Image archive

The image archive fulfils the Institute's documentation mandate. It documents the history and culture of the Danube Swabians and their regions of origin.
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The picture shows 3 postcards: 2 views of Pécs with street scene and houses and the back of a postcard with handwritten text.
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The collection, which has been created through research projects, documentation and study trips, but also through the purchase of thematic pictures and series as well as through donations, is constantly being expanded and digitised.

The image archive comprises the following holdings: photo collection (approx. 15,000 units), graphics collection (approx. 600 units), picture postcard collection (approx. 6,000 units), poster collection (approx. 500 units). Particularly valuable parts of the picture archive include the estate of the German folklorist Rudolf Hartmann with photographs from Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in the first half of the 20th century in Hungary, the slide documentation of the work of German artists on Hungarian sacred buildings since the 18th century or posters of German-language theatres in Romania and Hungary.

The picture shows Ludwig Leber, founder of the Landsmannschafte of Hungarian Germans, and Otto von Habsburg
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The picture shows children playing a circle game.
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This black-and-white photo shows the banks of the Bega River in Timisoara. It shows a cargo ship and people strolling along the shore.
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[Translate to en:] Ufer des Bega in Temeschwar/Timișoara/Temesvár, Foto aus der Bildsammlung des Archivs des Instituts für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde (Schenkung G. Klein).
The photo shows a black-and-white postcard of Budapest. It shows the Danube with ships and a row of houses directly on the bank.
Copyright IdGL, Ansichtskartensammlung
Budapest. Historische Ansichtskarte aus der Bildsammlung des Archivs des Instituts für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde.
The picture shows an old view of "Peterwardein in Syrmia." Two seated people and five working people on the riverbank; tree; small ship, small boat, and back of a small ship; in the background a fortress and a church; clouds.
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[Translate to en:] F. Both, Peterwardein [heute Teil von Novi Sad] in Syrmien, um 1820, Stahlstich. Kleindruck aus der Bildsammlung des Archivs des Instituts für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde.