The Landeskirchliche Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern (LAELKB) and the Staatsarchiv Nürnberg will present a joint exhibition at LAELKB from 2 June to 15 July 2022. Since spring 2020, during the renovation and expansion of its buildings in Archivstraße 17, the State Archives has sold most of the collections before 1800 in rented LAELKB magazines. A part of the exhibits is therefore temporarily under a roof.

In view of the two archivists, a discussion of the relationship between the Church and the State was offered as a topic. The Landeskirchliche Archiv preserves church documents from the entire Free State. The State Archive Nuremberg is responsible for the written delivery of the state authorities and courts in Central Franconia. Therefore, we have spatially limited the subject: "Church and State in Central Franconia".

The exhibits range from the Reformation period to the present. In selected examples, both mutual proximity and conflicts between state and church are clear. For example, in the introduction of the Reformation, in the 18th century, there is a closeness to the process of reforming. Centuries in the construction of numerous churches in the Markgraftum Brandenburg-Ansbach, which are today called Markgrafenkirchen, as well as after 1800 in schools and in the participation of the pastors in vaccinations. Conflicts occurred both in the age of absolutism with the lifelong imprisonment of an Anglo-Saxon court preacher and confessor as well as in the time of the Nazi dictatorship with prison sentences against priests because of statements that seem rather harmless from today's point of view. There were also frictions during the transition of Franconian territories to the Kingdom of Bavaria after 1806.

Place of destination: Landeskirchliche Archiv der ELKB, Veilhofstraße 8, 90489 Nürnberg

Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 9-17, Thursday 9-20, Friday 9-13.

The richly illustrated exhibition catalogue (116 pages) costs 7.50 euros and can be obtained via the Landeskirchliche Archiv (archiv@elkb.de). Guided tours can also be via Archive@elkb to be agreed.