07.03.2020: Lug and Trug - Tag Archives on 7. March 2020 at the State Archive Munich

The 10th day of the archives will be held on the first weekend of March. Several hundred archives in Germany open the doors to their treasury chambers and show their work with historical documents. Program of the State Archive Munich: Read more Winfried Frey reads from files on Curious Fraud Cases from Upper Bavaria: A Munich bank scandal (Adele Spitzeder) Love under conditions (Heiratsschwindler Graf von Falkenburg) The Savior of the Other Star (The Venus Fall) The failed healthmaker (Creb doctor Dr. Issels) Time: from 14.45, Location: Reading room, 1st floor (Pre-registration is not required) Accompanying program "The State Archive in its various facets" Guided tours for every full hour (Treffpunkt Foyer, EC) with changing priorities: View behind the scenes (General Magazine Guide), Sex and Crime, Explore the Injustice on the Track (NS-Zeit), Home and Ahnen (home and family research) (max. 20 participants, if necessary additional guided tours are offered, pre-registration is not required) Book bazaar Kneckline from Carl Orffs ASTULI with the Ensemble des Münchner Marionettentheater, Time: 2 pm Contact person Dr. Ulrike Claudia Hofmann, Tel. 089/28638-2539; Email: poststelle@stam.bayern.de Submitted at: 06.02.2020

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

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

04.10.2022: 700 years pledge of the city and the land of Eger

In addition to the Státní okresní archive Cheb (State District Archive in Pilsen - State District Archive Eger), the conference is also organised by the Historical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The venue is the Papírna/Papiermühle, Svatopluka Čecha 589, 352 02 Cheb. Registration with name, first name, address, telephone, mail address. Participation for 4.10. and 5.10 separately note the following mail address: mailto:soka-ch@soaplzen.cz A pdf of the program with electronic registration form is here available. Programme Tuesday 4 October 2022 12:00 - 12:30 Presentation of participants 13:00 Greetings: Mgr. Antonín Jalovec - Mayor of the City of Eger - PhDr. Karel Řeháček - Director of the State Archive in Pilsen Block A - 13.15: Mgr. Karel Halla, State District Archive Eger: The city of Eger and its administration at the beginning of the 14th century Century - 13:45 p.m.: PhDr. František Kubů, Museum in Prachatitz - The Staufian Ministeriality and the pledge of the Egerland to the Bohemian Crown - 14.15 p.m.: PhDr. Roman Zaoral, Karlsuniversität Prag: The efforts of the Przemysliden to connect the Egerland in the light of coin iconography - 14.45: Discussion on individual lectures PAUSE Block B - 15.45 hrs.: Prof. PhDr. Lenka Bobková, CSc., Karlsuniversität Prag: Meanwhile. Relations between Kings Ludwig IV and Johann von Böhmen in the years 1314 - 1322 - 16.15: Dr. Susanne Wolf, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv München: What was after the Battle of Mühldorf? - The compensation negotiations King Ludwig IV, documented in the Old Reich Register of the Bavarian Main State Archive, with his ally King Johann von Böhmen - 16.45 hrs.: Prof. PhDr. Marie Bláhová, CSc., Karlsuniversität Prague: Die Schlacht bei Mühldorf im Chronistentradition - 17.15: Discussion on individual lectures 18:15 AM: SCIENCE 20.00 a.m.: Evening lecture in the church of Mariä Annunciation of the Franciscan monastery in Eger: Ing. Jiří Bláha, PhD. - Mgr. Michal Panáček - Petr Růžička: The medieval roof chair above the presbytery of the church of Mariä Annunciation in Eger and the details of the artisanal design Wednesday 5 October 2022 Block C - 9:00: Mgr. Zdeněk Žalud, PhD., Hussite Museum in Tábor: Johann von Luxembourg and the nobility in the Egerland and surroundings - 9.30: Mgr. Jan Boukal, PhD., Institute of History of Charles University and Archive of Charles University Prague: The Bohemian nobility Conflict between the city of Eger and the arches of Plauen in the years 1452 - 1454 - 10.00: Doz. JUDr. V. Knoll, PhD., West Bohemian University of Pilsen: Albrecht Notty - a picturer of the family domain in the shadow of Eger and the Luxembourgers PAUSE Block D - 11.00: Prof. Dr. Peter Fleischmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: The relations between Nuremberg and Eger in the late Middle Ages - 11.30: Doz. Dr. Tomáš Klír, PhD., Charles University Prague: Education of the Eger city state and its influence on the peasantry - 12 noon: Daniel Baumgartner, M.A., History Centre and Museum Mühldorf am Inn: The traces of the battle in the district of Mühldorf 12.30 pm: Final discussion MAYMENTS 14.00: Afternoon programme in Eger 5.10.2022 (only for interested parties): tour and tour of the historic Egerer roof chairs - City tour (Pfalz + City) - Archive visit and visit of the exhibition on the 700th anniversary of the pledge of the city and the land of Eger The conference will be followed simultaneously in German and Czech.

