!!!Geschichtsvereine

Geschichtsvereine (history associations) emerged at the provincial 
level during the 1%%sup st/%  half of the 19%%sup th/%  century, as 
"antiquity associations". They assumed various tasks, such as research 
into local history, the founding of museums, the publication of books 
about regional deeds and historical documents, academic journals and 
other printed material. Each province has a history association, which 
is an integral part of either the provincial archives (Vienna, Lower 
Austria, Styria, Carinthia) or the provincial museum (Vorarlberg, 
Tirol, Upper Austria). Some history associations also maintain 
institutions dedicated to issues of cultural history (Lower Austria). 
The associations have an overhead organisation, which has been 
organising meetings of historians since 1949 (1994: 20%%sup th/%  
meeting in Bregenz). Historical facts about Austria are collected and 
made available by the "Institut fuer Oesterreichkunde", especially for 
secondary-school teachers. Additionally, there are regional history 
associations or organizations for special fields of history 
(numismatics, genealogy etc.).

!Literature
E. Zoellner, Probleme und Aufgaben der oesterreichischen 
Geschichtsforschung. Selected essays, 1984; idem, Der 
Oesterreich-Begriff, Formen und Wandlungen in der Geschichte, 1988.


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