Munich city chronicle
The Munich City Chronicle is the City Archive Munich guided chronicle of the city of Munich . It goes back to 1818.
Emergence
For historical and political reasons, King Ludwig I of Bavaria wanted a chronicle for the Bavarian cities and communities. This should be based on the model of medieval city chronicles. The idea arose on the one hand from the then existing romanticizing interest in the German Middle Ages, on the other hand anti-monarchical forces were to be pushed back. But it wasn't until 1845 that the Munich magistrate decided to set up a city chronicle.
In the same year Ulrich von Destouches started a continuous chronicle of the city's history. Soon he was also commissioned to reconstruct the city chronicle from 1818 onwards. In September 1845 the city of Munich published its first yearbook . When Ulrich von Destouches died in 1863, the chronicle already comprised 36 years. After his death, his 19-year-old son Ernst von Destouches took over the work. Just like his father, he collected additional supplements in addition to his daily entries (e.g. pamphlets, leaflets, theater programs, newspaper articles, obituaries, photos, posters). On the 50th anniversary of his service in 1914, the city chronicle held around 400 volumes.
present
Due to the abundance of news, it is no longer possible to write a daily chronicle of the city of Munich (and with the various newspaper archives it is no longer necessary). Therefore, the chronicle tries to focus on topics that show later generations contemporary Munich and can explain developments in urban society. This also includes the conscious collection of explanatory enclosures, since a lot of information (e.g. Internet pages) will no longer be available later.
Everyday life in Munich is now difficult to capture in its full breadth in a city chronicle, as the content of the chronicle has become too selective and selective. The much more extensive research options on the Internet also offer a modern alternative. Due to this fact, the city archives decided to stop the further updating of the Munich city chronicle by December 31, 2017.
The current project is a city chronicle on the Internet . At the moment (beginning of 2018) the years 1900–1929, 1930–1945, 1946–1968 and 1975–1993 are available online, the other years will be added successively.
See also
Web links
- Muenchen.de: Die Münchner Stadtchronik - Overview of the history of the Münchner Stadtchronik from the directorate of the state capital Munich.
- Muenchen.de: The Münchner Stadtchronik - Overview of the years available online.
Individual evidence
- ↑ muenchen.de: Münchner Stadtchronik is no longer updated. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .