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New contents in bavarikon

bavarikon has passed another milestone: By now, over 210,000 digitized objects have been made available online in the culture portal. Among other things, Bavarian coins from the Middle Ages and a number of top archive items have been newly added. Moreover, the project "Rural architecture in Bavaria since the beginning of early modern times" has been concluded.

Farm building in Waltendorf, district Straubing-Bogen | © Institute for Ethnic Studies of the Committee for Bavarian Regional History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Farm building in Waltendorf, district Straubing-Bogen | © Institute for Ethnic Studies of the Committee for Bavarian Regional History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

  • Rural architecture in Bavaria since the beginning of early modern times: Digital copies of the Institute for Ethnic Studies of the Committee for Bavarian Regional History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
    The Institute for Ethnic Studies of the Committee for Bavarian Regional History holds a voluminous collection of construction documents and photographs of residential buildings and buildings for farming, trade and industry from rural areas in Bavaria. These important sources on historical everyday culture have been made available in bavarikon in the course of the past months: A total of over 6,500 documents from the overall holdings have been published, among them 3,500 photographs and around 300 drawn plans. The materials, which have been digitized for the first time for bavarikon, can now be used in their entirety by a broad public.
    To the photographs and plans
  • Great history in a small format – Bavarian coins from the Middle Ages: State Coin Collection Munich
    Pfennig, Heller, Groschen and Hälbling: In bavarikon, 315 digitized Bavarian coins from the Middle Ages have been published, among them for example a "Hälbling" of the dukes of Bavaria-Ingolstadt or Bavaria-Munich, a "Pfennig" of Duke Otto II the Illustrious and a "Halbgroschen" of Duchess Elisabeth of Lower Bavaria-Straubing. All coins have been provided with detailed descriptions: These contain not only the images represented on the front and back side, but also the historical context.
    To the Bavarian coins of the Middle Ages
  • Digitized documents on the marriage of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland and Prince Albert of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha: State Archive of Coburg
    The marriage of Prince Albert from the house of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha (1819 – 1861) with Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (1819 – 1901) was a coup of dynastic liaison politics with far-reaching consequences. With a number of previous further important marriages, the house of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha had now finally gained a firm foothold among the European high nobility. In bavarikon, both the matrimonial agreement and the magnificently crafted ratification deed of the matrimonial agreement can be viewed online.
    To the matrimonial agreement
    To the ratification deed

About bavarikon
bavarikon is the portal leading to the art, culture and regional information of the Free State of Bavaria. It is designed to be interdisciplinary and contains contents from archives, libraries and museums. The portal makes the multifaceted cultural heritage of Bavaria accessible worldwide, free of charge. Its target group are both the broad public interested in culture and academic users. bavarikon is a module of the Bavarian culture concept.
bavarikon is a joint project of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Culture, Science and the Arts and the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance, Land Development and Heritage. Decisions about digitization projects are taken by the thirteen members of the bavarikon council. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek manages the day-to-day editorial, technical and organisational operation of bavarikon.

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