History of Austria: Primary Documents
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- Texts and Archives
- (transcriptions)
- Maps and images of transformations as seen through cultural artifacts.
- Includes data on former Roman provinces found in modern countries, including Austria.
- Shows the emergence of a common culture in the northern provinces of the Roman Empire from Britain to the Black Sea.
- (Antiquity through 212 A.D.; maps and facsimile images)
- 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).
- Facsimiles of German-language medieval manuscripts.
- Organized by locations of manuscripts.
- Also contains narrative texts and photos from other European countries.
- (Transcriptions)
- From the Avalon Project.
- (17 September 1156; English translation)
- (6 December 1286; modern German translation)
- (6 May 1287; modern German translation)
- Chronicle of Hall in Tyrol.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (1303-1572, printed 1867; facsimile of print source)
- Complete facsimile of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 in the Heidelberg University library.
- A famous and well-preserved collection of medieval German literature.
- (1305-1340; German facsimiles)
- From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
- (13th century; transcriptions and translations)
- The letters of Austrian and Bavarian noblewomen, set against the backdrop of their relationships and cultural status.
- A project of the Institute for History, University of Vienna.
- (16th to 18th centuries; contemporary German-language transcriptions)
- Provided by the Digital Collections of the Brigham Young University Library.
- (1592-1597; facsimiles)
- Peace Treaty ending the Thirty Years War.
- Provided by the Avalon Project.
- (24 October 1648, English translation)
- A collection of correspondence in German.
- Provided by Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women.
- (1736-1780; German transcriptions)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- Specifically relates to the Austrian despots Maria Theresa, Frederick II, and Joseph II.
- (18th century; transcriptions and translations)
- 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, art, books and periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings.
- (16th to 21st centuries)
- 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)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (19th century; transcriptions and translations)
- Includes documents and links to other text archives of similar content.
- (1849 to present; translations and transcriptions)
- Browsable by alphabetical title or by year.
- Available in English, German, or Italian interface.
- (19th to 20th centuries; newspaper facsimiles in German or Ladino language)
- From the Avalon Project.
- (1829-1909; English translations and transcriptions)
- A major book digitization project of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History.
- For an overview of subjects, click on "Systematik."
- Also provides browsing by title and author.
- (19th century; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Austrian anarchist newspaper.
- (1907-1914; German facsimiles)
- Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War.
- (1 July 1914 to 27 August 1914; German transcriptions with some French and English translations)
- Diplomatic Documents leading to World War I.
- Section I, Numbers 1 to 19, Appendices 1 and 2.
- (1914; English translations)
- Documenting events from before Sarajevo until after Versailles.
- (pre-1914 to post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
- Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
- (1914-1919; translations)
- Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
- (1918-1941; translations)
- Historical documents of the Austrian women's movement.
- Gathered by Ariadne, the women's documentation project of the Austrian National Library.
- (1918-1938; facsimile books and periodicals)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
- A collection of documents related to WWII.
- From the Avalon Project.
- (1938-1947; transcriptions and translations)
- Official government histories (mainly U.S.), source documents, and other primary references.
- (1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
- Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
- (1938-1946; translations)
- Newspaper of the Austrian Socialist Party.
- (1945-1989; German facsimiles)
- Oral histories of Austrian-Jewish emigrees who fled to the USA during the Nazi years.
- Part of the Center for Jewish History Digital Collections.
- (20th century; audio files)
- Documents paving the way towards Austrian independence.
- (1955; German transcriptions)
- Also contains commentaries and annotations.
- (Translations and Hungarian transcriptions, some ftp-able)
- Provided by the ZIS Zeitgeschichte Informationssystem.
- (20th century; German transcriptions)
- Excerpts from historical Austrian constitutions.
- (1867-1955; German transcriptions with French and English translations)
- With revisions through 1983.
- (1920-1983; English translation)
- Includes speeches and interviews, as well as press releases of the Austrian Federal Foreign Ministry.
- (English translations and German transcriptions)
- Minutes of the Sessions of the Bundesrat (Federal Council), Nationalrat (National Council) and Bundesversammlung (Federal Assembly) of the Austrian Parliament.
- (1995 to present; transcriptions)
- Online corpus of Austrian laws provided by the Austrian National Library, including legal texts from:
- The Monarchy
- Justizgesetzsammlung (Justice Act Collections 1780-1848)
- Reichsgesetzblatt (1848-1918)
- Kronländer (Crown Lands)
- Stenographische Protokolle des Abgeordnetenhauses (Stenographic minutes of the House of Representatives 1861-1918)
- Stenographische Protokolle des Herrenhauses (Stenographic records of the House of Lords 1861-1918)
- First Republic
- Staatsgesetzblatt (State Gazette 1918-1920)
- Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette 1920-1934)
- Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette 1934-1938)
- Bundesländer (Regions 1918-1938)
- Austria after Anschluss to the German Reich
- Gesetzblatt für das Land Österreich (Austrian Gazette 1938-1940)
- Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt (German Reich Law Gazette)
- Reichsgaue 1938-1945
- Second Republic
- Bundesländer (Regions)
- Current laws are linked to the Rechtsinformationssystem from the Federal Chancellor's office.
- (1780 to the present; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Materials from the Austrian Parliament including press releases, stenographic minutes, proposals, and other documents.
- (Transcriptions)
- Collection of essays from important economic thinkers throughout Europe, including Austria.
- (English transcriptions and translations)
- Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal, and government documents.
- (Translations and transcriptions)
- Mostly history of German-speaking countries.
- P = Primary, S = Secondary, M = Instructional Materials
- Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents.
- (transcriptions and translations in German and English)
- Austrian and Austro-Hungarian historical documents, including literature.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (17th to 20th centuries; German-language facsimiles)
- Historical documents and literature of Styria, one of the nine states of Austria.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (19th to 20th centuries; German-language facsimiles)
- Early historical documents and literature regarding Tyrol, one of the states of Austria.
- See also Tirolensien for further materials.
- Provided by Austrian Literature Online.
- (16th to 20th centuries; German-language facsimiles)
- Digital Balkan History
- An ambitious and fast-growing collection of e-books and sources, available only in a Serbo-Croatian interface.
- Requires free registration in order to view sources (See especially "Izvori ").
- (Facsimiles, links and an online forum)
- Collection of historical maps from several Austrian cities.
- Provided by Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
- (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)
- Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
- (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
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