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Local Sources
Ansbach
- Library collecting everything from and about the region of Middle Franconia, giving special attention to the Brandenburg-Ansbach aristocratic history, the city history of Ansbach and the subject of Kaspar Hauser.
- (German interface)
Augsburg
- The Annals of Augsburg by Burchard II bishop of Halberstadt.
- (1135; Latin ebook)
- Digitized medieval documents from the library of the Augsburg. Includes the Koran and a variety of other books.
- Ink works found HERE
- Compiled by Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg
- (1300-1800; Latin, Swabian, Persian, and Arabic facsimiles with German interface)
- Digitized medieval documents from the library of the Augsburg. Includes the Koran and a variety of other books.
- The aim of this collection is access to central documents from the library of the Augsburg city writer and humanist Konrad Peutinger
- Compiled by Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg
- (1505-1636; German facsimiles)
- Digitized manuscripts of the Fugger Family history
- Compiled by Munich DigitiZation Center
- (1545-1594; German facsimiles)
- Digitized magazines, newspapers, calendars, and almanacs from 18th and 19th century Augsburg
- Compiled by Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg
- (1770-1891; German facsimiles)
- Digitized books and manuscripts involving Augsburg, many of which come from the renaissance
- In cooperation with the Library of Congress
- (Latin and German facsimiles)
Bad Säckingen
- In four parts: Urkunden, Bücher, Akten, und Register.
- From The Law Sources Foundation of the Swiss Lawyers Society
- (about 1207-1795; German)
Bamberg (Hochstift)
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1650 - 1773; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
- WWI Collection of Bamberg
- (1914-1918; facsimiles and photographs; German)
- Two digital collections: Bamberger Schätze and Kaiser-Heinrich-Bibliothek.
- (German interface)
Berlin
- Historisch-diplomatische Beiträge zur Geschite der Stadt Berlin
- Digital access to original manuscripts comprising corpora of Berlin intellectuals of the early 19th century.
- (1800-1830; facsimiles, transcriptions with commentaries, German, English, and French interfaces)
- Urkunden und Actenstücke zur Geschichte des Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg
- Declassified findings of USIB (United States Intelligence Board)
- (November-December, 1961; English transcription)
- Photo essay of recent radical architectural changes in Berlin
- Sponsored by Bau-Verein zu Hamburg.
- (Digital images and commentary).
- Digitized collections belonging to Berlin
- See also, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Digital Collections
- (German interface; facsimiles)
Bonn
- Digitized correspondence of Kf. Ferdinand with Bonn
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1641-1653; German and French transcription with German interface)
Braunschweig
- Brunswick city record book, specifically regarding city officials.
- (ca. 1330, German facsimiles)
- The Air-Raid Bunkers of Braunschweig
- (Photos and commentary).
- Also see link page for bunkers of other cities, such as Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven.
Bremen
- Early document of market jurisdiction
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (952 ; English transcriptions)
- Early municipal documents of the Hansa City of Bremen.
- (Beginnings through the 15th century; transcriptions)
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1532 - 1656; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland)
- Part of the Wratislavia Digitalis online library.
- Including newspaper excerpts from Breslauer Zeitung (1820-1920), Schlesische Zeitung, the protocol of a military trial of 1758 in response to the capitulation of Breslau on 24 November 1757, and more.
- (17th-19th centuries; German language facsimiles)
Chemnitz
- Document book for the city of Chemnitz and its monasteries.
- (13th -16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Collections of the University of Chemnitz Library
- From SLUB Dresden
- (19th century; German; facsimiles)
Coesfeld
- Digitized correspondence and instruction of 17th century politicians
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643; German transcription)
Cologne
- CEEC Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Colonensis - Electronic Ecclesiastical Codices in Cologne
- Manuscripts digitized by the Episcopal and Cathedral Library of Cologne]
- About 400 manuscripts with German and English interface options.
