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type: entity
title: Herrenhauszentrum des Ostseeraums
tags: [research-center, art-history, baltic-sea-region, baltic-region, digital-humanities, research]
related: [cdfi, university-of-greifswald, tib-hannover, wikibase, semantic-mediawiki, cidoc-crm, nerfs-and-gaussian-splatting]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_herrenhauszentrum_termine.md", "output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_herrenhauszentrum_termine_das_webportal.md", "output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_herrenhauszentrum_termine_termindetails_archiv.md"]
---

# Herrenhauszentrum des Ostseeraums (HHZO)

The **Herrenhauszentrum des Ostseeraums** (Research Centre for Manors in the Baltic Sea Region), also referred to as **HHZO**, is a research center integrated into the Art History (**Kunstgeschichte**) department/section of the [[cdfi]] at the [[university-of-greifswald]].

## Establishment
The center officially launched with a **Kickoff Workshop** on April 7, 2022, held in the Conference Hall of the University of Greifswald. This inaugural event featured presentations on the project's objectives and explored thematic connections with similar research initiatives.

## Research Focus and Activities
The center focuses on research related to the Baltic Sea region, including the study of manors and their cultural landscapes. It organizes academic workshops and events to explore regional history, art, and environmental change.

### Specialized Research Areas
- **Resilience in Nordic Landscapes:** The center hosts specialized workshops and identifies this as a key research area.

## Digital Humanities and the Webportal
The HHZO is characterized by its integration of traditional art history with advanced digital humanities tools and its investment in the digital preservation and analysis of cultural heritage. A key achievement is the development of an interactive **Webportal** created in collaboration with the Open Science Lab of [[TIB-Hannover]].

### Technical Infrastructure of the Webportal
The portal is described as having a "pioneer" technical approach to presenting extensive research collections:

- **Semantic Infrastructure:** It utilizes a [[wikibase]] backend for structured data capture and a [[semantic-mediawiki]] frontend for user-oriented presentation.
- **Standardization:** To ensure global interoperability, the data model is mapped to [[CIDOC-CRM]] and Wikidata.
- **Advanced Visualization:** The portal integrates the **Kompakkt-3D-Viewer** and employs high-fidelity 3D reconstruction techniques to provide visitors with a sense of spatial perception. Supported formats include:
    - Point clouds
    - **NeRFs**
    - **Gaussian Splatting** (referenced as [[nerfs-and-gaussian-splatting]])
  These formats are used as interactive, annotated markers.