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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3 postcards: 2 views of Pécs featuring a street scene and houses, as well as the back of a picture postcard with handwritten text.
Copyright IdGL

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.

Photograph of Ludwig Leber, founder of the Association of Danube Swabians (Landsmannschaft der Ungarndeutschen), and Otto von Habsburg.
Copyright IdGL, Fotoarchiv
An old black-and-white photograph shows children playing a circle game.
Copyright IdGL, Fotosammlung
The postcard shows the bank of the Bega River in Timișoara. A cargo vessel and people strolling along the bank are visible.
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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).
Black-and-white postcard of Budapest. It shows the Danube with ships and a row of buildings right along the riverbank.
Copyright IdGL, Ansichtskartensammlung
Budapest. Historische Ansichtskarte aus der Bildsammlung des Archivs des Instituts für donauschwäbische Geschichte und Landeskunde.
Old view of "Peterwardein in Syrmia." Two seated figures and five figures working on the riverbank; a tree; a small ship, a small boat, and the stern of a small ship; a fortress and a church in the background; 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.