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^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 für Österreichische 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 Weistümer (since 1870) (E. v. Schwind and A. Dopsch, Ausgewählte Urkunden zur Verfassungsgeschichte ... im MA, 1896; 1100 Jahre österreichischer und europäischer Geschichte in Urkunden und Akten des Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs, 1949; O. Frass, Quellenbuch zur österreichischen Geschichte, four volumes, 1956-1967).

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 österreichischen Verfassungsgeschichte. From the Pragmatic Sanction to the Federal Constitution, 1713-1966, 1970; H. R. Klecatsky and S. Morscher, Die österreichische Bundesverfassung, ³1985; F. Koja, Das Verfassungsrecht der österreichischen Bundesländer, ²1988; Repertorium der diplomatic Vertreter (reference work on Austrian diplomats), 1935; Akten zur Außenpolitik Österreich-Ungarns, 8 volumes, 1930ff.; Österreichisches Generalstabswerk (ed.), Der Krieg von 1859, 3 volumes, 1872-1876; Österreichische Kämpfe im Jahre 1866, 5 volumes, 1867-1869; Österreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg, 7 volumes, ²1931-1938; minutes from the ministerial council

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

Literature: Quellen zur Geschichte Ö., Schriften des Inst. für Österreich-Kunde 40, 1982; Dahlmann-Waitz, Quellenkunde zur Deutschen Geschichte, ¹⁰1970ff. (not yet finished)