Projects

100 Years since the Foundation of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria

This project traces the development of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture since 1922 in its historical contexts.

100 Years since the Foundation of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria

A Biography of Johann Haider on the Occasion of his 100th Birthday

The project aims to present and analyse the significance of the farmers’ politician Johann Haider.

A Biography of Johann Haider on the Occasion of his 100th Birthday

A Digital Guide for Research in Migration History

This project traces sources on migration in the 19th century in the Lower Austrian Provincial Archives.

A Digital Guide for Research in Migration History

Agricultural Country Lower Austria, 1918–1995

The project highlights the regional diversity of the agricultural country Lower Austria in the 20th century.

Agricultural Country Lower Austria, 1918–1995

Agricultural Practices during National Socialism

Agricultural Regions in Lower Austria during World War I

The project analyses regional agricultural development during the "Great War".

Agricultural Regions in Lower Austria during World War I

Agricultural Systems in Lower Austria During the 19th Century

The aim of the research project is the reconstruction of local and regional agricultural systems.

Agricultural Systems in Lower Austria During the 19th Century

Agro-Food Studies Network

Combining perspective on the production, distribution and consumption of food.

Ambulant Theatre in the Long 19th Century

This project lays the foundations for a history of mobility perspective on the "provincial theatre."

Ambulant Theatre in the Long 19th Century

Arrival – Departure – New Markets: Cross-Border Economic History

The project examines direct investments by Austrian companies in Bohemia and Moravia during the early 1990s.

Arrival – Departure – New Markets: Cross-Border Economic History

Biographies of Environmentalists in 1970s Lower Austria

This project is based on biographical and narrative interviews with actors who were substantially involved in the environmental activism in 1970s Lower Austria.

Biographies of Environmentalists in 1970s Lower Austria

Center for Historical Migration Research

The Centre for Historical Migration Research (zhmf) addresses migration and mobility from a historical perspective.

Center for Historical Migration Research

Change of Land Use at the “Rindfleischberg”

The IGLR's contribution to a nature conservation project in the municipality of Klein-Pöchlarn (Lower Austria) investigates land use in a former wine-growing area in the 18th and 19th century.

Change of Land Use at the “Rindfleischberg”

CliMeF – Climate Media Frames

The project explores communication strategies and framings around controversial proposals to climate change.

Czechs in Hürm

An analysis of Czech migration and remigration in the Hürm region between 1890 and 1930.

European Rural History Organisation

EURHO is the European association of rural historians.

European Rural History Organisation

Farming Styles in Austria, 1940s–1980s

Farming Styles in Austria, 1970s–2011

This regional comparison shows how families engaged in farming see themselves and their agricultural businesses.

Farming Styles in Austria, 1970s–2011

Files of the Lower Austrian Bezirksbauernkammern ('farmers' chambers')

The files document the interactions between companies and agricultural apparatus.

Files of the Lower Austrian Bezirksbauernkammern ('farmers' chambers')

Foundation of the Women Farmers Association (Bäuerinnenorganisation) in Lower Austria

This project is based on interviews with founding members of the Women Farmers Association.

Foundation of the Women Farmers Association (Bäuerinnenorganisation) in Lower Austria

History of Knowledge of the Soy Bean in Austria, ca. 1870–1950

How did different actors interact in the production, dissemination and appropriation of expert and everyday knowledge in relation to soy-based commodity chains in the context of society and the environment?

History of Knowledge of the Soy Bean in Austria, ca. 1870–1950

History of the Agricultural Community of “Urhausbesitzer” in Alland (Lower Austria)

The project reconstructs the development of the agricultural community in Alland since the mid-13th century.

History of the Agricultural Community of “Urhausbesitzer” in Alland (Lower Austria)

Housebound? Home Care for the Elderly in Austrian Rural Areas

A gender perspective on home care for the elderly in rural areas.

Housebound? Home Care for the Elderly in Austrian Rural Areas

Indexing the Amateur Film Collection “Niederösterreich privat”

A pilot project for the indexing and cataloguing of amateur films as sources for contemporary rural history.

Indexing the Amateur Film Collection “Niederösterreich privat”

This projects aims at the cataloguing and indexing of amateur and family films as sources for contemporary rural history.

Indexing the Amateur Film Collection “Niederösterreich privat”

Inventory of Objects from the “Domestic Economy” and “Textiles” Collections of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz

In this project, the IGLR team inventories objects from the WMN.

