---
type: concept
title: Virtual Reconstruction
tags: [digital-humanities, cultural-heritage, architecture]
related: [herrenhauszentrum-des-ostseeraums, looted-art-and-cultural-protection]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kunstgeschichte_forschung_forschungsprojekte_lehrstuhl_pr.md"]
---

# Virtual Reconstruction

**Virtual Reconstruction** in the context of art history is the use of computer-aided documentation and 3D modeling to recreate cultural heritage sites that have been lost or destroyed.

## Application in the Baltic Region
A primary example is the project approved by the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft in 2013, which focuses on Baroque palaces and park systems in former East Prussia. Because these structures are now almost entirely lost, virtual reconstruction allows researchers to:
- Restore the architectural entities as part of the current cultural landscapes of Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad), and Lithuania.
- Analyze the spatial and aesthetic qualities of lost heritage.
- Provide a basis for further historical and sociological research into the estate economy of the region.
