Links

Herbaries

Arnaud Bunel, Héraldique européenne - a herbary of European ruling families, as well as gentry and aristocracy.

Mały Herbarz Adama Kromera i przyjaciół (eng.: Small Herbary by Adam Kromer and Friends) - one of the best Polish pages devoted to the Polish gentry and municipal heraldry.

Genealogies

Paul Theroff, An Online Gotha - the page contains the genealogs of European ruling families and some aristocratic ones. An Internet version of the so-called Almanachs de Gotha.

Miroslav Marek, Genealogy.eu - the page contains the genealogies of European ruling, aristocratic and noble families. You can find quite many families from Silesia, Poland, The Czech Republic and Germany.

Davide Shamà, Genealogie Delle Famiglie Nobili Italiane - the page contains mainly the genealogies of Italian noble families. Unfortunately, logging in is necessary.

Almanachs de Gotha

Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung - the page contains the index of families whose genealogies were published in Almanachs de Gotha, published before 1944 by the publishing house J. Perthes.

C.A Starke Verlag z Limburga - the page contains a link to the PDF file (Gesamtverzeichnis) with te index of families whose genealogies were published in the post-war issues of Almanachs de Gotha (germ.: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels).

Almanach de Gotha 1821-1910 - The page of Gallica (not all parts of series).

Gothaischer Genealogischer Hofkalender 1815-1917 - the page Wiki-de.Genealogy.net contains a link to the website of Google.books (not all parts of series).

Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser 1828-1908 - the page Wiki-de.Genealogy.net contains a link to the website of Google.books (not all parts of series).

Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser 1861-1919 - the page Wiki-de.Genealogy.net contains a link to the website of Google.books (not all parts of series).

Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der briefadeligen Häuser 1907-1919 - The page of Uni-Biliothek Düsseldorff.

Genealogisches Handbuch der fürstlichen Häuser, Bd II, Glücksburg/Ostsee 1953 - The page of Archive.Org (on-line)

Jahrbuch der Deutschen Adels, Bände 1-3, Berlin 1896-1899. - The page of Rambow.Genealogie.

Genealogisches Taschenbuch, (Dresden) 1830-1854, edd. F. Gottschalck - The page of Uni-Biliothek Düsseldorff (not all parts of series).

Galleries

Galeria Malarstwa Polskiego (eng.: Gallery of Polish Paintings) - a gallery of Polish painters' works. You can see here quite a lot of historical paintings, e.g. The cycle History of civilisation in Poland by Jan Matejko.

Web Gallery of Art - a page with European paintings' works. A big selection.

E-books

Digital Library

Digital Libraries Federation - The List of polish Digital-Libraries on website Małopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa .

Herbaries

Scheibler'sches Wappenbuch - BSB Cod.icon. 312 c -  a herbary of the southgerman gentry (Holy Roman Empire) from 1450 and 17th century, Index on the website Wikimedia-Commons

Alfred Freiherr von Krane, Wappen- und Handbuch des in Schlesien (einschliesslich der Oberlausitz) landgesessenen Adels, Görlitz 1901-1904 - a herbary of the Silesian gentry.

Leonard Dorst, Schlesisches Wappenbuch oder die Wappen des Adels im Souverainen Herzogthum Schlesien der Grafschaft Glatz und der Oberlausitz, Bd. 1-3, Görlitz (1847) - a herbary of the Silesian gentry.

Josef Pilnáček, Staromoravští rodové, (1930) -  a herbary of the Moravian gentry (PDF File).

J.I. Bagmihl, Pommersches Wappenbuch, Stettin 1843-1855 - a herbary of the Pomerania gentry.

Общий Гербовник дворянских родов Всероссийской Империи, 1798-1836, 1863-1917 - a herbary of noble families from the Russian Empire. You can also find there many crests of Polish families that lived under Russian annexation.

