Martin Opitz: Die Episteln Der Sontage vnd fürnemsten Feste des gantzen Jahrs […] (1628). Scientific edition commissioned by the Francke Foundations, edited by Irmgard Scheitler and Hans-Otto Korth.
Martin Opitz: Die Episteln Der Sontage vnd fürnemsten Feste des gantzen Jahrs […] (1628). Scientific edition commissioned by the Francke Foundations, edited by Irmgard Scheitler and Hans-Otto…
The major part of the holdings originates from the heyday of Halle Pietism in the first half of the eighteenth century. Manuscripts, documents, materials and records linked to the eventful history of the Francke Foundations represent yet another major component of the Archive. Initially, the individual institutes owned their own foundation registries and archives. The holdings were subdivided…
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The first traces of the Library date from 1698, the founding year of the Francke Foundations. In his 1709 account of the origins of the Foundations August Hermann Francke reported about book donations and his wish “that hopefully, in time, a good…
Instructions
The database also contains the manuscripts of the so-called Francke estate of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Also included are letters from the manuscript department of the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt, which document both the early period of the emerging Pietism and the phase of the establishment of Halle's Pietism and…
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PietismusPädagogikMissionsgeschichtePersonensucheOrientalia Verlagsbibliographie (1698–1945) Datenbank der…
Here you will find the internal classification systems for our entire collections in the archive and library.
Here you will find the internal classification systems for our entire collections in the archive and library.
Technical information on the archives
The culture-historical archive of the Francke Foundations looks back on a 300-year history. Its holdings reflect the rise and fall of…
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