Grigori Chlesberg

Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe

Dr. Grigori Chlesberg studied history and philosophy at Heidelberg University and Marburg University. Between 2019 and 2024, he completed his doctorate at Justus Liebig University Giessen in the project “The Challenge of Developing Geodata-Based Gazetteer Research Technologies and Methods” which was jointly organized by the Herder Institute, the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, and the University of Giessen. Since 2024, he has been working in the Department of Digital History and Information Systems at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe. His research focuses on modern and contemporary history, place name research, the history of East Central Europe, and digital humanities.

Ausschnitt einer Karte des Gaus Wartheland (Drittes Reich) etwa aus dem Jahr 1941. Die Ortsnamen auf dieser Karte sind teilweise nur vorläufig und vorbehaltlich einer amtlichen Festsetzung durch den Reichsinnenminister geführt worden. Auf diesen Zustand w

Background Article

The Changing Landscape of Place Names

Systems of geographical knowledge in the history of German-Polish border regions.

The Republic of Poland has a turbulent history – as do its many place names. Hardly any town or village has only one, which makes the matter very complicated, especially for historical research.