27.6.2024: Emergency association Bayern founded

Climate change promotes natural disasters and extreme weather conditions, the consequences of which increasingly affect cultural institutions. Flood 2024 again proves that such damage events are usually no longer possible at local level alone. A cross-border networked infrastructure for the protection of cultural property with appropriate personnel and technical equipment is becoming increasingly important.

In order to be better prepared for major damage events in Bavaria, leading cultural institutions join the Bavarian emergency association. First sign of the agreement

the Directorate-General of the State Archives of Bavaria
the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
the state office for non-governmental museums in Bavaria
the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
the Bavarian National Museum
Archive and Library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
the archive of the archbishop Bamberg
the Archaeological State Collection
the Federal Archive for its facility Load balancing archive Bayreuth

The Bavaria emergency association supplements the existing regional emergency alliances with a supra-regional level. So far, there are already active emergency alliances in Bavaria at the locations of all state archives, i.e. in Amberg-Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Augsburg, Bamberg, Coburg, Landshut, Munich, Nuremberg and Würzburg. Other local allies are found. Minister of State Markus Blume emphasised on the signing of the agreement:

“Prevention, protection and networking are best achieved together: With the establishment of the Bavarian emergency association, cultural institutions from all over the Free State join forces to quickly and extensively protect our cultural treasures. At the heart of the composite is the provision and coordination of a special emergency container for the protection of cultural property. In emergency, expert experts from the association advise and accompany the fire brigade when using the container. Thus, hand-in-hand with the operational forces, a quick, safe and precise protection of our cultural treasures is guaranteed. ‘

In the event of a major damage event, the institutions, which are combined in the Bavarian emergency association, bundle their human, technical and technical resources in order to preserve irreplaceable cultural property from loss and destruction. The first 48 hours decide on the success of a first supply, after this time, mold formation is used in wet objects. Even after that, a recovery is still possible, but the more rapid action is done properly, the better.

Objectives of the Bavarian emergency association are procurement and provision of required large equipment and regular training. In the event of damage, members of the association help with recovery and initial care, the subsequent further processing is not the task of the emergency network. For the Bavarian emergency association, as large as possible facilities should be obtained, which run their own workshops or regularly supervise their own large-scale projects in the field of conservation. In this way, the facilities have the necessary expertise in order to also initiate further operational forces in the appropriate handling of crops to be fermented or already havared. A broad distribution of competence was also central. In addition to archives and libraries, large museums are represented and an important competent representative of smaller museums is represented by the state office for non-governmental museums. Whether document, book, painting or sculpture, for any kind of cultural property are specialists on board.

The Federal Government supports the 2021 regions affected by floods and heavy rain during the reconstruction and the cultural facilities located there in order to cope with damage. From the funds provided for this purpose, a total of ten emergency containers are purchased with equipment and materials for the protection of cultural goods and kept ready for nationwide use. The main objective of the 10 containers to be distributed over the federal territory is the creation of a networked emergency infrastructure cultural property protection, which can also be combined.

For Bavaria is currently running Production of a special container according to the model of the unrolling container of the emergency composite Cologne which has already been proven in use. Starting in the middle of 2025, this roll-off container is ready for cultural goods protection at a logistically easily accessible location in the Munich area for the supra-regional retrieval via the emergency association Bayern. The alarming takes place via the control points of the fire department, the final decision as to whether there is an occasion for a request of the container, meets the emergency association Bayern. The emergency network also alerts the team of the container – tailored to the respective affected cultural goods.

Further information:

Emergency allies in Germany.

The coordinating body for the preservation of the written cultural goods (KEK) takes into account the emergency provision in its funding lines and supports, for example, the purchase of emergency boxes and other equipment or the preparation of emergency plans. An overview of projects funded so far in the field of emergency provision is about KEK's homepage available.

Also provided on the homepage of the KEK interactive overview map of all emergency alliances in Germany.

The Security Guide Kulturgut (SiLK) offers archives, libraries and museums with a free online tool the possibility of Self-evaluation to raise the level of security of your own institution and to expose vulnerabilities.

The joint recommendations for emergency management in archives and libraries of the federal state bodies were recast in 2024 and are here available.

More information on conservation in the field Technical information on our homepage.

