Hessian Yearbook for Regional History

The Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte (abbreviated HJL; English: Hessian Yearbook for Regional History) is an annual scholarly journal devoted to the history of Hesse and to comparative regional history. It is published by the Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte (HIL, Hessian Institute for Regional History) in cooperation with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Historischen Kommissionen in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Marburg and Wiesbaden — the working group of the Hessian historical commissions. The first volume appeared in 1951, making the yearbook one of the long-running publication series of Hessian regional historiography. Each volume combines peer-style scholarly articles on Hessian and comparative Landesgeschichte with a review section that points readers to new specialist publications. A distinctive feature is the inclusion of the annual activity reports (Tätigkeitsberichte) of the Historische Kommission für Hessen, the Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, the Historische Kommission für Nassau and the Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte itself. In this way the yearbook functions both as a research journal and as a running record of the institutional landscape of historical scholarship in Hesse. The journal is closely tied to the institutional history of the HIL. The Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte, formerly the Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde, was founded in Marburg in 1920 and has been based in Marburg ever since; today it shares premises with humanities institutes of the Philipps-Universität Marburg at Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6 C. The Hessische Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte was founded in 1951 by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Historischen Kommissionen in Hessen and has been published together with the Landesinstitut since 1962, with the institute handling the editorial office (Schriftleitung) jointly with an external scholar. The yearbook is aimed at historians, archivists, teachers and other readers interested in the regional history of Hesse and in comparative approaches to regional history. Its content is documented through tables of contents available via scholarly services such as H-Soz-Kult and recensio.net, and an article index up to 2003 was hosted on regionalgeschichte.net, a site of the Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde at the University of Mainz. The journal remains an active annual publication of the Hessian state research infrastructure.

The Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte is rooted in the post-war reconstruction of historical scholarship in Hesse. It was founded in 1951 by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Historischen Kommissionen in Hessen — the working group of the Hessian historical commissions based in Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Marburg and Wiesbaden — and its first volume appeared in the same year. From the outset the yearbook was conceived as a shared organ for Hessian regional history, bringing together the scholarly output of the various commissions and of the state's historical research institutions. The journal's institutional partner is the Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte (HIL) in Marburg, formerly the Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde. That institute was established in 1920, initially outside the regular public administration; from 1942 to 1953 it was supported by the Bezirkskommunalverband Kassel, and after that body's dissolution it was placed under the Hessian Minister for Education and Popular Education. In 1960 a research centre for the historical regional studies of Central Germany (Forschungsstelle für geschichtliche Landeskunde Mitteldeutschlands) was founded under Professor Walter Schlesinger, initially run on an honorary basis, and it was incorporated into the Landesamt as a department in 1962. It was also in 1962 that the Hessische Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte began to be published together with the Landesinstitut. The institute took on the editorial office (Schriftleitung) jointly with an external scholar, a model that has continued. This arrangement embedded the yearbook in the state's historical research infrastructure and linked it to the institute's other long-term projects, such as the Geschichtlicher Atlas von Hessen (Historical Atlas of Hesse) and its associated series, and the Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Verfassungs- und Landesgeschichte, which has supplemented the institute's publications since 1973. Over the decades the yearbook has served as a reliable annual record of Hessian historiography. Its volumes contain scholarly contributions to Hessian and comparative regional history, reviews with references to specialist publications, and the annual activity reports of the Historische Kommission für Hessen, the Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, the Historische Kommission für Nassau and the Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte. This combination makes each volume both a research publication and a documentary source on the institutional development of history in Hesse. Access to the journal's content has been supported by scholarly indexing services. Tables of contents are available via H-Soz-Kult and recensio.net, and an article index covering the years up to 2003 was provided on regionalgeschichte.net, a website of the Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde at the University of Mainz. The Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte continues to publish the yearbook and maintains a dedicated page for it on its website, where the journal is listed among the institute's publications. The institute itself remains active in Marburg, now housed with humanities institutes of the Philipps-Universität Marburg, and continues to run digital projects such as the Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

• 1973

  The institute's publication programme is expanded with the series Untersuchungen und Materialien zur Verfassungs- und Landesgeschichte, complementing its existing series.

• 1962

  The yearbook begins to be published together with the Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde, which takes on the editorial office jointly with an external scholar.

• 1951

  First volume of the Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte published; journal founded by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Historischen Kommissionen in Hessen.

A long-established, institutionally published German-language scholarly yearbook for Hessian and comparative regional history, combining research articles, reviews and the annual reports of Hesse's historical commissions.

• Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte (annual volume)

  Annual scholarly journal with articles on Hessian and comparative regional history, reviews and annual reports of Hessian historical commissions.

1. 1Startseite | Hessen HILhil.hessen.de
2. 2Das Landesinstitut von 1920 bis heute | Hessen HILhil.hessen.de
3. 3Über uns | Hessen HILhil.hessen.de
4. 4Anreise und Lage | Hessen HILhil.hessen.de
5. 5Hessisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte (Wikipedia)de.wikipedia.org
6. 6Hessisches Jahrbuch fuer Landesgeschichte (Wikidata)wikidata.org