- (German facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Medieval Economy in Cologne
- Medieval sources on the grants, debts, and economic privileges of Cologne
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (1197-1226 ; English transcriptions)
- Colllection of legal and economic documents of the city of Cologne during the 12th century.
- (12th century; German facsimile)
- Mittheilungen aus dem Stadtarchiv von Köln
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures to Cologne
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1641-1645; German transcription)
Darmstadt
- Digital collections from the Darmstadt University and Library, ranging from the Middle Ages onward.
- (facsimiles; English or German interface)
DIllingen
- Digital collections including handwritten fragments, city views, yearbooks and more
- From Studienbibliothek Dillingen
- (German)
Dithmarschen
- Mid-15th century ordinances for Dithmarschen
- (1447; transcriptions).
Dorsten
- Letter detailing the priority of negotiations with the imperial estates over negotiations with the crowns
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645 German transcription and interface)
Donauwörth
- ”This is an important grant by reason that it confers the right to hold both a weekly market and an annual fair.”
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (1030 ; English transcriptions)
Dresden
- Document book for the cities of Dresden and Pirna.
- (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Manuscript of a Medieval Law Book by Eike von Repgow
- From SLUB Dresden
- (14th century ; German facsimile)
- Letter detailing the electoral printing privilege for the printer and publisher Ritzsch in Leipzig
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German transcription and interface)
- The unique collection of brochures and collectables by the collector (Gustav) Adolf Jädicke. A particularly attractive aspect is the anthologies on local and regional history, such as the Dresden-Plauen or the Dresden Kreuzkirche.
- From the SLUB Dresden Collections
- (German facsimiles)
Düsseldorf
- The manuscripts of the University and North Rhine-Westphalian State Library Düsseldorf make up one of the most significant collections in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The collection contains about 400 copies.
- (9th-16th century; facsimiles; English interface)
Ebersdorf
- Digitized correspondence of Ferdinand III to Ebersdorf
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1644; French transcription with German interface)
Erfurt
- Digitized correspondence between Carl Gustav and Efurt
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1649; German transcription)
Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt reformation of the sixteenth century (Click on the blue code)
- (1578; facsimiles).
- Imperial Correspondence
- Digitized correspondence between 17th century political figures
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643-1645; German transcriptions with German interface)
- Frankfurt images taken before the destructions of World War II.
- The Altstadt can be viewed street by street.
- (19th and early 20th centuries; photo facsimiles)
Freiberg (Saxony)
- Document book for the city of Freiberg in Saxony in three volumes.
- (1021 - 1550; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Collections from the University of Freiburg Library
- From SLUB Dresden
- (18-19th century; German; facsimiles)
Freiburg im Breisgau
- ”The introductory remark about the responsibility of the toll-gatherer for the repair of the bridges would indicate that this toll was in some way farmed out, though the amounts to be levied as toll were fixed, and the farmers' profits would be limited.”
- In cooperation with Fordham University
- (1178 ; English transcriptions)
- Historical source manuscripts, newspapers, maps, etc. documenting the history of Freiburg i. Br.
- (Searchable database of facsimiles)
Feuchtwangen
- Correspondence between Wrangel and Johan Oxenstierna regarding military affairs
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German transcription and interface)
Fürstenau
- Correspondence between Erskein and Johan Oxenstierna
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1647 German transcription and interface)
Gadebusch
- Correspondence between Johan Oxenstierna an Axel Oxenstierna
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 Swedish transcription with German interface)
Grimma
- Document book for the city of Grimma and the Nimbschen monastery.
- (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Goslar
- City ordinances of Goslar
- (Transcriptions).
Halle (Saale)
- Correspondence between Augustus Administrator of Magdeburg and Swedish ambassadors; Request for a modest estimate of the rate of tithing required for military satisfaction
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German transcription with German interface)
Hamburg
- Timeline of the history of the city of Hamburg, from the time of Charlemagne to the year 1819.
