HMML Global Operations: Germany
Germany
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Region
Europe -
Country
Germany -
Cities
Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Erfurt, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg im Breisgau, Giessen, Jena, Mainz, Münster, Paderborn, Rostock, Trier, Tübingen, Weimar, Xanten -
Repositories
University of Tübingen, Historical Archive of Cologne, Stadt- und Regionalbibliothek Erfurt, Stadtbibliothek Mainz, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main, University of Bonn, University of Freiburg, Cathedral and Diocesan Library of Cologne, as well as numerous other church, monastic, state, and university libraries -
Languages
Latin, German, Arabic, Sanskrit, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Low German, Persian, Tamil, Turkish, and several other languages -
Project Dates
1979–1999 -
Partners
Lutheran Brotherhood (now Thrivent Financial) (1980s)
HMML started microfilming in Germany in 1978 and finished its last project in 1999, at Metten Abbey (instrumental in the founding of Saint John's Abbey in the 1850s). Some 14,000 manuscripts were filmed in 50 repositories, including major ecclesiastical, monastic, state, and university collections in Bonn, Bremen, Cologne, Erfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg im Breisgau, Giessen, Jena, Mainz, Münster, Rostock, Weimar, and Xanten. The manuscripts covered all areas of research on pre-1600 Central Europe, including several collections from the former East Germany with large numbers of Reformation manuscripts. In addition to pre-modern European materials, hundreds of manuscripts in non-European languages were filmed at the University of Tübingen and significant music collections were filmed at Bonn and Cologne.
![11th-c. Latin manuscript from Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek, Cologne (<a href='https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/63185'>34974</a>)](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/3.IM00046488 (HMML 34974).jpg)
![Metten Abbey library. Photograph by Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/2.Metten_03-768x1024.jpg)
![Eichstätt. Photograph by Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/1.Eichstaett-1024x768.jpg)
![Microfilming in Germany](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/4.Germany-Jonathan-Fischer_OP_CMYK-1024x653.jpg)
![15th-c. German manuscript from Martinus-Bibliothek, Mainz (<a href='https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/512104'>35671</a>)](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/5.Mainz_02-101 (HMML 35671).jpg)
![Microfilm of the 16th-c. Trier Missal, Bistumsarchiv, Trier](../../../assets/img/globalops/germany/Heart_microfilm_Trier_missal_HMML_16th-c_bistumsarchiv_trier_ feast-of-ascension.jpg)