Carl Arvid von Klingspor, Baltisches Wappenbuch. Wappen sämmtlicher, den Ritterschaften von Livland, Estland, Kurland und Oesel zugehöriger Adelsgeschlechter, Stockholm 1882 - a herbary of families from Courland, Livonia and Estonia. You can also find there quite a lot of crest of Polish gentry and aristocracy.

Max von Spießen, Wappenbuch des Westfälischen Adels, 1901/1903 (on Website GenWiki) - a herbary of families from Westphalia. You can also find there many crests of families that lived in Poland and others Countries.

Hugo Gerard Ströhl, Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Wappenrolle, 1890 - the crests of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, its kingdoms, lands and provinces.

Hugo Gerard Ströhl, Deutsche Wappenrolle, 1897 - it is not the whole book, but it contains a large part of the crest of German states from the 19th century.

Otto Titan von Hefner, Neues Wappenbuch des blühenden Adels im Königreiche Hannover und Herzogthume Braunschweig, München 1862. -  a herbary of families from Hanover and Brunswick.

Otto Titan von Hefner, Neues Wappenbuch des blühenden Adels im Königreiche Galizien, München 1863. -  a herbary of families from Kingdom of Galicia (Part of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy).

J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch

Johann Siebmacher, Wappenbuch, 1605 - a herbary of ruling and noble families from the area of the Holy German Empire.

(Bd 1, Abt. 1): Otto Titan von Hefner, Die Wappen der Souveraine der deutschen Bundesstaaten, Nürnberg 1856. - a herbary of german ruling and states

(Bd 1, Abt. 2): Otto Titan von Hefner, M. Gritzner, A. M. Hildebrandt Die Wappen der außerdeutschen Souveraine und Staaten, Nürnberg 1857-1870. - a herbary of european (without german) ruling and states

(Bd 2, Abt. 2): A. M. Hildebrandt, Der Adel des Herzoghums Braunschweig, Nürnberg 1869. - a herbary of the gentry from Brunswick

(Bd 2, Abt. 3): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel des Königreichs Sachsen, Nürnberg 1857. - a herbary of the gentry from the Kingdom of Saxony

(Bd 2, Abt. 4): Otto Titan von Hefner, Die Wappen des Schwarzeburger und Waldecker Adels, Nürnberg 1860. - a herbary of the gentry from Schwarzburg and Waldeck

(Bd 2, Abt. 5): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel des Königreichs Württemberg, Nürnberg 1857. - a herbary of the gentry from the Kingdom of Würtemberg

(Bd 2, Abt. 7): Otto Titan von Hefner, Die Wappen des Nassauer Adels, Nürnberg 1858. - a herbary of the gentry from Nassau

(Bd 2, Abt. 8): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel der freien Stadt Frankfurt, Nürnberg 1857. - a herbary of the gentry from the Free City Frankfurt

(Bd 3, Abt. 1-3): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel des Koenigreichs Preussen, Nürnberg 1857. - a herbary of the Kingdom of Prussia gentry

(Bd 3, Abt. 4): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel des Kurfürsthenhums, Grossherzogthums und der Landgrafschaft Hessen , Nürnberg 1859. - a herbary of the gentry from Hesse

(Bd 3, Abt. 6): Otto Titan von Hefner, Die Wappenbuch des Mecklenburger Adels, Nürnberg 1858. - a herbary of the gentry from Mecklenburg

(Bd 3, Abt. 7): A. M. Hildebrandt, Der Adel des Herzogthum Anhalt, Nürnberg 1869. -  a herbary of the gentry from Anhalt

(Bd 4, Abt. 1): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel der gefürsteten Grafschaft Tirol, Nürnberg 1857. - a herbary of the gentry from Tirol

(Bd 4, Abt. 2): Otto Titan von Hefner, Der Adel des Herzoghums Krain und der Grafschaften Görz und Gradiska, Nürnberg 1859. - a herbary of the gentry from Krain, Görz and Gradisca

(Bd 4, Abt. 3): Carl Georg Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld, Der Adel des Königreichs Dalmatien, Nürnberg 1873. - a herbary of the gentry from Dalmatia

(Bd 4, Abt. 9): Rudolf Johann Graf Meraviglia-Crivelli, Der Böhmische Adel,Nürnberg 1886. - a herbary of the bohemian gentry (PDF File).