- (965-1819 ; German)
- Document for the cooperation of cities during large Baltic commerce
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (1255 ; English transcriptions)
- Digitized correspondence of Swedish political figures with Hamburg
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645-1649; Swedish transcription with German interface)
- A "pictorial atlas" by the Frenchman Paul Gaimard,
- Illustrating his journies from Hamburg harbor.
- (1852; facsimile images)
Heidelberg
- Manuscripts, chronicles, books, newspapers and more related to Heidelberg history.
- See also, Handschriften
- Digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
- (Medieval to modern; facsimiles)
Hessisch-Oldendorf
- Correspondence between Wrangel and Johan Oxenstierna
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German transcription with German interface)
Kamenz
- Document book for the cities of Kamenz and Löbau.
- (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Kassel
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century politicians at Kassel
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648; German transcription)
Konstanz
- Collections Relating to Law Sources: Konstanz - Reichenau
Lauenburg
- Correspondence between Johan Oxenstierna an Axel Oxenstierna; Extension of the Salvaguardie for Boitzenburg
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648; German transcriptions with German interface)
Leipzig
- Urkundenbuch der Stadt Leipzig
- Indexes to lecture content and teaching staff of the University of Leipzig.
- Click appropriate link in the left frame!
- (1641-1975 with some gaps; searchable facsimiles)
- Die Matrikel der Universität Leipzig
- Student registers for the University of Leipzig.
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Volume 3 - Indexes
- (1409-1559; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Document book for the University of Leipzig
- (1409-1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Digitized correspondence of Carl Gustav and other political figures with Leipzig
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1647-1649; German transcriptions)
Lengerich
- Lengerich conference of electoral envoys and correspondence of 17th century political figures
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643-1649; German and Swedish transcriptions with German interface)
Linz am Rhein
- Correspondence between Trauttmansdorff and Ferdinand III.
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645; German transcriptions with German interface)
Löbau
- Document book for the cities of Kamenz and Löbau.
- (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Mannheim
- Online book and manuscript texts from the University of Mannheim,
- particularly strong in history of Mannheim and the "Kurpfalz" [Electoral Palatinate].
- (16th - 18th centuries; facsimiles)
Meissen
- Urkunden der Markgrafen von Meissen und Landgrafen von Thüringen
- Documents from medieval Meissen and Thuringia
- 948-1099
- 1100-1195
- 1196 - 1234
- 1381 - 1395
- 1396 - 1406
- 1407 - 1418
- 1419 - 1427
- (German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Document book for the city of Meissen and its monasteries.
- (12th & 13th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Urkunden des Hochstifts Meissen
Minden
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures with Minden
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643-1649; Swedish transcriptions with German interface)
München / Munich
- Correspondence with Nassau und Volmar. Correction of the imperial response to the French and Swedish premises.
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645; German transcriptions with German interface)
- Recension of the counter-observations concerning the incidents between the courts of Vienna and Munich
- In cooperation with Bayerische StaatsBibliothek digital
- (1805; German facsimiles)
Münster
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures with Münster
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1641-1653; German and French transcription with German interface)
Neuschwanstein
- Includes the history and photos of Neuschwanstein.
- Also available in German.
- (Facsimile images and commentary)
Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
- Digitized collections at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- (German interface; facsimiles)
- Digitized collections of letters and notes from Hans von der Planitz on the government of Nuremberg in the 16th century.
- (1521-1523; German facsimiles)
Osnabrück
- ”Otto the Great, A.D. 936-973, showed great favor to the Church as is illustrated by the grants he made bestowing counties and duchies with temporal jurisdiction including rights of coinage, taxation, and markets.”
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (952 ; English transcriptions)
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures with Osnabrück
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1643-1649; German and French transcriptions with German commentary)
Pirna
- Document book for the cities of Dresden and Pirna.
