Project History
Chronology of the Bullinger Edition Correspondence
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Around 1900 |
Emil Egli, the first president of the Zwingliverein, considers the publication of Bullinger’s correspondence to be a top priority, but is persuaded by Georg Finsler to give priority to the new Zwingli edition. |
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1904–1906 |
Traugott Schieß edits Bullinger’s correspondence with the Grisons. |
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1911 |
Two funds are set up for the publication and printing of the Bullinger Correspondence. |
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1914–1930 |
After Emil Egli had already made around 500 copies, Traugott Schieß transcribed around 6,000 more letters. |
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1938 |
Bullinger’s correspondents are listed in a register. |
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1942–1947 |
The unemployed publisher Max Niehans creates partial indexes and registers for several thousand letters. |
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1961 |
The Swiss National Science Foundation pays Joachim Staedtke to compile a Bullinger bibliography and to search for further Bullinger letters. |
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1964 |
Joachim Staedtke is employed at the newly founded Institute for Swiss Reformation Studies. |
| Endre Zsindely joins the preparatory work for the edition of the correspondence. His employment is initially financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation and later by the Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich. | |
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1973 |
Following the development of the editorial concept by Endre Zsindely and Ulrich Gäbler, the first volume of the correspondence (volumes 1524–1531) has been published. |
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1979 |
The Zwingliverein is solely responsible for continuing the edition of the correspondence. |
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1982 |
Volume 2 (year 1532) is published. |
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1983 |
Volume 3 (year 1533) is published. |
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1986 |
Death of Endre Zsindely. |
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1989 |
Volume 4 (year 1534) is published. |
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1990 |
The Edition Correspondence is reassigned to the Institute for Swiss Reformation Studies. |
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1992 |
Volume 5 (year 1535) is published. |
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1995 |
The contributors to the Edition Correspondence are awarded the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Foundation Prize for 1994. Volume 6 (volume 1536) is published. |
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1998 |
Volume 7 (1537) is published. |
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1999 |
Festschrift for Prof. Alfred Schindler. |
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2000 |
Volume 8 (1538) is published. |
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2001 |
Festschrift for Prof. Rudolf Schnyder. |
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2002 |
Volume 9 (1539) is published. |
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2003 |
Volume 10 (1540) is published. |
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2004 |
Just in time for Bullinger’s 500th birthday, the first “decade” of letters is rounded off with a supplementary volume. |
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2005 |
Volume 11 (1541) is published. |
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2006 |
Volume 12 (1542) is published. |
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2008 |
Volume 13 (1543) is published. |
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2011 |
Volume 14 (1544) is published. |
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2013 |
Volume 15 (1545) is published. |
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2014 |
Volume 16 (January to May 1546) is published. |
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2015 |
Volume 17 (June to September 1546) is published. |
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2017 |
Volume 18 (October to December1546) is published. |
| 2019 | Volume 19 (January to March 1547) is published. |
| 2020 | Funding for the project from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich ends. |
| 2021 | The “Heinrich Bullinger Foundation”, set up specifically for this purpose by Pastor Christoph Sigrist and Reinhard Bodenmann, is funding the project. |
| 2022 | Volume 20 (April to December 1547) is published. |
| 2024 | Volume 21 (January to April 1548) is published. |