In terris Gryphi

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Dispatches from the project — activities, ideas, plans and the odd archival surprise. Every entry is published in German, Polish and English.

Greifswald · Szczecin

  • Two elegant dresses from around 1900

    Fashion in Pomerania

    Greifswald – In the early 20th century, newspapers from Pomerania frequently featured articles or supplements on fashion—and, of course, plenty of advertisements for local…

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  • Pol' and Rock

    Pol’and’Rock

    Szczecin – Unusual events are part and parcel of working on an Interreg project focused on culture and tourism: In early August, “in terris…

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  • Opening of the Digitalisation Lab

    Grand Opening of the Digitalization Lab

    Szczecin – On July 21, the Książnica Pomorska’s digitization lab in Szczecin was officially opened. A diverse crowd was in attendance, the press was…

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  • Regional History Festival

    Regional History Festival

    Greifswald – “History you can touch!” was the theme of this year’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania History Festival on 4 July 2026. We were there in…

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  • Pisarze ze Szczecina w Książnicy Pomorskiej

    A new travel guide for West Pomerania is in the making!

    Szczecin – As part of the “In terris Gryphi” project, the Pomeranian State Library in Szczecin will publish, amongst other things, a guide to…

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  • Świnoujście

    In terris Gryphi meets Data Science

    Greifswald – What actually happens to our digitised cultural treasures once we’ve uploaded them to the Digital Library of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? In other words:…

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  • Przewodnik turystyczny po Morzu Bałtyckim

    Exhibition “Do the seagulls sometimes think of me?”

    Greifswald – The natural beauty of the Pomeranian Baltic coast was already being praised in the last century in a multitude of historical travel…

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  • A note in a file

    Curiosities in the files

    Greifswald – The files on historical road construction frequently contain documents one would not expect to find there. This was apparently a way to…

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  • Girls’ Day in Schwerin: getting creative with milestones

    Rostock – At Girls’ Day in Schwerin, there was planning, building – and plenty of modelling clay. In line with the project, the participants…

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  • Rysunek mostu

    Warning: roadworks!

    Greifswald. We have construction sites within the project too. One of them concerns automatic text recognition, because the much-praised AI can’t actually read –…

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