- (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Quedlinburg
- The Chronicles of Quedlinburg
- (1008-1030; facsimile)
- Scroll down for a transcribed selection from the Quedlinburg Annals, written most likely by a women.
- (Latin with English translation)
Reichenau
- Collections Relating to Law Sources: Konstanz - Reichenau
Remagen
- Christian tombstone inscription whose “writing errors show the development of Latin in an area that was increasingly overtaken by the Germanic Franks.”
- Livius
- (5th century; facsimile and transcription with English translation)
Regensburg
- Online medieval documents relating to the history of Regensburg.
- (German and Latin facsimiles and transcriptions)
- NOTE: Many of the documents are not yet available to the general public, but only samples can be accessed.
- Digitized correspondence between 17th century political figures at Regensburg
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- Additional documents found HERE
- (1640-1653; German transcription)
Rostock
- Correspondence of senators of Rostock asking the Swedish envoy for the obstruction of trade following war damage
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1647; German transcriptions with German interface)
Senden
- Request for help against the Hessian contributions
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645; Latin transcriptions with German interface)
Sommerach
- Correspondence between Queen Christina and Stenbock and Johan Oxenstierna
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German transcription with German interface)
Strassburg
- Includes table of bishops' names
- (1130-1273; Russian translation)
- Strassburg newspaper digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
- (1609; facsimiles)
Ulm
- Digitized correspondence between Johan Oxenstierna and other figures at Ulm
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1647; German transcription)
Vilshofen
- Correspondence between Trauttmansdorff and Ferdinand III
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645; German transcriptions with German interface)
Wesel
- Digitized correspondence of 17th century political figures at Wesel
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1645-1646; French and German transcriptions with German interface)
Wismar
- Digitized correspondence between Johan Oxenstierna and Axel Oxenstierna
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 Swedish transcriptions with German interface)
Würzburg
- Contemporary Latin and German prints of the IPO and the IPM
- Compiled by Acta Pacis Westphalicae
- (1648 German and Latin transcriptions with German interface)
- Alphabetized by last name, the database contains over 5,000 records of Würzburg residents.
- (1672-1914; German records and interface)
Regional Sources
Germany
- Regional database of personal data. Contains descriptions of social and familial connections.
- From Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
- Numerous letters and official documents about the politics and government of the state of Saarland.
- (1918-1933, German facsimiles)
Baden-Württemberg
- Accounts of the region and people of Hercynian Forest, the portion of which still survives in the Black Forest. Authors include Julius Caesar, Livy, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results.
- Made available by Topos Text
- (antiquity; English translation)
- The digital collections of the State Library.
- (German)
- Inventories of the Margraves from Baden and Hochberg.
- Margrave was the medieval title for military commanders that maintained the defense of a border province of the Holy Roman Empire.
- (1050-1515; German facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 1st volume.
- (1858; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 2nd volume.
- (1858; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 5th volume.
- (1858; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 7th volume.
- (1858; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 8th volume.
- (1858; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 9th volume.
- (1907; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 10th volume.
- (1907; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Document book for the region of Württemberg. Retrieved from state archives in Stuttgart.
- 11th volume.
- (1907; German and Latin facsimiles)
- Digital collections from the library in Baden.
- Search the collection here.
- Includes a newspaper collection.
- Also includes personal records from historical regional figures, including letters.
- (German, facsimiles)
- Access sources by clicking on desired region of map.
- (German and English)
Bavaria
- Advanced search also available.
- (images, German and English interfaces available)
- Browse by topic
- Online sources of the Bavarian State Library includes manuscripts, maps, books, periodicals, and newspapers.
- (Medieval to 20th century; searchable database of facsimiles)
- Searching a term links to primary source documents, maps, and images.
- Items are both internal and external to the library.
- (images, German facsimiles)
- Collection of digitized manuscript facsimiles relevant to Bavarian history.
- Manuscripts linked from other libraries.
- (German facsimiles)
- Digital collections relating to the history of Bavaria.
