Digitization of records concerning court administration of the department Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Gerald Maier
• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2019 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 415470503

The Landesarchiv Baden Württemberg (State archives of Baden-Wuerttemberg) has initiated a project to digitize a selection of records concerning the court administration of Württemberg belonging to the archival holdings of its department Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg. The project addresses the need of a centralized and digital access to German archival records in order to facilitate historical research on a variety of topics. The digital copies will be made available on the online platforms of the Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg, of the Archivportal-D (German Archives Portal) and of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library). The selected archival documents offer essential material on the court administration of Wuerttemberg. With merely few exceptions, they date from the beginning of the 19th century well to World War I. and allow comparative studies on European courts as well as on political, constitutional, cultural history or other topics. Due to their scope and importance, they are already highly demanded by archival researchers.The project aims at the digitization of 168 microfilms and 1.050 original files and includes a metadata-based structure, the introduction of authority files and links to existing metadata. The project draws on the results of the former project “Produktivpilot Digitalisierung von archivalischen Quellen” and on the experience gained by other digitization activities.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)