BU 1: Signing of the agreement “Notfallverbund Bayern” on 27. June 2024 in the Directorate-General for State Archives of Bavaria. The group picture shows (from left to right): Dr. Dirk Blübaum and Simone Schön (both: Landesstelle für die Non-State Museums in Bavaria); Archivdirektor Karsten Kühnel M.A. (Federal Archives) Prof. Dr. Johannes Merz (Archive and Library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising); Eva Ortner M.A. (Doerner Institute/Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen); Dr. Laura Scherr and Dr. Bernhard Grau (both: Directorate-General of the Bavarian State Archives); Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk (Amtschef in the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Art); Prof. Dr. Bernhard Maaz (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen); Dr. Frank Matthias Kammel (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum); Prof. Dr. Rupert Gebhard (Archäologische Staatssammlung); Dr. Klaus Ceynowa (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek); Kreisbrandrat Johann Eitzenberger (chairman of the Landesfeuerwehrverband Bayern e.V.); Dipl.-Chem. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jürgen Schwarz (Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration); Photo: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv.

BU 2: Roll-off container Cultural property protection of the emergency network Cologne; Photo: City Archive Cologne.

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Title of the basic tax cataster of the tax municipality of Gärmersdorf (Lkr. Amberg-Sulzbach), 1840

22.01.2020: "Grund und Boden – highly estimated. The floor estimate in the Oberpfalz – from analog to digital" - exhibition at the Staatsarchiv Amberg

Wednesday, 22. January 2020, the small exhibition “Grund und Boden – was highly appreciated in the Amberg State Archive. The soil estimate in the Oberpfalz – from analog to digital” opens. The exhibition is a cooperation project of the Amberg State Archives with the Office for Digitization, Broadband and Survey Amberg and the Weiden Finance Office. What is a field or a meadow worth? What's the ground? How do climate and water conditions shape? Answers to these questions arise from the soil estimate. The soil estimate is an inventory of agricultural soils according to the nature of their use and their natural viability. It is used to tax agricultural assets, but it is also important as a basis for determining value in land transport and rural development, land protection and land information systems. The exhibition with about 60 exhibits traces the history of soil estimation from its beginnings in the 1930s to the present and presents its organization and execution yesterday and today. Estimation cards and estimates books, which have only recently been submitted to the Amberg State Archive, documents, practical instructions, photos, technical equipment and soil samples, are shown. A fair distribution of the loads according to ownership and economic power has always been a reason for the tax on land and land. In addition, the exhibition therefore illustrates the prehistory: possessions and tax books from the Middle Ages and early modern times as well as cataster documents from the 19th century. Centuries give an insight into the tax assessment before the soil estimate. Hand-drawn cards from the 17th and 18th Century conveys an optical impression of landscapes in pre-industrial time. In addition to the documentation of the estimation results on paper, the modern digital mode of operation of the soil estimate is explained and the processing of the geodata in ALKIS as well as its evaluation possibilities via the Geoportal Bayern is demonstrated. This means that the floor estimate is not only placed in the larger frames of the history of the tax system, but also a sheet is beaten by the analogue to the digital geodata management. The implementation of the soil estimate is the task of the financial authorities which collect the results in estimation cards and estimation books and forward them to the survey management. This is responsible for the continuation of the digital data stock in ALKIS (Automatized Property Cataster Information System) and for the distribution of the data. The exhibition is from 22. January 2020 to 28 February 2020 in the State Archive Amberg, Archivstraße 3, 92224 Amberg (Input Weißenburger Straße) to see. Opening hours: Monday and Thursday 8:00 to 16:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 to 18:00, Friday 8:00 to 13:30 (Sa, So closed, Carnival Serviceag 25.2. open only until 12:00) Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be under 09621/307-911 or poststelle@staam.bayern.de to be agreed. Submitted on: 22.01.2020 Related files: Pressemitteilung

National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) complete

The NFDI represents an innovation in the German science landscape and aims to build a digital, regionally distributed and networked knowledge storage. It is intended to systematically develop valuable research data, which are often stored decentralized, project-like and temporary, as well as to make it readable, available and usable in the long term. It is composed of consortia in which different institutions of the respective research field cooperate, including infrastructure facilities such as the Bavarian State Archives. A knowledge store like the NFDI is the basis for attracting the world's best scientists. For the development and promotion of NFDI, the federal government and countries from 2019 to 2028 annually represent up to 90 million. Euro ready for final expansion, of which the federal government bears 90 percent, 10 percent bear the countries. Since 2020, the state archives of Bavaria are partners of the NFDI4Earth and the NFDI4Biodiversity. In November 2022, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) has incorporated eight other consortia into the federal state funding of the NFDI. The decision was based on a recommendation from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The following consortia will be funded from March 2023: • NFDI4Memory - Consortium for historically working humanities, • NFDI4Objects - research data infrastructure for the material legacy of human history, • NFDI4BIOIMAGE - National Research Data Infrastructure for Microscopy and Image Analysis, • NFDI4Energy - National Research Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research, • NFDI4Immuno - National Research Data Infrastructure for Immunology, • FAIRagro - FAIRe data infrastructure for agrosystem research, • NFDIxCS - National Research Data Infrastructure for and with Computer Science, • Base4NFDI - basic services for the NFDI. The Federal Government and the Länder are convinced that the eight consortia of the third and thus the last round of funding will complement the 19 consortia selected in the previous rounds in a very good way. Further information www.nfdi.de and project and cooperation/running projects