- Browse by topic and see the map collection.
- (German and English interface, German facsimiles)
- Experience one of the most important source works of the Franconian Middle Ages as a digital facsimile, with transcriptions of the 9 most important episodes; scrolling, magnifying and zooming functions as well as explanations.
- From Julius-Maximilians-Universität
- (7th-15th century; German; facsimile)
- Digital library of the Bavarian State Library.
- (German & English)
- Described here as a a "Bavaria-Czech network of digital historical sources."
- Combines digitized collections from Czech and Bavarian archives.
- Guide to the archive.
- Sources usually organized by region.
- Registers (1539-1949)
- List of Spa Guests (1686-1949)
- Periodicals (1847-1900)
- Censuses (1857-1921)
- Official books such as land registers.
- Chronicles.
- Charters.
- Photos.
- (photos, Czech and German facsimiles)
- Bavarian Laws
- Part I
- Part II
- Introduction to texts
- (Medieval; Latin transcription, Russian translations)
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1460 - 1772; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
- A collection of anecdotes and tales originally in Latin that were compiled around the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. It was very popular throughout the entire Middle Ages and was published repeatedly.
- From e-codices
- (1461; Bavarian facsimile)
- Accounts of the Raetia, Alpine region and people, in modern Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, and Germany. Authors include Virgil, Horace, Ovid, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results.
- Made available by Topos Text
- (100 BC -500 AD; English translation)
- Digitale Quellen zur Geschichte Frankens - Digital Sources for Franconian History.
- Presented by the University of Würzburg.
- (Online chronicles, facsimile images, documents, early printing, virtual simulations)
- 18th-19th century literature this region, actually a part of Bavaria
- (18th-19th century ; German facsimiles)
- Library collecting everything from and about the region of Middle Franconia, giving special attention to the Brandenburg-Ansbach aristocratic history, the city history of Ansbach and the subject of Kaspar Hauser.
- (German)
- The letters of Austrian and Bavarian noblewomen, set against the backdrop of their relationships and cultural status.
- Wills, inventories of holdings, and marriage contracts are also in the process of digitization.
- A project of the Institute for History, University of Vienna.
- (16th - 18th centuries; contemporary German-language transcriptions)
- From monasteries, sorted by region, also sorted alphabetically.
- (German facsimiles)
- Digitized maps, topographies and illustrations of Bayern by Philipp Apian
- Compiled by Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
- (16th century; Latin and German facsimiles with German interface)
- Browse facsimiles of documents on left-hand sidebar.
- Also sorted chronologically and alphabetically.
- (1716-1789; German facsimiles)
- Browse facsimiles of documents on left-hand sidebar.
- (1731-1795; German facsimiles)
- Memoir from Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas to Duke Maximilian Joseph von Pfalz-Zweibrücken
- suggesting reforms that led to the formation of the Bavarian State.
- (30 September 1796; German translation of the French original plus facsimile of the original)
- Bavarian literature collection from the Munich City Library
- In cooperation with Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
- (18th-19th century; facsimiles; German, Latin)
- Interactive map of 19th century Bavaria made up of facsimiles.
- Search maps
- Browse the facsimiles
- (1808-1877; facsimiles)
- Book on travels through Franken, Baiern and other regions
- Bayerische StaatsBibliothek
- (1810; German facsimile)
- Contains laws of Diocese of Würzburg.
- Also contains letters, news, and notes on the local diocese and overall development of church.
- (1855-2006; German facsimiles)
- Includes debates, newsletters of the Soviet Councils. Use navigation bar on left-hand side to navigate.
- Also see accounts of the Soviet council in Bavaria, especially Munich.
- Collection of pamphlets. Use left-hand navigation bar to browse.
- (1918-1919; German facsimiles)
- Documents from Bavaria Association of Agricultural Economics
- (German transcription; Latest change 11 November 2013)
- Searchable database.
