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Gotha around 1800: Nature – Science – History

Gotha around 1800: Nature – Science – History

Around 1800, Gotha was a court interconnected throughout Europe. Since the founding of the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), the dukes’ collecting interests gave rise to extensive collections of European significance, which largely remain unexplored but shape the image of the Friedenstein Castle today. These collections offer a wide range of research opportunities. Friedenstein Castle’s natural history collections are particularly outstanding. Today, these collections are preserved by the Friedenstein Castle Foundation and the Gotha Research Library. They are essentially supplemented by the records preserved in the Thuringian State Archive of Gotha.

The project aims at investigating the natural history collections in close collaboration with partner institutions. At the same time, a digital research infrastructure is being established to consolidate the digital objects, collections, and resources in the individual consortium institutions and to make them accessible worldwide for research and public use.

Project activities and results

The handwritten estate of Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and the related holdings were cataloged at the Gotha Research Library, including the estate of the astronomer Franz Xaver Zachs at both the Gotha Research Library and Thuringian State Archives – Gotha State Archive. The results are being made available in the national joint catalog Kalliope.

At the Gotha Research Centre, Factgrid was established to further advance Gotha research on the Illuminati and a citizen science focus was created to promote the collaboration with citizens as part of “Gotha around 1800.”

At the Friedenstein Castle Foundation, geological collections were processed, especially the objects in the Mineralogical Collection that originated from the Gotha mineralogist Karl Ernst Adolf von Hoff.

Gotha.digital emerged as a digital project from the Gotha Collection and Research Association.

Project Information

Organization
Gotha Research Library
Transcultural Studies / Gotha Perthes Collection
Gotha Research Centre
Friedenstein Castle Foundation

Project Management
Dr. Martin Eberle, Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow
Dr. Kathrin Paasch

Project Participants
Dipl.-Geol. Carsten Eckert
PD Dr. Julia A. Schmidt-Funke
Dr. Olaf Simons
Dr. Matthias Rekow

Project Partners
Thuringian State und University Library
Head Office of the GBV Common Library Network

Duration
2017–2022

Funding
Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Digitale Gesellschaft


Citation link
https://gotha.digital/en/sammlungen/collection-insights/collections-detail/content/28/2?cHash=1e4f1e56d2ed7d86ef4e807a5ff3b67d
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