25.01.2022: Nachlass Bezirkstagspräsident a.D. Dr. Georg Simnacher (1932-2014) transferred to the Staatsarchiv Augsburg.

The estate of District President a.D. Dr. Georg Simnacher (1932-2014) has been kept in the state archive of Augsburg since summer 2021. In 2009, Günzburg's long-standing Land Council and district president of Schwaben concluded a donation agreement with the Staatsarchiv Augsburg, which regulates the later acquisition of his written estate. After a vision and preordination by Simnacher Witwe Ms. Ursula Simnacher, the estate was handed over to the state archive of Augsburg. There the estate is archived and protected conservatively. He is available for inspection on the basis of the Bavarian Archives Act. The documents complement the official tradition of the state archives of Augsburg, especially the state council offices and the government of Schwaben. Dr. Georg Simnacher decided early for a political career. After studying law in Munich and Erlangen and law-historical doctorate, the CSU politician has already become a Landrat of Günzburg with 34 years of age. He had this office from 1967 to 1996. From 1974 to 2003, he was also the President of the District of Schwaben. The “Schwabenherzog”, as he was lovingly called, was also president of the association of Bavarian districts initiated by him from 1979 to 2003 (now Bavarian District Day). Here he strengthened the reputation of the districts as the third municipal level in Bavaria and gave their concerns hearing. Simnacher has left deep traces of health care and social policy, as well as the cultural and home care of Schwaben. Simnacher's private writing includes, in addition to biographical material (interferences, certificates, certificates) and documents from professional activity (acquisition documents before the circular or district day, papers, speeches and greetings, press collection), also private correspondence (accordings of many well-known political companions) as well as material on individual projects that were particularly close to his heart as District Presidents. These include the renovation of the former monastery church of Irsee and the establishment of a Swabian educational centre there, the rehabilitation of the Kurhaustheater in Augsburg or the decentralization of the district clinics in Kaufbeuren and Günzburg. Posted on 25.01.2022

09.11.2019: "Der Reichswald - Holz für Nürnberg und seine Dorf" - Exhibition at the Staatsarchiv Nürnberg

The State Archive Nuremberg shows from 9 November to 20 December 2019 the exhibition “The Nuremberg Reichswald – Wood for Nuremberg and its villages”. The exhibition was prepared by the State Archive Nuremberg together with the Franconian Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim. Wood as an important and renewable raw material was already significant in the Middle Ages. 14th and 15th The city of Nuremberg secured the rights to the large forests around the city. Two “forest offices” were responsible for the administration, which controlled the wood consumption of the subjects. Not only the firewood cover was regulated, but also timber had to be applied. To save wood, more stone was used for building. The written delivery of the forest offices Lorenzi and Sebaldi in the state archive Nuremberg includes a total of 83 shelves. In the documents there are around 5,300 mostly coloured construction plans of farmhouses, stables and barns, fences, mills and furnaces from the 16th to the end of the 18th century. Century – a unique treasure in Germany. After several years of work, these files are now opened and all plans are digitized. The plans document the appearance and change of villages, mansions and mills in the “Old Landscape”. What is hidden from exciting stories behind the files of a rich city authority shows examples of black structures, unauthorized woodwork and the devastations of the Thirty Years War. In addition to files and the most beautiful plans, the exhibition features house models and typical woodworking tools from the collections of the Franconian Freeland Museum. The illustrated catalogue „The Reichswald – Wood for Nuremberg and its villages“ of the Franconian Freilandmuseum Bad Windsheim (2013) of 217 pages is available at the price of 13 €. The Reichswald – wood for Nuremberg and its villages Exhibition from 9 November to 20 December 2019 open each Wednesday to Saturday, 13 am to 6 pm Free admission Address: Staatsarchiv Nürnberg / Archivstraße 17 (near Friedrich-Ebert-Platz) / 90408 Nürnberg Email: poststelle@stanu.bayern.de / Phone: (0911) 93519-10 Submitted on: 09.11.2019   Related Files: Pressemitteilung

