Did you ever hear of an “Eiskraxen”? Well, even if tranlsation might be easy, but the terms are not. “Ice” is a clear term, but “Kraxe” is a rather fuzzy one, even in German. The word refers to both carrying devices and rough but fragile objects such as scaffolding. In this case it is […]

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This autumn, the Topothequers of the Finnish Sastamala Topotheque experimented with the Topotheque as a publishing platform for a slightly different recording project. Emma Kurki, an amanuensis at the Sastamala Museum, tells: The person who compiled the history […]

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Another Topotheque has gone online in Triestingtal, Lower Austria. In addition to the „Berndorf Werk“ Topotheque, the municipality itself is now represented with its Topotheque. With this, Berndorf would also like to show the historical evidence of life away from the […]

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On the name day of the Lower Austrian patron saint, St. Leopold, the Topotheque of the market town of Gross-Schweinbarth went online. Gross-Schweinbarth is located in the eastern Weinviertel in the Gänserndorf district and was developed by the railway Mistelbach- […]

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In the south of Bern, at the foot of the Gurten, the city‘s local mountain, lies Gurtenbühl. This settlement in the municipality of Köniz was built at the beginning of the 20th century and is now a typical Swiss residential area near the city. And people there are aware of the history of […]

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The Topotheque of the town of Gallneukirchen in the lower Mühlviertel went online on 10.10.2020, 0:00 a.m. „Show the development of the village from the village to the market and finally to the city and take the citizens with you on a journey through time“ is the motto that […]

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Can you tell the difference between an “e” and an “n”? Probably not. Namely when you should read it on the billboard on the left in the picture. (The solution of the riddle: The word in Kurrent reads “Verlangen”, in German: “Ask for …”). In comparison, the phrase “with the crown” […]

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We welcome the new Topothek from Asparn an der Zaya in the eastern Weinviertel of Lower Austria with a rare picture. Most of the photos are taken on the festive days, when people dressed up like to face the camera. In everyday life, on the other hand, a camera was […]

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In northern Croatia the Prelog Topotheque has gone online. This new archive wants to show the life of ordinary people with an emphasis on culture, art and architecture. In contrast to previous documentations of the history of Prelog, the Topotheque will focus less on […]

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