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Ports along the Danube

History, architecture, people

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The Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies in Tübingen invites researchers to apply for the conference "Ports on the Danube since the 19th century". The conference will take place from November 5 to 6, 2024 in Novi Sad and will be held as part of the international project "Ports on the Danube: History, Architecture, People" funded by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. The project focuses on the modern port facilities that enabled the construction of larger buildings and infrastructure on the waterfront. The examination of the Danube ports encompasses several areas such as technical progress, urban development and social history.

At the Springschool "Ports on the Danube: History, Architecture and People" organized by the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies. During the week from April 16 to 19, various topics were discussed from different perspectives on the subject of ports. Ports along the Danube were not only analyzed from an architectural and structural perspective. Ports are places of business and trade, spaces of cultural and political interaction, but also bearers of historical processes and developments and are therefore spaces with a deep spectrum of potential impact and message. As such, they require interdisciplinary approaches and a multi-perspective perspective for research, which Springschool will convey and develop.

In line with this approach, the students examined topics relating to various Danube ports. These texts are now available under the heading Port Reports - Student Impressions

The project "Ports on the Danube: History, Architecture, People", funded by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, focuses on the port facilities of the modern era with the quays that have been built since the 19th century, which enabled the construction of larger buildings and infrastructure on the water. When looking at the Danube ports, several areas overlap: technical progress (and the associated development of mobility - keyword steamship), urban development and social history (migration). We assume that since the 19th century the Danube ports have had similar infrastructure, architecture, social milieus, networks and communication opportunities as well as diverse and sometimes alternative uses. These similarities and interdependencies have shaped and continue to shape the tangible and intangible cultural heritage along the Danube. However, there were also differences in development between the ports, which are to be explained in the sense of a critical questioning of their homologous and different structures. Thanks to the interdisciplinary approach of the project, these can be researched, interpreted, communicated and put up for public discussion.

 

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    A révhez futó utcák Dunaföldváron. MNL MOL S 78 - 232. téka (1859) / Straßen zu Übergangstelle

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    A hídfő Dunaföldváron.  Fortepan 91070, adományozó UVATERV (1955)

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    A Duna-Tisza összekötését megvalósító ferenc csatorna a 18. századi Magyar Királyság legnagyobb vízügyi beavatkozása volt. 

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    Ansichstkarte um 1900 

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    Aus dem Buch: Dr. Kertai Ede et all: Magyarország nagyobb vízépítési műtárgyai – folyami kikötők (1971)

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    Historische Darstellung einer Ulmer Schachtel 

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    Toter Zweig bei Tolna.

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    A csepeli kikötő és ipartelepek Gonda Béla (1896) féle látványterve. In: Kertai E. Magyarország nagyobb vízépítési műtárgyai.

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    Privatsammlung Zolt Lazar

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    Fortepan 82485, adományozó: Budapest Főváros Levéltára HU.BFL.XV.19.d.1.07.161, Klösz György felvétele, 1900

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    Fortepan 82550, adományozó: Budapest Főváros Levéltára HU.BFL.XV.19.d.1.08.025, Klösz György felvétele, 1900

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    Privatsammlung Zolt Lazar

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    Privatsammlung Zolt Lazar

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    Privatsammlung Zolt Lazar

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    Privatsammlung Zolt Lazar

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