Figure 1: Munich 1972, poster for individual discipline athletics (Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, poster collection 28712)

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

Staatsarchiv Würzburg (Photograph: Peter Litvai, Atelier für Fotografie Landshut)

16.08.2021: Change of office in the state archive Würzburg

With effect from September 1, 2021, archive council Dr. Alexander Wolz M.A. is appointed as head of the state archive Würzburg. He follows archive director Dr. Klaus Rupprecht, who joined the Bamberg State Archive as head of July 1, 2021. Dr. Klaus Rupprecht studied History, Anglistik and Social Studies at the University of Bamberg for the Magisterium at Gymnasium. He received his doctorate on “Ritterliches Dominique 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 first worked at the Bayeri Main State Archive in Munich and since 1997 at the Bamberg State Archives. He then led the Würzburg State Archive from 1 November 2016 to 30 June 2021. Alexander Wolz, who grew up in Kitzingen, studied history, folk studies and political sciences at the University of Würzburg. His thesis deals with the topic "The City of Kitzingen and the Rise of National Socialism", he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the topic "The Rhineland Crisis 1936. The Federal Foreign Office and the Locarnopakt 1933-1936. Alexander Wolz worked at the city archive Lohr am Main. From 2014 to 2016, Alexander Wolz completed the Bayerische Archivschule in Munich as a lecturer. On 21 December 2016 he took over the direction of the State Archive Coburg. The state archive Würzburg is the state authority for all questions of archives in the government district of Unterfranken. In 1764, the then princely-Turfish-Turzburgian archive moved from the Marienberg fortress to the Würzburg residence. At that time it was housed in the residence north wing where it is still present. The archive is expected to move from Würzburg to Kitzingen in 2025/26 after 260 years. The central challenges for the new owner are therefore the accompanying of the construction measures and the moving and the associated intensive preparations. The state archive Würzburg preserves around 8.65 million archives in the amount of 26.4 km (as at the end of 2020). It is responsible for the transfer of all government officials, courts and prosecutors of the middle and lower level in the Lower Franconian government district and the notaries of the Bamberg Oberlandesgericht district. For the time before 19. The state archive is handed over to the documents, official books, files and plans of the territories of the Old Reich in today's sub-French government district, especially Hochstift and Domkapitel Würzburg, along with associated pens and monasteries, Erzstift and Domkapitel Mainz with the Vizedomamt and the later Principality of Aschaffenburg (as far as Bavarian parts), Reichsstadt Schweinfurt (parts), Reichskirche In addition, numerous regionally important nobility archives (e.g. Schönborn, Fechenbach) are among the focal points of the tradition. For 20. The tradition of the secret state police station Würzburg ("Gestapo Würzburg") and the NSDAP, Gau Mainfranken have central importance, not least for provenance research. Posted on 16.8.2021

03.06.2019: "Joseph Ludwig Graf von Armansperg (1787–1853): Aristokrat, Liberal, Minister, Chancellor" - Teaching Exhibition at the Bavarian Main State Archive

