Landeskunde Entdecken Online (better known as LEO-BW) is a regional online information system for

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is owned by the .

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Atlas

In 2015, the Historical Atlas of Baden-Württemberg was incorporated into LEO-BW.

German archives

On February 22, 2018, the ''Südwestdeutsche Archivalienkunde'' (Southwest German Archival Records) was incorporated into LEO-BW, linking millions of documents into LEO-BW. The oldest of these documents come from the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

Weimar Republic

On November 8, 2017, the topic "From the Monarchy to the Republic" was released. It contained 900,000 documents of the

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is al ...

History

The plans for LEO-BW were first initiated in 2010 order to celebrate the 60th birthday of the State of Baden-Württemberg. However, the website wasn't opened until April 25, 2012.{{Cite web, title=Pressemitteilung, url=https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilung/pid/landeskundliches-portal-leo-bw-geht-online/, access-date=2020-07-29, website=Baden-Württemberg.de, language=de

References

External links

Official website
Baden-Württemberg