21.04.2022: Olympic posters from the poster collection of the Bavarian Main State Archive available online

Itotal of 90 posters for Olympic Games from 1964 to 1972 are over finder database of the Bavarian State Archives available online. These include four recently acquired event packages of the ecclesiastical services among the Olympic summer games in Munich. The concept of “Heitere Spiele” included a separate, modern and colored picture language. This idea followed – besides the signs of the sports facilities – public work and advertising material. Especially the posters still provide a good insight into the concept at that time. There are various series at the Olympic posters: posters to Olympic individual disciplines, art posters of renowned artists and advertising posters for the cultural and ecclesiastical accompanying program. For example, the great orchestra and ballet companies of the world appeared during the games in Munich. These official poster series were created on behalf of the International Olympic Committee as organisers, which also manages the rights of use. A few additional posters refer to other accompanying events such as an exhibition by the Bavarian National Museum. The poster collection of the Bavarian Main State Archive contains over 50,000 posters. In addition to cultural and advertising posters, political posters dominate with a focus on the first half of the 20. Century. You can find the poster collection HIER>>. Posted on 11.04.2022, updated on 29.08.2022

14.10.2019: Establishing an emergency network of Bamberger Archives, Libraries and Museums

Director-General of the State Archives, Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon, Mayor of the City of Bamberg, Mr Andreas Starke, General Vicar of the Archdiocese of Bamberg, Monsignore Georg Kestel, President of the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg, Prof. Dr. habil. Godehard Ruppert, and the head of the Bamberg State Library, Ms. Library Director Prof. Dr. Bettina Wagner, signed on 14. October 2019 in the City Archive Bamberg the agreement for mutual support of Bamberger Archives, Libraries and Museums in emergencies (“Notfallverbund Bamberg”). The agreement includes: joint trainings and exercises, the preparation and exchange of emergency plans, and the permanent exchange of those responsible with each other and with external partners such as the fire department and the technical aid. For the hopefully never-ending emergency, the institutions provide mutual support to bundle resources and to ensure faster and more effective recovery and initial supply of the affected archives, books and exhibits. For the institutions involved, the protection of the cultural goods they hold against fire, water, external violence or other unpredictable events is one of the most important tasks. The past has shown that the staff of the individual institutions are often overwhelmed without external assistance, which has shown impressively large disasters such as the Elbhochwasser 2002, the fire in the Weimar Anna-Amalia-Bibliothek 2004 or the collapse of the historical archive of the city of Cologne 2009. The Bamberg emergency association, established by the signing of this agreement, expressly invites the representatives of other cultural institutions in the Bamberg city area to cooperate in the future. Further information on the work of emergency associations in Germany can be found at: http://notfallverbund.de/ On. 14.10.2019   Related files: Joint press release on the Bamberg emergency network

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

24.2.-26.5.2023: 1623. Bavaria will be the princess

On Thursday 23rd February 2023, was the small exhibition “1623” in the Bavarian Main State Archive. Bavaria is opening up Kurfürstentum. The award of the Kurwürde to Herzog Maximilian I. von Bayern 400 years ago, on 25. February 1623, was the result of difficult negotiations and a compromise: The Bavarian Duke was only for his person, not for his whole house. In a secret supplementary agreement, Emperor Ferdinand II confirmed the inheritance of the Bavarian Wittelsbacher. The origins of the Bavarian pursuit after this ranking date back to the late middle age. In the house contract of Pavia, in 1329 between the Bavarian and the Celtic line of the Wittelsbacher, an alternating exercise of the Kurwürde had been agreed; the Golden Bull of 1356 tied the Kurwürde to the Celtic territory. On 8 October 1619, Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria and Emperor Ferdinand II concluded the Munich Treaty. A subsidiary agreement to this agreement marks the beginning of the efforts of Maximilians to transfer the Palatinate Kurwürde to Bavaria. After Friedrichs V's battle from the Palatinate 1621, a secret stretching was first carried out, and in 1623 the transfer of the Kurwürde to life time was finally carried out. Only the Westphalian peace in 1648, which ended the Thirty Years War, confirmed the Kurwürde for Bavaria. The small exhibition explains the most important stages of the ascent of Bavaria to the Kurfürstentum and the taught discussions that were held in the courts involved. The exhibition will be seen in other state archives during the course of 2023 and was therefore planned as a flexible presentation on roll-ups. At the opening the document of 25th February 1623 in original. A small catalogue appears on the exhibition: 1623. Bavaria will be the princess. An exhibition of the Bavarian Main State Archives. Conception and editing: Gerhard Immler, with the collaboration of Sarah Hadry, Elisabeth Lukas-Götz, Claus Mannsbart, Genoveva Rausch, Alexandra Scharmüller, Monika von Walter, Elisabeth Weinberger, Susanne Wolf (State Archives of Bavaria - Small exhibitions 70), Munich 2023, ISBN 978-3-938831-66-3, 60 pages, 5,00 Euro. The exhibition at the Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv, Munich, Schönfeldstr. 5, stairwell, can be seen from 24 February to 26 May 2023. The entrance is free. Opening hours: Mo–Do 8.30–18.00 hrs., Fr 8.30–13.30 hrs. (closed: May 1 (Feiertag), May 17 and 18.5 (Christi Ascension). Guided tours for groups can be booked free of charge at e-mail: poststelle@bayhsta.bayern.de. Published on 23.02.2023.

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. Posted on 29. June 2021

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

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

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