A / OOE / Freistadt: Topo- theque at the “Ortsbildmesse”

After two years, the Upper Austrian “Ortsbildmesse”, a fair where the municipal projects are presented, was allowed to take place again. This time one could admire the “market stalls” on which the communities and associations presented their projects on the […]

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Uploads: The million has been exceeded

The historical documents that are administered in the Topotheques have now reached the seven-digit range! Thanks to the mostly voluntary work of the Topothequers and the active participation of the population, it is possible that the Topotheque can fulfill its role in securing […]

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A / NOE / Waldviertel: A Topotheque-related book

ies to grasp the last corners with which she leads us through yesterday‘s Waldviertel. Several stations of this journey through a bygone world are illustrated with pictures that have got caught in the Topotheques and thus come to a new, permanent visibility. The author also refers […]

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A / NOE: Enzersfeld-Königsbrunn online

For a long time again: A real opening event. In the „Dorfhaus“, the event hall of Königsbrunn, the new Topotheque of the double community in the western Weinviertel was presented to the population, including numerous councilors and Vice Mayor Stefan Wannenmacher. After the […]

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A / NOE / Lower Austria: Laa an der Thaya online

In the north of the Weinviertel, on the border to the Czech Republic, the Topotheque of Laa an der Thaya went online! Geography also plays a role in the construction of the Topotheque itself, because the photos come from a collection arranged by streets, which Topothequer […]

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A / NOE / Mostviertel: Kematen online

Working up a collection is a beautiful and exciting thing and holds undreamt-of treasures, like an indoor shot from a hairdressing salon. However, it becomes a challenge when the pictures left behind have little or no inscription, as can be seen in the photo of the steam […]

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A / NOE / Neudorf/Weinviertel Research excursion

The Topotheque of Neudorf in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel region is well organized: the local archive team has been in existence for five years and also started work on the Topotheque last year. The eight-member group took the anniversary as an opportunity to celebrate in […]

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GB / Isle of Rum: Kinloch Castle Topotheque

With Kinloch Castle, located on the Isle of Rum, Scotland‘s first topotheque went online. The Isle of Rum is part of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, is now a nature reserve and looks back on an interesting history. Over the centuries, both early owners and various […]

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A / NOE / Mostviertel: Genealogical Topotheque

The Mostviertel genealogical association (mogev) has developed a special Topotheque: it sees itself as a reference work for family research. Unlike a usual Topotheque, in which the digitized sources draw the main focus, in this Topotheque it is the names of the people who are […]

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A / Austrian Kinder- freunde: Topotheque online

On June 19, 2021, Archivist Martin Müller gave a captivating lecture at the opening of the Topotheque of the Österreichischen Kinderfreunde, an association founded 1908 which is committed to child welfare. Müller presented a firework of facts and […]

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