Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland, Volume 2: Kleinpolen / Małopolska

Applicant

Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

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Co-operation partner

Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (NID)

https://nid.pl/

Co-operation partner

Instytut Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (IHS UJ)

https://ihs.uj.edu.pl/

Funding body

Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (MNiSW)

Funding body

Rudolf-August-Oetker-Stiftung

https://rao-stiftung.de/

Funding body

Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit

https://fwpn.org.pl/

Funding body

Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung

https://www.hermann-reemtsma-stiftung.de/

Publisher

Deutscher Kunstverlag

Project manager

Dr. Dietmar Popp GND

Project manager

Wojciech Bałus GND

Project coordinator

Sławomir Brzezicki GND

Project coordinator

Dr. Joanna Wolańska GND

Staff

Dr. Agnese Bergholde-Wolf GND

Staff

Dr. Adam Organisty GND

Staff

Dr. Birte Pusback GND

Laufzeit

2006 - 2020

Established by Georg Dehio in 1905, the “Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments” is a print reference work and travel guide that concisely conveys local and urban history and provides key facts and descriptions of a representative selection of buildings and their interiors in specific regions. Furthermore, as a comprehensive guide, it contributes to increased public awareness and a greater appreciation of Europe’s shared cultural heritage and its preservation.

Portal “DEHIO OME. Artistic Monuments in East Central Europe”

Since the 1990s, the “Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland”—initiated by the Working Group of German and Polish Art Historians and Monument Conservators—has expanded the scope of the long-established Dehio Handbook beyond German-speaking countries to Central and Eastern Europe, a region characterized by unique historical and cultural ties to Germany.
Work on the follow-up project, dedicated to the Małopolska Region, began in 2006. The nearly 3,100 entries were compiled by 25 authors, four translators, two editors coordinating the work, and two proofreaders. In addition to the partners’ own funds, the project was financed by third-party funding. The Polish edition of the book was initially produced by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Warsaw (Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa, NID). The German edition was published by Deutscher Kunstverlag.

The Dehio projects are carried out in close cooperation and consultation with research institutions and heritage authorities in the partner countries in order to take into account diverse research perspectives. A distinctive feature of the publications on the countries of East Central Europe are the introductory texts on the history and art history of the respective regions; these are syntheses based on the current state of research, emphasizing phenomena and themes characteristic of the cultural landscape in question.
Since 2025, a project has been underway to digitize the analog handbook and publish it on the specialized portal “DEHIO OME. Art Monuments in East Central Europe.”