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 created in Bavaria, until the foundation of the German Reich, and the second section focuses on the time after the foundation of the Reich. This division corresponds to legal competence: Until 1870, the Kingdom of Bavaria was able to regulate child labour independently on its territory, after which laws and regulations of the German Reich were applied in Bavaria. In principle, the employment of children in factories was 19. century the first and only form of child labour, which was gradually regulated and restricted by the state. This did not mean a ban. In 1903, the German Reichstag passed a general Children's Protection Act, of which agricultural child labour was excluded. In general, child labour in the Federal Republic of Germany was prohibited only by the Youth Employment Protection Act of 1960. The exhibition is from 24 September to 11 November 2019 (extension) 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 weekends and legal holidays) Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed under (089) 28638-2575. Further information at www.gda.bayern.de (also press images in higher resolution). Posted on: 24.09.2019 Associated files: Press release