On Monday, June 3, 2019, the opening of the small exhibition “Joseph Ludwig Graf von “Armansperg (1787–1853): Aristokrat, Liberal, Minister, Arch Chancellor” takes place in the Bavarian Main State Archive. The exhibition was launched in the course of training in the preparation service 2017/2020 for the entry into the 3rd Qualification level of the field of education and science, specialist focus on archives, at the University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria. Joseph Ludwig Graf von Armansperg served four Wittelsbach kings as officials, ministers and advisors. He came from an old noble family of Lower Bavaria, which was raised to the Reichsfreiherrenstand in 1719. His career began as administrative officer under King Maximilian I. Joseph. King Ludwig I promoted him to the “Superminister” for finance and interior, later for finance, the royal house and exterior. As a “Sparmansperg” he refurbished the Bavarian state finances and set new standards in terms of transparency, accuracy and economy. At the end of his professional life, Armansperg became President of the Council of Regents and Chancellor of the Young Kingdom of Greece under King Otto. Armansperg spent his retirement as a landlord at Egg Castle near Deggendorf. During the revolutionary upheavals of 1848, King Maximilian II again sought Armansperg's advice on various questions. To Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg, the state archives of Bavaria maintain a rich tradition. Personal documents and documents can be found in Estate Armansperg in the Bavarian Main State Archive. Documents from other branches of the family lie in the State Archives Munich (Family Archive Grafen von Armannsperg) and Country hat. Armansperg's work as state officials and ministers was reflected in the files of various Bavarian authorities. About 30 objects were selected for the small exhibition, which illuminate the central stations of life and activity of Armanspergs. Documents, business writing, session logs, publications and private letters are complemented by contemporary paintings and lithographies. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the King Otto Museum in Ottobrunn provided reproductions for the exhibition. Today, among others, the Armanspergstraße in Münchner district Harlaching and the inscription of the Ottopillar in Ottobrunn remind Joseph von Armansperg. A compilation of these and other traces of memories round off the exhibition. The exhibition is from 3. June to 16. July 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 10.5. (Pfingstmontag), 20.5. (Fronleichnam). The entrance is free. Guided tours for groups can be agreed under (089) 28638-2575. Submitted on: 03.06.2019

illustration of the linen shirt for the newborn prince Ludwig., with embroidered king crown and number 3, approx. Size 56, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Family Archive Preysing-Lichtenegg-Moos (Photo: Bayerisches Hauptstaatarchiv)

11.10.2021: 100. Day of death King Ludwig III.

100. King Ludwigs III dedicate the Bavarian State Archives to the last Bavarian king Online presentation. Written considerations of the king’s to a European “federation of states” which have not yet been disregarded by research are presented. The unlocking took place on Monday, 11. October 2021 on the occasion of a visit by the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Minister of State Dr. Florian Herrmann, MdL, and SKH Herzog Franz von Bayern in the Bavarian Main State Archive. The First World War and the November Revolution in 1918 led to the end of the monarchy in Bavaria. The last Bavarian King Ludwig III fled from Munich on 7 November 1918. He spent the rest of his life at Schloss Wildenwart im Chiemgau, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Hungary. Ludwig III died 76 years on 18th. October 1921 at Nádasdy Castle in Sárvár in Hungary. The state archives of Bavaria preserve diverse testimonies from the life of the last monarch. Some selected special pieces from the Bavarian State Archive, Department III Secret Home Archive and Department V Estates and Collections and State Archive Munich are presented in an online presentation. A first-hand shirt, baptism and birth certificate, will and death-matric entry as well as photos provide an insight into the life-reality of the prince and later monarchs. From research to Ludwig III. a document which was found in his desk in Sárvár after the death of the king has not been honoured. It opens up a new look at the monarchs named “Millibauer” in the Bavarian population due to their passion for agriculture. Ludwig held reflections on the project of a “federation of states” in a volatile pencil. The political plans contained are partly very time-bound, but point in time ahead of what is or is being pursued in the European Union today. ↗ to online presentation Submitted on 11.10.2021

09.03-09.04.2020: Exhibition "Die Geschichte der Post in der Oberpfalz im 19. und 20. Century"

Special exhibition at the Amberg State Archive for 10th. Tag Archives on 7. March 2020 Since 19. In the 1990s, post and rail reforms were conducted by the government. In addition to the transport infrastructure, powerful news systems created the foundations for the industrialization and modernization of Bavaria and Germany. The history and performance of the post office in the administrative district of Oberpfalz in the 19th and 20th are exemplarily provided by original archives and private loan offerings. century shown. In addition to the promotion of letters and the telephone and telegraph service, this included the transport of persons and goods by road and payment. In addition, the focus is on the operations, the different buildings and the staff of the postal service. There are also two spectacular cases where the post in the region was targeted by criminals. From 16. March RESOLUTION on CORONA - The exhibition is from the 9th March 2020 to 9 April 2020 (State Archive Amberg, Archivstraße 3, 92224 Amberg; Entrance Weißenburger Straße). Opening hours: Monday and Thursday 8:00 to 16:00, Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 to 18:00, Friday 8:00 to 13:30 (Sa and So closed; Special opening on 7. March 2020 from 10:00 to 14:00. Free admission. Guided tours for groups can be agreed at 09621/307-911 or poststelle@staam.bayern.de. Submitted on: 18.02.2020

30.04.2019: NEW COLLECTION: “Description of Estates in the Bavarian Main State Archive”

