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Vokabular: Historical local encyclopedia of Hesse (LAGIS)

The Historical Dictionary of Hesse, organised by district, is part of the Hesse State History Information System (LAGIS)

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Basic information

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(P34)?Naming:	Historical Dictionary of Hesse
(P1266)?Abbreviation:	—
(P724)?Digest:	The Historische Ortslexikon des Landes Hessen was originally published in printed form, organised by district. However, the organisation of the place articles according to a standardised scheme was retained. It includes in detail Information on the topography of the settlement, including a description of its shape and location, the first mention by name and other forms of name, data on the development of the settlement, district and population statistics, administration and jurisdiction, church and culture, the medieval and early modern ownership of the place, special features of the local economy, references to local history literature.A link to further information leads to the Hessian Bibliography and the articles listed here for the respective object. The extended range of material includes a complex selection of maps which, thanks to an interface to the Hessian Administration for Land Management and Geoinformation, enables the cartographic representation of the respective settlement location in different scales and forms. The extended search function allows the user to search for various aspects, from the first mention to patrocinia and ownership, throughout Hesse.
(P887)?URL:	https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/intro/sn/ol
(P121)?Genre classification:	Classification/Taxonomy, Word lists and category systems
(P15)?Medientyp:	Online resource
(P608)?Field of knowledge:	Geography, historical geography, history of a human settlement, regional history, social geography, topography
(P936)?Object types:	oeconym
(P984)?Object type properties:	Q1339879, Affiliation (of locations) to larger units, Bibliography, Constitution, Constitution of the Church, Economic sector, First mention, Geographic coordinates, Name, Settlement type, Statistics, Territorial entity, Toponym, Type of locality, area, historical source, human population, manorialism

Number of integrated items

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(P613)?Number of integrated items:	43.077 Word/spelling variant(s), 13.292 Standard designation(s)

Contact

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(P845)?Creator:	Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte - HIS
(P518)?Technically realized by:	Hesse State Historical Information System
(P206)?Publisher:	Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte - HIS
(P153)?Postal address:	Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte |Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6 C 35032 Marburg/Lahn | Deutschland
(P722)?Email address:	mailto:ulrich.ritzerfeld@uni-marburg.de

Methodology

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(P280)?Variant:	Data curation, Identification and matching, Standardization
(P575)?Design features:	Standardized vocabulary with rules that can only be changed by an authorized committee
(P902)?Methodology:	Based on current technical terms (Applies to a small proportion), Based on source terms (Applies to the majority), The source terms have references (Applies (overall)), The technical terms are referenced (Applies (overall))
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P1000)?Organisational structure:	Changes can only be made by trained staff
(P999)?Sustainability:	The project is long-term, permanently supported by an organization
(P942)?Number of hierarchy levels:	1
(P900)?Completeness:	Completeness is the goal

Version

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(P18)?Language:	German
(P1152)?Date of first publication:	2004
(P222)?Date of publication:	2025
(P939)?Versioning:	Versioning takes place at the level of all individual components/items

Cross concordances

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(P898)?External matching:	GND | Integrated Authority File - Grad: Applies to a small proportion, GeoNames - Grad: Applies to the majority
(P573)?Target group:	Archive, Citizen Science, Library, Museum, Research project, Researcher

Documentation

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(P382)?Specifications:	Does not exist, is not present
(P978)?External tutorial:	Does not exist, is not present
(P180)?License:	CC BY-SA 4.0

Provision of data

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(P940)?Technology:	HTML
(P125)?Status of possesio:	Digitally available within the project, Search results partially visible in online interface, Will be made available upon request
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource
(P937)?Referencing method:	Internal identifier(s)
(P903)?Data format:	CSV, Microsoft Excel
(P923)?API endpoint URL:	—
(P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL:	—
(P995)?Services offered:	—
(P950)?Cite as:	Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte (HIS), Historisches Ortslexikon, Marburg 2025. (https://www.lagis-hessen.de/)

Dataset editing

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(P1302)?Dataset editing:	Anne Purschwitz