Worms ’story digital: Historical reports accessible to everyone!

Worms ’story digital: Historical reports accessible to everyone!

An important enrichment for the city history of Worms has recently been announced: the historical accountability reports of the mayor from 1883 to 1956 are now fully digitized. These reports represent an indispensable source for the research of municipal history. According to Wormser Zeitung carried out digitalization in Enger cooperation With the State Library Center Rhineland-Palatinate and the Palatinate State Library in Speyer.

The collection comprises a total of 41 reports that were published in different periods. The reports appeared annually in the phase from 1883/84 to 1903/04. For the years 1904 to 1914, a annual documentation was planned for the full year. In the period after the First World War, the reports were also made annual from 1924 to 1927, while only short versions were presented between 1928 and 1931. The last publication took place in a machine -written form for 1956. The reports are accessible via the Rhineland-Palatinate digitization portal "Dilibri".

valuable historical documents

The accountability reports not only offer insights into the administration of the city of Worms for more than seven decades, but are also a reflection of social and political developments that shaped the city. Together with the "Eidbuch", which is also accessible digitally, a 124 sheet of parchment code, these documents contribute to deepening the understanding of regional history.

The EIDBOS, which was made new in 2021, goes back to a measure by the Worms city council around 1400, which forced the written fixation of legal texts for better administration. The entries in the Eidbuch go back to the 16th century and contain regulations and official records on disputes between the council and the clergy. The document was digitized in 2015 and developed in terms of content by Viktoria Köllner. A register, regeste and a selection of illustrations are now available as an electronic resource on the server of the Heidelberg University Library.

digitization as the key to history

The digitization of these historical treasures opens up new opportunities for research and understanding an important era of the city, as the City of Worms . The publication of the Eidbuch under the title "Regeste of the Worms Eidbuch", edited by Köllner and Gerold Bönnen, emphasizes the importance of these documents and is an important basis for future historical arguments.

These initiatives are in line with the overarching goals of preserving cultural identity and making the history of the city of Worms accessible to future generations. They encourage a broader public to deal with local history and promote historical awareness in the region.