Messages of Greeting
Messages of greeting from politics, academia and culture for the BayernHistoryApp. Original texts are in German; English summaries are provided here.
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Dr. Markus Blume (2023)
Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts
Bavaria's Minister for Science and the Arts welcomes the BayernHistoryApp as a digital companion that makes history accessible dynamically and on location. The platform opens new ways for local archives and historians to present material, and invites citizens to take part themselves with academic guidance — making regional history accessible to everyone with a smartphone.
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Josef Mederer (2023)
President of the District Assembly of Upper Bavaria (2008–2023)
Speaking in Greifenberg on 1 May 2023, the President of the District Assembly of Upper Bavaria welcomes the BayernHistoryApp as a means to rediscover one's Heimat. The app, he says, leads from the global, through the digital, back to the local — placing the regional at the centre and embracing inclusion across Upper Bavaria's villages and towns.
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Rainer Klemke (2023)
Chair of berlinHistory e. V.
Rainer Klemke, Chair of berlinHistory e. V., welcomes the launch of the BayernHistoryApp in Bavaria. The participatory, location-based approach turns a collection of houses into a place of belonging — a growing history library in your pocket: free, ad-free, and a form of digital local studies that grows over time.