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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and
portal of German und French
archives on the Upper Rhine. A
workshop report.
Elisabeth Steiger
City archive Speyer

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
1. Introduction
• Short – Title: Archivum rhenanum
• Cross-border project
• From January 2013 to the summer of 2015

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
Output considerations:
• Long common history
• Tradition problems
• Research problems
• Portal as solution
• Archives and the internet
• Digital presentation
• Digitization

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
2. Starting position
• Need for virtual reconstruction of historical tradition
• Cultural asset
• Cross-border reconstruction as desideratum

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
3. Project partners

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
3. Project partners
• Almost 25 other clubs, archives and scientific institutions
• Other archives are interested
• ICARUS is on board

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
4. Project goals
• Digitization
• Presentation and editing
• Bilingual website
• More communication: Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, Press

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
5. Key activities
• Medieval stocks and archival documents until the end of the 16th
century
• Extension for later periods is provided

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„Archivum Rhenanum“: Project and portal of
German und French archives on the Upper
Rhine. A workshop report.
6. Outlook
• Permanent presentation
• Historical regional network should be established
• Regions on the Upper Rhine should move together

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CONTACT US:
http://archives.hypotheses.org
http://archives-fr.hypotheses.org
joachim.kemper@stadt-speyer.de