuremberg has been taking place since 30th. November 2023 with a new lecture format in memory: Under the title “Three Around Three”, archivists in a colourful mix of the rich archives of the State Archives show surprising and precious, eye-catching and consequences-rich, everyday and rare. Three topics are presented each on the third, starting at 3:00 in the afternoon. Three events per year are planned. On the occasion of the introduction of the reformation in Nuremberg 500 years ago, Dr. Christian Kruse, Dr. Daniela Palzer and Dr. Daniel Burger from the State Archive Nuremberg will present on 20th. March original source texts. The focus is on: Advice on “the right and most notable main thrust of our faith and Christian preaching”. The Council and the Nuremberg religious talk of March 1525. They “should, however, be generously ruen with irem Bapisthic measurements”. Nuremberg is evangelical. Determine “how to keep [...] with the void vnd Ceremonien”. The Confessio Augustana and the Brandenburg-Nürnberg church order. The next lectures in 2025: Thursday 20th March 2025, at 3 pm at the Sophien Hall Thursday November 13th 2025 at 3 p.m. Place of event is due to the lack of its own rooms of the Lorenzer Parish (Lorenzer Platz 10, 90402 Nürnberg, entrance right) on 6.2.2025 and 13.11.2025 in the "Osiander" room on 1st floor (record available), on 20.3.2025 on "500 years of reformation in Nuremberg" in the Sophiensaal in the EC. All lectures will be on Blog 'Archive in Bayern' to be read. Contributions to the lecture series "Drei um Drei": /wp:heading wp:paragraph Dr Christian Kruse, "The Süddeutsche Schreiner-Fachschule von Karl Maibaum, Nuremberg - ein Wiederdiscover" (11.3.2024) Dr Daniel Burger, "Key moments. Why does the State Archive Nuremberg keep the keys of the Nuremberg city gates?" (11.3.2024) Dr Daniela Palzer, "The robbery of Johann Paul Forster – a right-historical curiosity" (14.5.2024) /wp:paragraph wp:paragraph /wp:paragraph wp:paragraph /wp:paragraph We hope you are curious about us and our archives. We look forward to your coming! Contact: Staatsarchiv Nürnberg, Rollnerstraße 14, 90408 Nürnberg E-mail: poststelle@stanu.bayern.de Created on 19.12.2023, as amended on 10.03.2025.

13.03.2020: ‘Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age”

On the first weekend of March the 10th will be German. Tag Archives organized. This year he is entitled “Communication: From the Depesche to the Tweet”. Several hundred archives in Germany open their doors and provide insights into their work with historical documents. The State Archive Landshut participates in the following working days. In two “Feierabend tours” will be on Monday, 9th and Tuesday, 10th. March at 16.00 am the state archive Landshut presents the diverse tasks of the state archive Landshut. Following this, there is the possibility to visit the distinctive new building of the state archive at the Schlachthofstraße, which was only purchased in 2016. In addition to this, visitors can small exhibition “Handwritten!? Messages in the pre-electronic age” some selected originals on the topic “Communication” admiring. One focus is on the correspondence of and with Edmund Jörg, who was born in 19th. Century as an archival on the castle Trausnitz and its 200th. Birthday was celebrated a few months ago. In addition, private letters from persons from all social classes, from young nobles to prison occupants in Straubing, who are handed over to the state archives. Location: State Archive Landshut, Schlachthofstraße 10, 84034 Landshut Time: Monday, 9. March 2020, 4 pm Tuesday, 10. March 2020. 16.00 am Meeting point: Main entrance of the State Archive Landshut, Entrance Hall Special exhibition: “Handwritten? Messages in the pre-electronic age” of 2.-13. March 2020 opens at the opening hours of the State Archive for visitors (Mo, Di, Do 8.00-16.00, Mi 8.00-18.00, Fr 8.00-13.30 h). Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed by phone or e-mail. Contact person: Dr Martin Rüth, Telephone: 0871/ 92328-0 or 0871/92328-21, E-mail: poststelle@stala.bayern.de Submitted at: 06.02.2020