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- Virtual Document Archive of Central European Cloisters and Bishoprics.
- Documenting not only the history of the cloisters themselves, but developments in church, state and society in Central Europe since the Early Middle Ages.
- (1049 to the present; Latin and vernacular facsimiles and transcriptions).
- Also contains narrative texts and photos from other European countries.
- (Transcriptions)
- Over 90,000 medieval manuscripts from across libraries across German-speaking countries.
- (German interface; facsimiles)
- Search by location or click on the map to find websites dedicated to providing digitized medieval manuscripts.
- (English interface)
- Inventory of the Archive of the House of Habsburg, Austro-Hungarian Court and Austrian State.
- Based on the history of the archive and its holdings.
- (List of primary documents, not documents themselves; PDF download from Center for Research Libraries, Chicago)
- Scroll down to the bottom for full text of several important documents including the Pragmatic Sanction, The Family Pact, Renunciation of Maria Josepha, and The Declaration of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
- (German, English and Latin)
- Collection of texts from authors in what is now both Germany and Austria.
- (1384-1664; German transcriptions)
- Sources are categorized into current states and historical territories, history, politics, newspapers and magazines, legal texts, treaties, etc.
- (German interface)
- Gateway to the institute's digital collection of artifacts documenting German-speaking Jewry in the modern era.
- Basic and advanced search capabilities, along with browse options.
- Includes archival materials, memoirs and manuscripts, books and periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings.
- (16th to 21st centuries)
- The Upper Austrian Regional Library views itself as keeper of the Upper Austrian heritage and does so by digitizing the so called "OBDERENNSIA", regionally relevent (mainly historical) literature from the 16th to the 20th century as well as medieval manuscripts and autographs.
- (English interface, German facsimiles)
- Includes manuscripts, poster musical manuscripts and other documents.
- From the Austrian National Library.
- (German)
- Listed by newspaper title or by year.
- An ambitious project of the Austrian National Library in cooperation with the Parlamentsbibliothek.
- (1738 to the present; facsimile pages)
- Includes documents and links to other text archives of similar content.
- (1849 to present; translations and transcriptions)
- Also contains commentaries and annotations.
- (Translations and Hungarian transcriptions, some ftp-able)
- Collection of essays from important economic thinkers throughout Europe, including Austria.
- (English transcriptions and translations)
- Part of the collection, Quellen zur Schweizer Geschichte.
- (German)
- Collected media of internet project on the Habsburgs.
- (English)
- Austrian and Austro-Hungarian historical documents, including literature.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (17th to 20th centuries; German-language facsimiles)
- Austrian page of the World Documents Library.
- (photos; facsimiles)
From the World Digital Library:
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- 18th-century French map of the Austrian Circle, which included parts of present-day Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
- (1792; zoomable map)
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- Map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1906, just over a decade before its dissolution.
- (1906; zoombale map)
- Collection of historical maps of Austria.
- (facsimiles)
- Collection of historical maps of Europe.
- (facsimiles; Hungarian)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
- Links to data from various censuses in Austria.
- (1869-2011; English)
- Links to genealogy sources and maps.
- (English interface)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
- Portal of all major libraries in Austria
- (German)
EuroDocs > History of Austria: Primary Documents > Other Historical Collections
EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Librarian,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Feel free to get in touch: Hacken @ byu.edu