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Signing of the Cooperation Agreement - by Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon (General Director of the State Archives) – Prof. Dr. Uwe Borghoff (Vice President of the University of the Federal Armed Force Munich) – Prof. Dr. Merith Niehuss (President of the University of the Bundeswehr Munich)Copyright: UniBWM/Siebold

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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.

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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

Orts- und Fernamt Regensburg am Domplatz with predominantly female staff, 1924-1928 (from: StAAm, issue Staatsarchiv Nürnberg Postakten 1490)

07.03.2020: History of the Post in the Oberpfalz - Tag der Archive im Staatsarchiv Amberg am 7. March 2020

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13th Archives Day “Old Home - New Home,” early March 2026

Every two years, the Association of German Archivists (VdA) calls for a nationwide “Archives Day.” Most events take place on the weekend of March 7-8, but some take place earlier. This year, Archives Day will focus on the theme of “Old homeland – new homeland,” but many other topics will also be covered. Among Bavaria's state archives, the Amberg State Archives (presentation already on March 4), the Bavarian Main State Archives, and the Coburg, Landshut, and Munich State Archives will be participating with events on Saturday, March 7. The Augsburg State Archives will take part in “Augsburg open” from May 7 to 10, 2026, and the Bamberg State Archives will hold an open house on June 12. Further information can be found on the Munich archives' joint blog, “Archive in München.” The detailed program for Archives Day at the Bavarian State Archives can be found in the flyer and the accompanying poster. An overview of all participating Munich archives and their programs can be found in the flyer “What? Archives?” Please note: Some events have individual dates or require advance registration. Fig. 1: Exhibition poster for Archives Day; design: Benjamin, Gerum, GDA. Fig. 2: Flyer for “13th Archives Day”; design: Nicole Edwards, GDA. Fig. 3: Flyer “What? Archive?” Participating Munich archives and their program; photo and design: Katharina Kuhlmann, Alfred Küng. Posted on February 12, 2026, modified on February 23, 2026. Related files PM_TdA_2026.pdf Staatliche_Archive_Bayerns_TdA_2026_Flyer.pdf Muenchner_Archive_TdA_2026_Flyer.pdf HStA_TdA_2026_Plakat.jpg StAA_TdA_2026_Plakat.jpg StACo_TdA_2026_Plakat.jpg StALa_TdA_2026_Plakat.jpg StAM_TdA_2026_Plakat.jpg

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.