- (German interface)
- 66 documents, medals, drawings and paintings bring the 19th and early 20th centuries back to life.
- From Bavarikon
- (19-20th century; German)
- (German interface)
Bremen
Hessen
- Collections from the medieval to post-WWII period.
- (1150-1976; photos, German facsimiles, transcriptions, and maps)
- Electronic library of the Hessian parliament.
- Includes archive of legal and legislative documents (dokumentenarchiv).
- (1945 to the present; German facsimiles)
Lower Saxony
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1652 - 1757; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles, maps) - a number of links are broken.
North Rhine-Westphalia
- Levold von Northof's chronicle of Grafschaft Mark, a territory of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia.
- (ca 1350; Latin and German facsimile)
Rhineland-Palatinate
- A collection of images and articles about the artistic monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate area.
- The artworks are alphabetized and span a great deal of time. Included in this source is details about each work as well as diagrams where applicable (i.e. architecture).
- (1891; German facsimiles and images)
Saxony
- Diplomatic codices of medieval and early modern Saxony
- With heaviest emphases on the cities of Meissen, Leipzig, and Freiberg
- (948 - 1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Der Sachsenspiegel
Complete facsimile in the Heidelberg university library.
Online facsimile from the Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
- A set of historical and legal documents (land and fiefdom rights) from Saxony & vicinity.
- (Early 14th century; German facsimiles)
- A digital library of historical materials for Saxony.
- In particular, see Saxonica.
- Digitized by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
- (16th-20th centuries; searchable database of facsimiles)
- Of Swethens army to his reverend father Mr. Iohn Forbes, minister to the worshipful Company of Marchant Adventurers residing in Delft, touching the great Battle fought by Lypsick betweene the King of Swethen, the Duke of Saxons Army, and the Emperours Army, and that commanded by Generall Tilly.
- (1631; old English transcription)
- Letters from Ireland to Saxony from German teacher and traveler Carl Gottlob Küttner
- (18th century; German transcriptions)
- Johann Andreas Silbermann's travel diary through Saxony
- (1741; German facsimiles)
- Historical proceedings of the Saxon state parliament.
- Digitized by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
- (1919-1933 & 1946-1952; facsimiles)
- First-hand accounts of 69th Infantry Division battling Soviet forces in Torgau.
- From main site of the 69th Infantry Division.
- (1944-1945; English transcriptions)
Saxony-Anhalt
- From a searchable database at the Leibniz Institute for European History, University of Mainz.
- (1530 - 1786; facsimiles and transcriptions with German and English interfaces)
Schleswig-Holstein
- A collection of sources discussing the local happenings and geography of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1st Volume
- (ca 1618; German facsimile)
- A collection of sources discussing the local happenings and geography of Schleswig-Holstein
- 4th Volume
- (ca 1618; German facsimile)
- Literature collection from the Munich City Library
- In cooperation with Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
- (18th-19th century; facsimiles; German, Latin)
- A Latin source for the history of Schleswig-Holstein.
- (1875; Latin facsimile)
Thuringia
- Urkunden der Markgrafen von Meissen und Landgrafen von Thüringen
- Documents from medieval Meissen and Thuringia
- 948-1099
- 1100-1195
- 1196 - 1234
- 1381 - 1395
- 1396 - 1406
- 1407 - 1418
- 1419 - 1427
- (German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Document book for the city of Meissen and its monasteries.
- (12th & 13th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
- Document book for the Plaulinzelle monastery, located in Rottenbach.
- (1314-1534; German facsimile)
- From Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena
- German
- Legal records from various regions, such as laws and negotiations.
- (19th century - 1920; German facsimiles)
Cumulative Sources
- Further regional sources including laws, statutes, and decrees.
- (Medieval and early modern periods; facsimiles and transcriptions).
- A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
- (Facsimiles)
- (Facsimiles)
EuroDocs > History of Germany: Primary Documents > Local and Regional History Sources
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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