Archives of the Republic of Slovenia
|
Arhiv Republike Slovenije Archives of the Republic of Slovenia
|
|
|---|---|
|
|
| Archive type | State Archives |
| place | Ljubljana |
| founding | 1887 |
| Age of the archive material | from 9th century |
| carrier | Ministry of Culture |
| Website | http://www.arhiv.gov.si/en/ (engl.) |
The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia ( Arhiv Republike Slovenije ) is the central state archive of Slovenia . It is located in the capital, Ljubljana, and mainly contains archives relating to the entire state. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture.
history
The main branch is located in the Gruber Palace, the history of which begins in 1773 with the Jesuit Gabriel Gruber , who was not only responsible for this building, but who also took the initiative for the drainage of the marshland surrounding the capital. The house originally housed the local hydraulics and mechanics school. From 1809 to 1813, during the period of the Illyrian provinces of France, the south wing was built, thereby abolishing the baroque symmetry. In the second half of the 19th century, two more parts of the building were added, namely the Virant House in the north and another wing in the south-east, which, however, had to give way to a triangular courtyard in the 1970s.
The stairs and stucco decorations persist from the early construction period , then the private chapel with paintings by Martin Johann Schmidt and a fresco by Andreas Herrlein . Paintings from the early 19th century also adorn the reading room. Today the archive has six main and branch offices. There are four of them in Ljubljana, in 1 Kongresni trg, 5 Cankarjeva cesta, 48 Dunajska cesta and 12 Leskoškova cesta, plus two more in Gotenica and Borovec in the Kočevje region.
The archive as an institution only came into being in 1859 when the Carniolan Historical Society proposed the establishment of a provincial archive. However, the establishment was not completed until 1887, after which all local archives were moved there. Even when the Kingdom of Yugoslavia set up a state archive in 1926 , it remained an archive within the museum.
On October 31, 1945, the archive became the central archive for Slovenia, this time as an independent institution. In 1953 it was renamed State Archives Slovenia, a name that was changed to Archives of Slovenia in 1966, then to Archives of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia in 1979, to get its current name in 1991. The so-called special archives were abolished in 1990 and integrated into the National Archives, as was the Historical Archives of the Central Committee of the Communist League and in 1992 the Institute for the History of the Labor Movement, which has since been called the Institute for Contemporary History. In 1998 the Archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which contain intelligence documents, were also included.
Holdings and publications
.jpg)
The documents go back to the 12th century, the manuscripts to the 9th century. The tradition of land registers and maps begins in the 18th century. Files dating back to the 15th century date from Slovenia as part of other states. The film archive begins with the oldest Slovenian film, which was made in 1905. Over 90% of the Slovenian film titles are archived, a total of around 5100. In total, the house preserves 1809 archival funds and collections, including 16,356 meters of shelf space, then 5,651 films and 909 video titles in 1274 individual copies, then 3745 microfilms and 8,311 microfiches. In addition, in 2016 the house contained exactly 157,859 photographs and a further 22,494 recordings, including 591 sound recordings. In total, there are 24,980 meters of shelf space.
The holdings come primarily from government activities, but also from other institutions that are subject to public law and are financed by the state. There are also private holdings and film material. In addition, the archive maintains a general register of all Slovenian archives, as well as a compilation of foreign archives relating to Slovenia or the Slovenes, and finally a register of public symbols, coats of arms and flags, seals and stamps of national importance.
The Obvestula and the Arhivi sheet appear regularly as an electronic information medium . In addition, there is Viri (sources), which is more used for the publication of documents.
Web links
- About the Archives (English)