Photo by Dr. Klaus Rupprecht, the new head of the Bamberg State Archive

Dr. Klaus Rupprecht, new head of the Bamberg State Archive (Photograph: Reinhold Schäffer, Bamberg State Archive)

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01.07.2021: Change of office in the Bamberg State Archive

With effect from 1. July 2021 Archive Director Dr. Klaus Rupprecht is appointed Head of the Bamberg State Archives. He follows archive director Dr. Christian Kruse, who moved to the State Archive Nuremberg as head of May 1, 2021.

Dr. Christian Kruse led the Bamberg State Archive from 1 December 2018 to 30 April 2021. He studied history and German at the universities of Erlangen and Vienna for the Magisterium at Gymnasium and received his doctorate in Erlangen with a work on “Franz Friedrich Anton von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld 1750–1806”. After training as a scientific archivist at the Bavarian Archive School in 1988 to 1991, he worked in the Bavarian Main State Archives, in the State Archives Augsburg, Nuremberg and Munich and from 2008 to 2018 in the Directorate-General of the State Archives of Bavaria.

Dr. Klaus Rupprecht, a native of Upper Franconia, studied history, anglistics and social studies at the University of Bamberg for the Teaching Office of Gymnasium. He received his doctorate with a dissertation on the topic of “Ritterisches Fürstentruung in Franken. The history of Guttenberg in the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the early modern period”. After his lecture on the scientific archivist at the Bavarian Archive School in 1993 to 1996, Klaus Rupprecht worked in the Bavarian Main State Archive in Munich, came to the Bamberg State Archives in 1997, where he was Deputy Head and Speaker for Disclosure and Stock Issues since 2000. He has been head of the state archive Würzburg since 1 November 2016. With his appointment to the head of the Bamberg State Archives, he returns to his roots.

In recent years, the Bamberg State Archive has been able to inaugurate and obtain an additional, modern magazine construction. In the next few years, public relations and public relations will be a special focus. It is also considered particularly important to strengthen the significance of the Bamberg State Archive as a centre of regional historical research. In this respect, cooperation with the Upper Franconian universities, cultural institutions and historical associations is sought.

The Bamberg State Archives retains around 2.6 million archives in the amount of 26.3 lfd. km (as at the end of 2020). It is responsible for the transfer of all state authorities, courts and prosecutors of the middle and lower level in the administrative district of Oberfranken, but without those based in county and circular city of Coburg (the State Archive Coburg is responsible for this). For the time before 19. The State Archives delivers the documents, official books, files and plans of the Hochstift and Domkapitels Bamberg as well as of the Bamberg monasteries and pens, the archives of the Markgraftum Brandenburg-Kulmbach-Bayreuth, the Franconian Empire and the rich Knights cantons Gebürg and Steigerwald. In addition, numerous nationally important nobility archives (e.g. Counts of Giech, Freelors of Guttenberg) as well as important personal estates and collections belong to the main areas of tradition.

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State Archive Coburg (Photograph: Peter Litvai, Atelier für Fotografie Landshut).

01.07.2022: New office management in the state archive Coburg

Dr. Johannes Staudenmaier M.A. was effective from 1. July 2022 interimist to the head of State Archives Coburg ordered. He follows Dr. Alexander Wolz M.A., who has been the State Archive since the 21st. December 2017 and was transferred to the state archive Würzburg on 1 September 2021. Johannes Staudenmaier, a native of Munich, studied new history, political sciences and old history at the universities of Bamberg, Madrid and Vienna. He earned his doctorate in the early modern administrative and legislative history of the Hochstifts Bamberg. From 2010 to 2012, Johannes Staudenmaier completed the Bayerische Archivschule in Munich as a lecturer and subsequently worked in the state archives Nuremberg and Bamberg. The State Archive Coburg preserves 419,665 archives of 4.3 km. It is responsible for the archives of the state authorities and courts located in the district-free city of Coburg and in the district of Coburg, even if their jurisdiction extends beyond the territory of the district. The historical tradition extends to the former Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and its forerunners or to the Free State of Coburg, which emerged after the dissolution of the Staff Union of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha in 1919, until its integration into the Free State of Bavaria in 1920. Published on 04.07.2022, supplemented on 08.07.2022

Amberg State Archives, photo: Peter Litvai, Landshut Photography Studio

15.11.2019: Establishing an emergency network of archives and libraries in Amberg and Sulzbach-Rosenberg

