Education, culture and sport

Early modern travel literature

Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Education, culture and sport

Printed travelogues from the 16th to the 19th century shaped the ideas of foreign countries and continents. They informed, alienated and dramatised and thus satisfied the curiosity...

Maps from the collection “Magnificent Atlases” with title cartouches

Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Education, culture and sport, Regions and cities

A selection of about 1930 maps from the collection "Magnificent Atlases: From the Beginnings to the Golden Age” were...

Digitized rare books in the Basel University Library

OpenGLAM CH Working Group
Education, culture and sport, Government and public sector, Regions and cities, Transport

Over 6.000 prints (books, maps or music prints) from the Basel University Library from the 15th to the 19th century, including a lot of early prints from the 16th century.

The Stapfer-Enquête: schooling in Switzerland 1799 (RDF)

Swiss Federal Archives SFA
Population and society, Education, culture and sport

Database containing the results of the Stapfer-Enquête: The Stapfer-Enquête is a unique survey of the school situation in the Helvetic Republic dating from 1799. It was initiated...

Photographs by Robert Breitinger

Zentralbibliothek Zürich
Education, culture and sport

Robert Breitinger-Wyder was a heating engineer and stove manufacturer in Zürich. At age 45, he took up the hobby of photography, like so many of the bourgeoisie in Zürich at that...

Repertoire des Schauspielhaus Zürich, 1938-1968

City of Zurich
Education, culture and sport

Das Repertoire des Schauspielhauses Zürich umfasst sämtliche Premieren, die in den Jahren 1938 - 1968 aufgeführt wurden.

Die dem Repertoire zugrunde liegenden Informationen...

Foto-Ansichten der Stadt Zürich aus den Jahren 1870 bis 1900

City of Zurich
Population and society, Education, culture and sport

Der Datensatz enthält eine Auswahl von alten Ansichten der Stadt Zürich aus den Jahren 1870 bis 1900 mit Fokus auf die Stadtentwicklung.

Die Fotografien stammen aus dem...