04.07.2019: Digital cultural mediation – “Small archival studies” unlocked by the state archives of Bavaria - online presentation of 100,000 digitized archives with a total of 3.5 million images on the homepage

As a new e-learning module on the homepage of the Bavarian State Archives, the 4th July 2019 at 10.00 a.m. the “Small Archives” presented and unlocked (https://www.gda. bayern.de/service/archivalienkunde/). The module Prof. Dr. Joachim Wild, Director of the Main State Archive a.D., has worked out the subject “Archival Studies” for 30 years at the Bavarian Archive School, the central educational institution for archivists in Bavaria. Currently, the state archives of Bavaria store well 47 million originals from 777 to today. If you put all archives together, you could easily bridge the distance from Munich to Nuremberg. About the homepage and the finder database (https://www.gda.bayern.de/service/finding agent database/) are currently 100,000 archives Digitalisate available. Since most archives comprise several pages, this results in the fair number 3.5 million available images. These quantities already make it clear that any form of digital access to archives will always be a part of the written tradition of Bavaria. The focus is on the state archives of Bavaria, therefore, the digital collection of directories and development information. This information is not only available through the homepage, but is also fed via interfaces into important portals such as the Archive Portal D and from there into the EUROPEANA. Another focus is the digitization of audiovisual archives. Due to the shortevity of storage media such as film, video and CD, the total loss of information threatens here. Added to this is the digitization of selected backbone stocks and the provision of e-learning modules, which allow all groups of persons to familiarize themselves with archived goods and research them in the archive. With the “Small archival studies” want to offer the Bavarian State Archives a quick entry into the archival source. All archival genres to be found in state archives are presented with an explanatory text and an illustration: from medieval documents, files and official books, posters, leaflets, photographs to digital documents. The new offer complements the already existing areas of “School Discover Archive” (https://www.gda.bayern.de/service/school-entdecke-archive orhttps://www.gda.bayern.de/kulturerbejahr) and Digital Writing (https://www.gda.bayern.de/DigitalPublicity/). The ‘Digital font’ is a training platform for deciphering German and Latin manuscripts. Documents were handwritten for many centuries. Learning older fonts is therefore often the only way to use original sources. Automated text recognition also quickly reaches its limits in handwritten documents. To European Year of Culture 2018 the module Discover Schools Archive: using concrete examples from the Middle Ages to the 20th century Century students are brought to historical traditions, to sources and thus to archives. The thematic blocks or individual presented archives can be integrated into school classes and are assistance and guidance for their own research. As archives, unlike libraries and museums, are not known to everyone, the tasks of the archives, their responsibilities, their use and the archivist profession are also presented. It is a goal of the state archives of Bavaria, pupils and students to inspire archives and the cultural property stored there. Important building blocks on this path are the development of digital offers, research from the local PC and cooperation with schools, universities and other educational institutions. With the Universities Passau (Master's degree program "Historical Sciences") and Regensburg (“Public History and Cultural Education”) archivists want to generate added value and build networks directly with research. After prior registration, the state archives offer housekeeping. History is to be made tangible and, above all, pupils of historical tradition are to be brought forward. The exhibitions presented in the context of historical-political educational work are gradually complemented by archive educational materials that are provided online. Both for schools and for research institutions there is an offer to carry out teaching units in the state archives. In addition to knowing the institution archive, there is the possibility to work with source material. Archivists support the selection of suitable sources. Contact persons are available in each of the state archives. Submitted on: 04.07.2019