Many people ask the town archive about the town of Bad Homburg. They want to know something about streets, squares or buildings. Researchers can use a lot of material. There are building files from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are also photographs, postcards and plans of the town and buildings.
The city archive wants to make access to these sources easier. It is working together with the Hessian State Office for Regional History in Marburg. They have created two internet applications. These applications have databases. The databases gradually receive information about individual buildings. The websites are also a platform. Citizens can contribute their own information about buildings there.
The "Places of the Cure" website is the basis. This resulted in the "Digital Building Book". The Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies and the Bad Homburg town archives have worked together. The internet application has a database. It provides a lot of information. It covers more than 600 main buildings. There are more than 900 outbuildings. The buildings are mainly from the four decades before the First World War.
The "Digital Building Book" is different from the "Places of the Cure". It shows the sources for the buildings. There are building descriptions from the Prussian cadastral administration. There are municipal building files. There are contract books. There are building plans. There are photos. There are postcards. These were analyzed.
The "Homburg spa and bathing lists" are an Internet application. It has a database. The application shows the guest lists. The guest lists are from 1834 to 1918. The spa administration of the town of Homburg v. d. Höhe printed the lists. The lists show who stayed in a hotel or private accommodation. They also show the dates of arrival. There is often brief information. The information is about the place or country of origin. There is also information about the status, occupation and family or servants traveling with them. The lists show the international elites of the time.
The database has two functions. You can search for specific people. This function is called "Search in the spa and bath lists". You can also explore the material. This function is called "Explore the spa and bathing lists".