Written discounts of individuals are of considerable importance for the cultural memory of the state or society. They complement the official tradition and provide a view of history from a personal perspective. This is why archives and other memory institutions are intensively concerned with the preservation, development and use of these private sources. The Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv keeps estates of important personalities and collections in its own department, such as leaflets, posters, photos, and association articles. 30. April 2019 was presented to the public the new “Directory of Estates in the Bavarian Main State Archive” in the presence of Mr. State Minister for Science and Art Bernd Sibler, MdL. Art and Science Minister Bernd Sibler, a self-studied historian, stressed in the run-up to the event: “Public estates are valuable cultural evidence of our country. They help to better understand the work and work of important personalities and are thus a unique source of historical research. I am proud that the archive inventory on estates in the Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv facilitates access to this high cultural property for all interested and makes us aware again: archives are the memory of our country!” Through its clear structure, the inventory provides a quick overview of these sources that are so important for historical research. Which life stations of the estate agents can be traced? Who corresponded to who? Where can I find other parts of the estate? Biographical basic data, data on the duration and extent, as well as brief information on the content of the most written documents forming the estate, open up an exciting network, which also invites you to cross-read. The estates come from important families and personalities from Bavarian politics and history. Maximilian von Montgelas, Princess Therese von Bayern, Willi Graf, Christoph Probst, Hans Ehard, Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner and Max StÃ1⁄4hl are some examples of estate agents from Bavaria. The estates from the Sudeten German Archive, which is deposited in the Bavarian Main State Archive, constitute a not inconsiderable part. The printing of the tape was generously Association Friends and Sponsors of the Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv and of the Sudetendeutsche Institut e.V. support. orders about the book trade; Direct sale: Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Schönfeldstraße 5, 80539 Munich; Price 25,00 € (plus postage and packaging) A large part of the discounts summarized in the archive inventory can be searched as an online finder on the homepage of the Bavarian State Archives: °C Bavarian State Archive5 Department V: Estates and Collections, 5.1 Estates and Family Archives) Digitalisate is also available for research for the estate of Maximilian Graf von Montgelas: °C Online digitalisate for the estate of Maximilian from Montgelas

Cooperation of the State Archives of Bavaria with the Arolsen Archives

The detention centre in Munich-Stadelheim acted as a “central detention centre” in the Nazi justice system and is one of the main places of the Nazi injustice in Munich with over 1000 known executions by 1945. The 844 so-called execution files of the JVA München-Stadelheim, which have been stored in the State Archive Munich since 1975, contain more than 50 unsubscribed letters from execution candidates to particularly close persons. The then prison administration and the detention centres held these letters back. The execution files are freely accessible to all scientific and private research projects, the distortion information is available online via the Finder database of the State Archives of Bavaria. In order to take account of the particular importance which the execution files or the suicide letters of the executed still have, as sources of history for the NS injustice, but also as personal evidence for the descendants of the executed, the files were systematically checked, digitized and the original letters mentioned were identified. The Arolsen Archives are the international centre of Nazi persecution with the world's most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of National Socialism. They specialize in tracking the biographical traces of NS victims up to their relatives living today. In the case of execution victims from Munich-Stadelheim, these traces lead not only to German, but above all to Polish and French families. The aim of the cooperation agreed in April 2025 is the networking of the files of the State Archive Munich with the transfer of Arolsen Archives to 17.5 million victims of National Socialism. The Arolsen Archives will try to identify addressees of the suicide note and other survivors of the executed, to contact them and to hand them copies of the original letters on request. The project is accompanied by a conciliation campaign and public events. This connects the letters beyond the existing free archival accesses. First results were presented at the press conference on 23 July and the project progress was explained. More information about the Arolsen Archives can be found here. BU 1 v.l.n.r.: Dr. Julian Holzapfl, Head of the State Archive Munich; Floriane Azoulay, Director of Arolsen Archives, International Center on Nazi Persecution; Dr. Anke Münster, Arolsen Archives, International Center on Nazi Persecution, Head of Public Relations/ Project Management; Dr. Bernhard Grau, Director General of the Bavarian State Archives BU 2 v.l.n.r.: Dr. Bernhard Grau, Director-General of the Bavarian State Archives; Floriane Azoulay, Director of Arolsen Archives, International Center on Nazi Persecution; Dr. Anke Münster, Arolsen Archives, International Center on Nazi Persecution, Head of Public Relations/ Project Management; Dr. Julian Holzapfl, Head of the State Archive Munich BU 3: Dr. Julian Holzapfl, Head of the State Archive Munich presents original files Posted on 23.07.2025.