In 372 catalogue numbers, the volume presents inscriptions from the Middle Weser region from the 13th century to 1650. The most important inscription site in the district of Nienburg is the former Cistercian monastery of Loccum with around 100 inscriptions. Nienburg, the former seat of the counts of Hoya, also has a rich collection of inscriptions. Further inscriptions, which are distributed among the monasteries and convents in Schinna, Nendorf and Bücken as well as the villages of the district, provide insights into the self-representation of citizens, farmers and the lower nobility.
Der Band wird in 372 Katalognummern Inschriften aus der Mittelweserregion vom 13. Jahrhundert bis zum Jahr 1650 präsentieren. Der bedeutendste Inschriftenstandort im Landkreis Nienburg ist das ehemalige Zisterzienserkloster Loccum. Etwa die Hälfte der rund 100 Loccumer Inschriften, darunter zahlreiche Grabmäler, ist im Original erhalten, die übrigen sind in Handschriften des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts überliefert und werden teilweise erstmals publiziert. Einen reichen Inschriftenbestand bietet außerdem Nienburg, frühere Residenzstadt der Grafschaft Hoya. Die übrigen Inschriften, die sich auf die Klöster und Stifte in Schinna, Nendorf und Bücken sowie auf die Dörfer und Flecken des Landkreises verteilen, geben Einblicke in die Selbstrepräsentation von Bürgern, Bauern und landsässigem Niederadel.
The project aims at compiling and publishing all Latin and German inscriptions of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period until 1650. Geographically, the collection currently covers Germany and Austria as well as South Tyrol. The findings are published in the DI volumes. Each volume comprises the inscriptions from one or several urban or rural districts or from a single city, issuing even smaller complexes separately in cities with particularly large numbers of inscriptions. The series includes both preserved original inscriptions and those which survive only as copies.
“Die Deutschen Inschriften” is by far the oldest current project aiming at the compilation of medieval and early modern inscriptions. It was founded over 75 years ago as a joint project of the German and Austrian Academies of Sciences and Humanities on the initiative of the Germanist Friedrich Panzer (Heidelberg) with substantial cooperation from the historians Karl Brandi (Göttingen) and Hans Hirsch (Vienna).
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