The municipality of Weikendorf in the district of Gänserndorf was given to Melk Abbey by Margrave Ernst in 1074. At that time, it was called ‘Wikkendorf am Gänsbach’ (Weidenbach) and was the estate of a nobleman […]

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The Topotheque team in the municipality of Gaweinstal chose a very humorous approach to ‘public relations’: dressed up as decorative poster stands, they paraded through Pellendorf with their cadastral communities on […]

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This year‘s local anniversary – 1100 years of Bernau – is the occasion for the launch of this Bavarian Topotheque in the south of Lake Chiemsee. Archivist Georg Leidel has added initial key points of Bernau‘s history to […]

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With his Topotheque, Helmut Reitbauer has created an extraordinary digital archive. Over 12,000 historical photographs of people have now been collected, digitised and made publicly accessible. What is often lost […]

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In the packed hall of the town hall, Mayor Manuel Aichberger opened the new Topotheque, which was presented by Topothequer Erwin Martinetz. The musical accompaniment was provided by Thomas Gravogl with his own songs relating […]

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The team of Topothequers presented the new Topotheque of Senftenberg at the town hall. This idyllic Lower Austrian market town lies in the lower Krems Valley. The castle ruins and the parish church are visible from afar […]

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A town steeped in history has launched its online archive. Mining activity around Radenthein can be traced back to the late Middle Ages. From 1908 onwards, the magnesite deposits were industrially exploited, leading to the […]

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With the municipality of Riedering in the Rosenheim district, the Topotheque family has gained another member in Bavaria. Often, it is old drawings, older than photographs, that serve as the earliest records of local history. Thus, […]

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In communities without a history of tourism, photographic evidence in the form of postcards is particularly rare. As a result, only a few motifs were captured on paper, and these were only published in small print runs. Therefore […]

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The year 1975 marked the beginning of a new era for Maribor. With the signing of the self-government agreement and the ceremonial proclamation, the second Slovenian university was founded […]

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