EU + HR / Zagreb | They: Live Student’s Lives as EU Project

A new EU project, in which Topotheque also plays a role, has been started. Based on the documentation of student life in different European cities, this project called „They: Live“ aims to develop an efficient interdisciplinary method that includes digital archives as […]

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IQ / Erbil | Digital rescue of ecclesiastical documents

A Topotheque can also be a valuable tool in times of crisis. Almost irretrievably lost treasures could at least be saved digitally. The old manuscripts, documents and photographs of the Chaldean Catholic Church that were stored in Mosul were saved from destruction on the […]

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A / NOE | Sallingberg Topotheque online

The look back, as shown on our picture, is now also possible in the market town of Sallingberg in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel. How far the people were and are „blessed“ here – this means the first part of the word of the place name – will be shown by the further entries in this […]

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SF / Suodenniemi | Anticipating the future

The sports hall, which will be replaced by a new one in the coming summer, has been documented one last time. The pictures have been stored in the Topotheque of Suodenniemi so that the building will be remembered for all the people who were enthusiastic about […]

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Topotheque Entries | Million is knocking

As luck would have it, the current „round“, namely the nine hundert thousandth entry in a Topotheque, is a contemplative picture with the evangelist Mark. He seems quite thoughtful next to the demolition of the former citizens‘ hospital in the Lower Austrian city of Langenlois […]

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GER / Leipzig | Illustrate the city with letterheads

It doesn‘t always have to be the photo: even old invoices with their splendid depictions of factories and commercial buildings explain a city in a special way, especially when they can be compared in a Topotheque. Torsten Wehlmann has now started to open up this […]

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A / NOE | Gablitz Topotheque online

In the time when there were no events, the team of the Topotheque of Gablitz took advantage of the opportunity and simply relocated the opening of the Topotheque to the Internet. With success! Although you don‘t get into the valuable unplanned discussions at the […]

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A / NOE | Alland Topotheque online

When the Topotheque went online in the market town of Alland in the Vienna Woods, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the “historical mosaic”, as the digital collection is referred to in the foreword to the this Topotheque. Topothequer Erika Kuttner […]

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A / NOE | Katzelsdorf/Leitha Topotheque online

The cover picture of the new Topotheque of the municipality of Katzelsdorf an der Leitha will astonish many young local residents: On which stagnant body of water was it so easy to paddle? In a Topotheque there are often some surprises that are able to consolidate the bond […]

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A / NOE | Hunting Association Gmünd: Topotheque launched

Combining scattered historical image sources digitally: that is the task of the new Topotheque of the Lower Austrian Hunting Association and its Gmünd district section. Topothequer Sepp Pruckner has taken up this topic and started the first hunting Topotheque using the example […]

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