!!!Quellen und Quellensammlungen

History of Austria, Sources: sources dealing with the history of 
Austria are found in the federal, provincial and town and city  
Archives, as well as in archives located in monasteries and convents, 
in various organisations and abroad (the United States, Germany and 
Russia possess significant archives relevant to contemporary Austrian 
history). Written sources have appeared in many different editions: in 
the 18%%sup th/%  century, for example, H. Pez, Scriptores rerum 
Austriacarum, three volumes, 1721-1745; A. Rauch, Rerum Austriacarum 
Scriptores, three volumes, 1793/1794; F. A. Kollar, Analecta 
monumentorum omnis aevi Vindobonensia, two volumes, 1761-1772; many 
medieval sources have been included in the Monumenta Germaniae 
Historica (Historical Monuments of the Germans) since 1840 (the 
work´s documents are classified according to the following 
categories: scriptores, diplomata, German chronicles, legal sources, 
etc). The  Institut fuer Oesterreichische Geschichtsforschung 
(Institute of Austrian History Research) was specifically established 
to study these documents. Since its creation, the Austrian Academy of 
Sciences has been active in examining and publishing sources dealing 
with the history of Austria (Fontes rerum Austriacarum, three 
sections: Scriptores, until 1994 12 volumes; Diplomataria et acta, 87 
volumes, Fontes iuris, 11 volumes). Modern publications include the 
Book of Documents of the Babenbergs (vol. 1/2, 1950, vol. 3, 
1954, vol. 4/1, 1968) and the  Regesta Habsburgica. All the 
provinces (with the exception of Lower Austria) possess books of 
documents dating from the Middle Ages; Lower Austrian documents were 
for the most part published in the Fontes rerum Austriacarum. In 
addition, the Austrian Academy of Sciences has published  Urbare 
(since 1904) and  Weistuemer (since 1870) (E. v. Schwind and A. 
Dopsch, Ausgewaehlte Urkunden zur Verfassungsgeschichte ... im MA, 
1896; 1100 Jahre oesterreichischer und europaeischer Geschichte in 
Urkunden und Akten des Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs, 1949; O. Frass, 
Quellenbuch zur oesterreichischen Geschichte, four volumes, 
1956-1967).

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The following sources dealing with the history of Austria in the 
modern era are of significance: publications of the Austrian 
Commission for Modern History in four groups: Austria´s 
international treaties, publications on the internal history of 
Austria; communications on materials from individual archives; 
correspondence of Austrian rulers and statesmen; as well as Austrian 
diplomatic dossiers. Codex Austriacus, in two parts with supplements, 
six volumes, 1704-1777. Documents covering the period from 
Joseph II to Ferdinand I: "Gesetze und Verordnungen 
...", 1788-1851; A Collection of Legislation, edited by J. 
Kropatschek (Joseph II, 18 vols., 1785-1790; 
Leopold II, 5 vols., 1792; Franz II, 60 vols., 
beginning with volume 25 edited by W. G. Goutta, beginning 
with volume 58 edited by F. X. Pichl, 1792-1836). Imperial 
Law Gazette, 1849-1918; Handbook of Austrian Laws and Ordinances, 
published by the Austrian Staatsdruckerei, 200 vols., 1868-1918; 
State Law Gazette of the Republic of Austria, 1919, Federal Law 
Gazette, 1920-1938; Law Gazette of Austria, 1938-1940; Federal Law 
Gazette, from 1945; H. Fischer and G. Silvestri, Texte zur 
oesterreichischen Verfassungsgeschichte. From the Pragmatic Sanction 
to the Federal Constitution, 1713-1966, 1970; H. R. Klecatsky and 
S. Morscher, Die oesterreichische Bundesverfassung, %%sup 3/%1985; F. 
Koja, Das Verfassungsrecht der oesterreichischen Bundeslaender, 
%%sup 2/%1988; Repertorium der diplomatic Vertreter (reference work on 
Austrian diplomats), 1935; Akten zur Aussenpolitik 
Oesterreich-Ungarns, 8 volumes, 1930ff.; Oesterreichisches 
Generalstabswerk (ed.), Der Krieg von 1859, 3 volumes, 1872-1876; 
Oesterreichische Kaempfe im Jahre 1866, 5 volumes, 1867-1869; 
Oesterreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg, 7 volumes, %%sup 2/%1931-1938; 
minutes from the ministerial council

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s from the time of the Monarchy and the First Republic.

!Literature
Quellen zur Geschichte Oe., Schriften des Inst. fuer 
Oesterreich-Kunde 40, 1982; Dahlmann-Waitz, Quellenkunde zur Deutschen 
Geschichte, %%sup 10/%1970ff. (not yet finished)


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