[Corpora-List] German historical corpora

[David Denison]

Two quick questions, on behalf of a PhD student of a colleague of mine:

(1) Are there any available historical corpora of German for the period,
say, 1600-1800?

(2) Are there any character recognition programs for scanners which
can deal with Fraktur ("Gothic lettering")?

Any pointers would be appreciated.  Thanks.
David Denison

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