Inventory of Objects from the “Domestic Economy” and “Textiles” Collections of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz

Inventory of Objects from the “Handicraft” and “Home Textiles” Collections of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz

In this project, the IGLR team inventories objects from the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz.

Inventory of Objects from the “Handicraft” and “Home Textiles” Collections of the Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz

Life Story Narratives on Amateur Filming in the Countryside

An oral history project in cooperation with “MenschenLeben” at the Österreichische Mediathek.

Life Story Narratives on Amateur Filming in the Countryside

Lifestyles of Viennese Working-Class Households

This project investigates the survival strategies of Viennese working-class households, before, during and after World War I.

Lifestyles of Viennese Working-Class Households

Lower Austria's Agricultural Elites, 1930–1960

This project reconstructs the social profile of the employees of the Agricultural Chamber in the mid-20th century.

Lower Austria's Agricultural Elites, 1930–1960

Mobile Women/Theatres/Lifes. Female Theatre Managers in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1850–1914

This dissertation project examines female theater entrepreneurs and follows their mobile biographies.

Mobile Women/Theatres/Lifes. Female Theatre Managers in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1850–1914

Moving Fashion in Northern Lower Austria

A sub-project of the research project “Mobile things, peoples and ideas. A mobile history of Lower Austria”, funded by the research, technology and innovation strategy for Lower Austria (FTI-Strategie).

Moving Fashion in Northern Lower Austria

New Conceptual Plan for the Museums of the Town Horn

In this project, the Institute of Rural History elaborates a new concept for the museums of the town Horn in general and for the Mader-Museum in particular.

New Conceptual Plan for the Museums of the Town Horn

Ordentlich! Schlampert.

The project examines perceptions of landscapes and awareness of biodiversity.

Ordentlich! Schlampert.

Organising Agricultural Labour. Administrative Struggles in Interwar Austria

Funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), this project analyses legal norms and administrative disputes concerning the regulation of agricultural labour in interwar Austria (1918–1938).

Organising Agricultural Labour. Administrative Struggles in Interwar Austria

Personnel Files of the Employees in the Lower Austrian Agricultural Chamber

Organisation and documentation of the personnel files of the Lower Austrian Agricultural Chamber.

Personnel Files of the Employees in the Lower Austrian Agricultural Chamber

Pioneers of Organic Agriculture

A biographical approach to the beginnings of organic farming in Austria.

Pioneers of Organic Agriculture

Reconciliation March 2020

Within the Interreg-project “Reconciliation March 2020”, the IGLR cooperates with “Meeting Brno”.

Reconciliation March 2020

Rural Area in the Museum

A concept for displaying the history of rural areas in the House of History Lower Austria (Haus der Geschichte Niederösterreich).

Rural Area in the Museum

Social Security in Agriculture

This project analyses the development of social security in the agricultural sector in the 20th century.

Spaces in the Lower Austrian Government’s Quarter

This project records the various utilisations of the area that today is the Lower Austrian government’s quarter.

Spaces in the Lower Austrian Government’s Quarter

St. Pölten during Nazi Era

This project investigates the history of St. Pölten during the National Socialist era.

St. Pölten during Nazi Era

Südmährerhof at Museumsdorf Niedersulz: New Concepts

The project includes the redesign of an exhibition at the Südmährerhof.

Südmährerhof at Museumsdorf Niedersulz: New Concepts

Surviving in Times of Crises 1914–1950: Focus Migration

The project analyses the survival strategies of rural workers, servants and housemaids in Lower Austria and Vienna and contextualises them within official norms regulating migration and mobility.

Surviving in Times of Crises 1914–1950: Focus Migration

Surviving in Times of Crises 1914–1950: Focus Nutrition

How did people of the lower strata of society feed themselves in the first half of the 20th century?

Surviving in Times of Crises 1914–1950: Focus Nutrition

The Agricultural Loan Society of St. Pölten

The project investigates the foundation of the agricultural loan society of St. Pölten in its social and economic historical context.

The Agricultural Loan Society of St. Pölten

The Croats in Lower Austria in the Early Modern Period

This project reconstructs the history of the Croatian minority in Lower Austria in the early modern period.

The Croats in Lower Austria in the Early Modern Period

The Sand Land in the Marchfeld

This project creates a digital stroll through Austria's first nature reserve.

The Sand Land in the Marchfeld

The Village as a Natural-Social System

This exhibition displays the relations of society and nature in the village of the Weinviertel in the 19th century.

Typology of Rural Austria around 1930

How did Austrian judicial districts differ in the 1930s? The project creates a typology based on statistical data.