Virtual exhibitions in the DDB

There are new exciting virtual exhibitions by archives to be discovered online. Using DDBStudio, the participating archives have created exhibitions presenting part of their unique holdings for you to enjoy while on the road, at home or meeting with friends. Come take a peek!

If you work in a cultural institution and would like to curate a virtual exhibition yourself, you can find more information at DDBpro.

Gravedigger's house Wöhrd. A house tells of life and death

A virtual exhibition by Stadtarchiv Nürnberg

Step virtually into the former home of the Wöhrd gravedigger! In three small rooms of the gravedigger's cottage built in 1529 in the Wöhrd cemetery (today Wöhrd is a district of Nuremberg), the family life of the respective gravediggers took place over the centuries. Sources tell us about several of these gravediggers, their wives and children, but others have disappeared into the darkness of history due to their low social status in society at the time. We have tried to shed some light on this darkness.

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Stadtarchiv Nürnberg A 7/II Nr. 1103 - View of the Wöhrd cemetery from the west at the beginning of the 18th century |

Kreisarchiv Gütersloh A 03b/05-1512 - Former county hall at Wiedenbrück 1971 |

The founding of the district of Gütersloh

A virtual exhibition by Kreisarchiv Gütersloh

On January 1, 1973, the district of Gütersloh is formed from the districts of Halle (Westf.) and Wiedenbrück as well as the town of Harsewinkel and the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock. However, the path to its foundation is not without conflict. How are the discussions taking place in the former districts of Halle and Wiedenbrück as well as the town of Harsewinkel (formerly the district of Warendorf) and the municipality of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (formerly the district of Bielefeld)? Where is there support and who is putting up resistance? The exhibition explores these questions on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the district of Gütersloh.

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Relaxing in the city. A short history of some public gardens at Darmstadt

A virtual exhibition by Stadtarchiv Darmstadt

In a growing city, green spaces are important places for relaxation and recreation. Over the centuries, various parks in Darmstadt have taken on this function for the population, have grown and changed with the demands of the city. The city archive has taken a closer look at four different gardens and parks and compiled a wide range of archive documents on their history. The exhibition also shows the relationship between the people of Darmstadt and their “green living rooms” and how this is documented in the archive.

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Stadtarchiv Darmstadt, Best. 53 - Two people relaxing on the banks of the Müllersteich pond in Bürgerpark Nord, Source: Roland Koch |

Flashlight cone on the display case on remembrence culture at Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt

Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt - Flashlight cone on the display case on remembrence culture |

Traces. An archive and media ecudation project

A virtual exhibition by Stadtarchiv Darmstadt, Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt and Bürgerstiftung Darmstadt

In an archive and media education project in 2019, pupils explored the culture of remembrance of the so-called “Brandnacht” and the bombing war in Darmstadt. By working with archival documents, old newspapers, plans, personal diaries and eyewitness accounts, a film was made about the search for traces of the night of the fire from the perspective of young people.

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“We reject the false teaching...” The Barmen Theological Declaration - A confession of the Gospel in troubled times

A virtual exhibition by Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen

90 years ago, on May 31, 1934, the “Theological Declaration on the Present Situation of the German Protestant Church (DEK)” was adopted at the first confessional synod in the Gemarker Church in Wuppertal-Barmen. For the first time since the Reformation in the 16th century, representatives of the Lutheran, Reformed and United churches had agreed on a common affirmation of their faith in order to distance themselves from National Socialist church politics and the transformation of Christianity. The Barmen Theological Declaration is therefore also regarded as the foundation and founding document of the Protestant opposition movement of the “Confessing Church”. To this day, it is regarded as a groundbreaking testimony of doctrine and faith and has an impact far beyond the borders of Germany and its historical context of origin.

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Map on the state of the "Kirchenkampf" at the beginning of December 1934

Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen 4.104 Nr. 99 - Map on the state of the "Kirchenkampf" at the beginning of December 1934 |