The Director-General of the State Archives, Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon, the Mayor of the City of Amberg, Mr. Michael Cerny, the Director-General of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Dr. Klaus Ceynowa, and the 1st Chairman of the Literaturarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg e.V., Mr. PD Dr. habil. Heribert Tommek, signed on 15. November 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Amberg State Archives the mutual support of archives and libraries in Amberg and Sulzbach-Rosenberg in emergencies (“Notfallverbund Amberg – Sulzbach-Rosenberg”). According to the emergency associations Augsburg (founded in 2015), Munich (founded in 2016), Nuremberg (founded in 2016), Landshut (founded in 2019) and Bamberg (founded in 2019), the association Amberg – Sulzbach-Rosenberg is the sixth of this kind in Bavaria. From an archival point of view it should be emphasized that the depot of the Amberg State Archive in Sulzbach-Rosenberg is also part of the association. The agreement includes: joint trainings and exercises, the preparation and exchange of emergency plans, and regular exchange of those responsible with each other and with external partners such as fire brigade and technical assistance. For the hopefully never-ending emergency, archives and libraries provide mutual support in order to bundle resources and to ensure faster and more effective recovery and initial supply of the affected archives, books and exhibits. One of the most important tasks of the institutions involved is the protection of the cultural goods they hold against fire, water, external violence or other unpredictable events. The past has shown that the employees of the individual institutions are often overwhelmed with large damage events without external assistance. Great catastrophes such as the Elbhochwasser 2002, the fire in the Weimar Duchess Anna Amalia Library 2004 or the collapse of the historical archives of the city of Cologne 2009 have shown this in an impressive way. Strong rains and flood events in the recent past led to a number of Bavarian nobility archives that were able to be managed with united forces. Fortunately, the institutions involved in Bavarian emergency alliances have not yet had to deal with major emergencies. The fire of the Trausnitz Castle in Landshut remains on the 21st. In October 1961, the state archive Landshut, which was currently housed there, was seriously affected. At that time, the Bavarian archive administration had to make its own experience with a large fire disaster and damage to archives and building materials. The emergency association Amberg – Sulzbach-Rosenberg, founded by the signing of this agreement, expressly invites representatives of other cultural institutions, such as museums, in Amberg and Sulzbach-Rosenberg to cooperate in the future. For more information on the work of emergency associations in Germany, see: http://notfallverbund.de/ Related Files: Pressemitteilung

Eine Begleitausstellung mit dem Thema „Staatliches Bauen in Oberfranken – eine Skizze“, zu der ein kleiner Katalog erschienen ist, wurde im Rahmen der Einweihung eröffnet.

29.03.2019: Opening of the new magazine for the Bamberg State Archive

On Friday, 29th March 2019, the extension of the Bamberg State Archive (Hainstraße 39, 96047 Bamberg State Archives) was solemnly handed over to its destination after a construction period of two and a half years. At the ceremony, Mr. Minister of State for Science and Art Bernd Sibler, MdL, gave a greeting to Mrs. Minister of State for Health and Care Melanie Huml, MdL. Minister of State Bernd Sibler stressed in advance: “The Bamberg State Archive houses a great cultural treasure. Enlargement can now bring together all stocks in one place. Valuable testimonies of our history reflect the monastery culture of the Middle Ages, the various territorial dominations and the border proximity of the region to the former GDR and the Czech Republic. In future, they will be kept under excellent conditions and made available to the public. This state-of-the-art archive offers us the best ways to deal with our history and identity. ‘ In August 2014, the then Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art issued the planning mandate for the expansion building. As part of a competition procedure, the 1st prize went to the architecture firm Peter W. Schmidt, Pforzheim. The first groundbreaking ceremony was held in October 2016, one year later the fair. The project management and construction management were located at the Bamberg State Building Office. The expansion construction with a gross space content of 14.346 m3 realizes a useful area of 3469 m2 on a base area of just under 2000 m2, of which about 200 m2 for working and storage spaces, including a cleaning room with a microbiological safety work bench. In addition, the building contains thirteen magazine rooms and three small magazines for storing special materials, especially photographs that require a colder indoor climate. The extension consists of six bullets with windowless magazines. The basement is 53.8 m long and 24.9 m wide, the five projectiles above it are square with a side length of 24.4 m. Around 18.9 kilometres of archives can be stored. The construction costs were EUR 9.1 million. With air conditioning (ventilation, heating, cooling, humidification and dehumidification) and a multilayer wall structure (from inside to outside: 25 cm reinforced concrete, 20 cm insulation, air, 8-10 cm colored concrete facade with sandstone appearance), a constant magazine climate with a temperature of 16 to 20 degrees Celsius and a relative humidity of 40 to 55 percent is to be created. The State Archive Bamberg is the state authority for all questions of archives in the administrative district of Oberfranken with the exception of the circular town of Coburg and the district of Coburg, which belong to Bavaria only since the referendum of 1920. It currently retains around 26 kilometres of archives with an average annual increase of 300 metres. In the State Archive, historically and legally relevant material from the time of 815 is transferred to the present, which is secured, developed and provided for research. During the festive event, the Exhibition „Staats Bau in Oberfranken – ein Skizze“ open. The exhibition is until 7 June 2019 to see (Mo, Do 8.00–16.00 h, Di, Mi 8.00–18.00 h, Fr 8.00–12.30 h), it appears a small Catalogue No: 59: State building in Oberfranken - a sketch. An exhibition of the state archive Bamberg on the occasion of the inauguration of the extension building, Bamberg, 29 March - 7th June 2019. Conception and editing: Christian Kruse, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-938831-89-2, 49 pages, sw-Abb., price 4.00 Euro Posted on: 29.03.2019