(Bd 4, Abt. 10): Heinrich von Kadich, Conrad Blažek, Der Mährische Adel, Nürnberg 1899. - a herbary of the Moravian gentry (PDF File).

(Bd 5, Abt. 1): Otto Titan von Hefner, Bürgerliches Wappenbuch, Nürnberg - a herbary of the german citizens

(Bd 6, Abt. 4) G. A. v. Mülverstedt, M. Hildebrandt, Der abgestorbene Adel der Provinz Preussen, Nürnberg 1874 - a herbary of the prussian gentry.

(Bd 6, Abt. 5) G. A. v. Mülverstedt, M. Hildebrandt, Der abgestorbene Adel der Provinz und Mark Brandenburg, Nürnberg 1880 - a herbary of the brandenburg gentry.

(Bd 6, Abt. 8): Conrad Blažek, Der abgestorbene Adel der Provinz Schlesien und der O. Lausitz, Theil 1-3, Nürnberg 1887-1894 - a herbary of the Silesian gentry.

(Bd 7, Abt. 1) Otto Titan von Hefner, Ergänzungsband, Nürnberg 1859-1860 - a supplementary volume of a herbary of the gentry from the area of the Holy German Empire.

Uniforms

Richard Knötel, Uniformenkunde, 1890 - an album with uniforms of European armies (mostly German) from the modern era up to 19th century.

Albums

Alexander Duncker, Die ländlichen Wohnsitze, Schloesser und Residenzen der ritterschaftlichen Grundbesitzer in der preussischen Monarchie... - an album containing drawings and description of noble residences from the are of the Prussian Kingdom in 19th century. Quite a lot of information about the owners of castles, palaces and manors.

Dictionaries, lexicons

Neue Deutsche Biographie - a German biographical dictionary, published from 1953. You can find there also bograms of Silesian artists. The last volume (No. 23) contains the entries up to the word Schwarz.

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - a German biographical dictionary, published in the years 1875-1912. You can also find quite a lot of Silesian biograms.

Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 - a austrian biographical dictionary, published by Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften). You can also find quite a lot biograms of Silesian aristocracy.

Biographische Lexikon des Kaiserthums Österreich - biographical dictionary of Austrian Empire, 60 Parts, from 1856-91. You can find biograms of Silesian aristocracy from Austrian Empire.

Zedler-Lexikon - a German lexicon published in the years 1732-1754. You can find there quite many entries regarding Polish noble families.

Retro-bib - a page with the access to the online version of i.a.: Meyers Konversationslexikon (4 issue from 1885-1892); Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon (14 issue from 1894-1896).

Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (eng.: Geographical dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and other Slavic countries) in the resources of Domeny Internetowych Repozytoriów Wiedzy; Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego; Małopolskiej Biblioteki Cyfrowej; - one of the most important Polish dictionaries, which up till now has not found a successor; Silesia is also within it scope.

Take a glimpse

Montes Tarnovicensis - the most important publication of the Oficyna Monos from Tarnowskie Góry, with which I have been cooperaring since it was was established .

Małe wielkie miasto (eng. small great town) - website about town Tarnowskie Góry.

Wikipedia - wolna encyklopedia; (eng.: Wikipedia-free encyclopedia ) - on of the most interesting online encyclopedias. I have published in polish version of Wikipedia many articles regarding the history of Silesia and Silesian gentry.

Castles and palaces of silesian aristocracy

Palace "Jedlinka" - a residence located in Jedlina Zdrój – its history is mostly connected with the Seher-Thosses and The Pücklers. The last pre-war owners were The Boehms.

For relaxation

Polish Mountains; Polish underground - websites of Tomasz Rzeczycki. His book "Góry Polski" (eng. "Mountain of Poland") presents a few interesting details from the history of the development of all mountain ranges in Poland (also in Silesia) – from the Bieszczady to the Izerskie Mountains.