MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF AUSTRIA AND OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY 1848–1918

The complete edition is edited by Austrian and Hungarian historians.

The minutes are being published in three series.

Series 1: The Minutes of the Austrian Council of Ministers 1848–1867.
Series 2: The Minutes of the Joint Council of Ministers of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1867–1918.
Series 3: The Minutes of the Cisleithanian Council of Ministers 1867–1918.


SERIES 1: THE MINUTES OF THE AUSTRIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 1848–1867


Series 1 is complete. Orders, prices and information on the published volumes: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.

IHB has made the complete series available online in digital form.

Introductory volume: Ministerrat und Ministerratsprotokolle 1848–1867. Behördengeschichtliche und aktenkundliche Analyse von Helmut Rumpler (Wien 1970).

Instalment I: Die Ministerien des Revolutionsjahres 1848 (20th March 1848–21st November 1848), edited by Thomas Kletečka (Vienna 1996).

Instalment II, Das Ministerium Schwarzenberg:

Vol. 1 (5th December 1848–7th January 1850), edited by Thomas Kletečka (Vienna 2002).
Vol. 2 (8th January 1850–30th April 1850), edited by Thomas Kletečka and Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik, collaboration by Andreas Gottsmann (Vienna 2005).
Vol. 3 (1st May 1850–30th September 1850), edited by Thomas Kletečka und Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik, collaboration by Andreas Gottsmann (Vienna 2006).
Vol. 4 (14th October 1850–30th May 1851), edited by Thomas Kletečka, collaboration by Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik (Vienna 2011).
Vol. 5 (4th June 1851–5th April 1852), edited by Thomas Kletečka and Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik (Vienna 2013).

Instalment III, Das Ministerium Buol-Schauenstein:

Vol. 1 (14th April 1852–13th March 1853), edited by Waltraud Heindl (Vienna 1975).
Vol. 2 (15th March 1853–9th October 1853), edited by Waltraud Heindl (Vienna 1979).
Vol. 3 (11th October1853–19th December 1854), edited by Waltraud Heindl (Vienna 1984).
Vol. 4 (23rd December 1854–12th April 1856), edited by Waltraud Heindl (Vienna 1987).
Vol. 5 (26th April 1856–5th Februar 1857), edited by Waltraud Heindl (Vienna 1993).
Vol. 6 (3rd March 1857–29th April 1858), edited and introduced by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2014).
Vol. 7 (4th May 1858–12th Mai 1859), edited and introduced by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2015).

Instalment IV, Das Ministerium Rechberg:

Vol. 1 (19th May 1859–3rd March 1860), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2003).
Vol. 2 (6th March 1860–16th October 1860), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2007).
Vol. 3 (21st Oktober 1860–2nd February 1861), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2009).

Instalment V, Die Ministerien Erzherzog Rainer und Mensdorff:

Vol. 1 (7th February 1861–30th April 1861), edited by Horst Brettner-Messler (Vienna 1977).
Vol. 2 (1st May 1861–2nd November 1861), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 1981).
Vol. 3 (5th November 1861–6th May 1862), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 1985).
Vol. 4 (8th May 1862–31st October 1862), edited by Horst Brettner-Messler and Klaus Koch (Vienna 1986).
Vol. 5 (3rd November 1862–30th April 1863), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 1989).
Vol. 6 (4th May 1863–12th October 1863), edited by Thomas Kletečka and Klaus Koch (Vienna 1989).
Vol. 7 (15th October 1863–23rd May 1864), edited by Thomas Kletečka and Klaus Koch (Vienna 1992).
Vol. 8 (25th May 1864–26th November 1864), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 1994).
Vol. 9 (9th December 1864–11th July 1865), edited by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 1997).

Instalment VI, Das Ministerium Belcredi:

Vol. 1 (29th July 1865–26th March 1866), edited by Horst Brettner-Messler (Vienna 1971).
Vol. 2 (8th April 1866–6th February 1867), edited by Horst Brettner-Messler (Vienna 1973).


SERIES 2: THE MINUTES OF THE JOINT COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE AUSTRO-HUNAGRIAN MONARCHY 1867–1918


At present, only volumes I/2 and VI are available. Prices and information on the published volumes: Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.

IHB has made the complete series available online in digital form.

Series 2 volumes published to date:

Vol. I/1 (1867–1870), edited by Éva Somogyi (Budapest 1999).
Vol. I/2 (1870–1871), edited by Éva Somogyi (Budapest 2011).
Vol. IV (1883–1895), edited by István Diószegi (Budapest 1993).
Vol. V (1896–1907), edited by Éva Somogyi (Budapest 1991).
Vol. VI (1908–1914), edited by Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik (Budapest 2011).
Vol. VII (1914–1918), edited by Miklós Komjáthy (Budapest 1966).


SERIES 3: THE MINUTES OF THE CISLEITHANIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 1867–1918.


Series 3 will be published simultaneously in a print version and as a digital edition.

Vol. I (19. Februar 1867 - 15. Dezember 1867), ed. by Stefan Malfèr (Vienna 2018).
Vol. II (1. Jänner 1868 ‒ 21. November 1871), ed. by Thomas Kletečka and Richard Lein (Vienna 2022).
Vol. III (25. November 1871 ‒ 23. April 1872), ed. by Klaus Koch (Vienna 2022).
Vol. IV (17. Februar 1879 ‒ 28. Dezember 1882), ed. by Anatol Schmied-Kowarzik (Vienna 2023 / in print).
Vol. VIII (23. Juli 1914 ‒ 22. November 1916), ed. by Fischer-Nebmaier (Vienna 2023).