11.04.2019: "Freeze in Bavaria in the 19th Century" - Teaching Exhibition in the Bavarian Main State Archive

The Basic Law and the Bavarian Constitution guarantee today the freedom of the press and the report reimbursement by broadcasting and media – the basis for free expression and democracy. Nevertheless, in 2018, the Federal Republic of Germany ranked 15th place on the press freedom index, the press freedom index, the international non-governmental organisation reporter without borders behind Portugal. On the 3rd day of press freedom May, the small exhibition looks back 200 years, asks for the roots of the term “freeze” and highlights its development in Bavaria in 19th. Century. The term “freeze” comes from the age of enlightenment. He received political importance with the French Revolution. In a German-speaking reference book, the term appears for the first time in 1784. Initially, the “freeze” was equal to the freedom of printing. This didn't mean Art today. 5 of the Basic Law guaranteed central fundamental right of freedom of expression, but simply to print freedom. With the transition to the modern state at the beginning of 19. A time began in Bavaria, characterized by the change of censorship and freedom of the press. The dispute was conducted at the legal or constitutional level. Important cesures were the decree of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1818), the Hambach Festival (1832), the March Revolution (1848) and the German Reich Foundation (1871). In the course of 19. The press took over the role of an opinion-maker. The bourgeois public was sensitized for the democratic concerns of the press. The small exhibition with 29 exhibits from the Bavarian Main State Archives, the State Archive Munich and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek was organized as part of the training in the pre-breeding service 2017/2020 for the entry into the 3rd century. Qualification level of the field of education and science, specialist focus on archives, at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria. The exhibition is from 11 April to 21 April May 2019 in the main building of the Bavarian Main State Archive (Treppenhaus, 1st OG), Schönfeldstraße 5, 80539 Munich. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30 – 18.00 hrs, Friday 8.30 – 13.30 hrs; closed on all holidays. Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed under (089) 28638-2575. Submitted on: 11. 04.2019

Amendment to the Bavarian Archives Act

The Bavarian Archives Act was amended with effect from January 1, 2026. The current version can be found here.

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.

Archives of the Free State of Bavaria for “Reparation” National Socialist Unright

‘reparation files’ are important sources of historical research due to the detailed biographical information and the attached evidence. On the 7th Day of Provenance Research on the 9th April 2025 show the Bavarian State Archives with a small showcase presentation in the Bavarian Main State Archive, which provides insights into persecution skills based on this file group. The Day of Provenance Research conveys the social and scientific relevance of this research area and takes place every year on the second Wednesday in April. In the example of the persecution fate of the Jewish woman Hedwig Bobelle during the NS period, it is shown which evaluation possibilities for example offer the compensation files. The Compensation Act contains applications submitted by Hedwig Bobelle to the Bavarian State Compensation Office from 1954. These requests for damage to freedom, property and property as well as professional and economic progress illustrate, among other things, the handling of the recovery authorities with the formerly persecuted. In many cases, detailed evidence was required which were hardly to be provided, since almost everything had to be left behind on the flight, in detention and other war-related fates. It is also clear that not only cultural goods such as paintings, musical instruments or valuable books have been robbed. Everyday objects, from personal memorabilia to furnishings, were also deprived of Nazi persecution. Files such as those of Hedwig Bobelle will be made available online in the future, taking into account the legal bases. For this purpose, between 2023 and 2030 a part of the archival tradition is digitized and deepened for the “reparation” of NS injustice of the state archives of Bavaria. Development data and digitalisates are provided online via the finder database of the Bavarian State Archives and the thematic portal “Reparation of National Socialist Unright” in the “Archivportal-D”. The digitization project was initiated by the Federal Ministry of Finance, which has been responsible for the “reparation” of national socialist injustice as the top specialist authority since the early 1950s. The theme portal implements one of the following tasks of the “reparation”. The presentation is from 2 to 30. April 2025 in the Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv, Schönfeldstr. 5, 80539 Munich, to see. The entrance is free. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8.30-18.00 Friday 8.30-13.30 closed: Good Friday and Easter Monday, 18th and 21st April 2025 Links: on the theme portal ‘Reparation of National Socialist Unright’ link to the online collection "Reparation for National Socialist Injustice" Working group Provenance research e.V. to Events on the Day of Provenance Research the Research association Provenienzforschung Bayern Poster and Flyer: Nicole Edwards, GDA. Issued on 08.04.2025, amended on 12.05.2025.