and "Covering the entire range of contents and methods of Buchner-related research, the Georg Buchner Jahrbuch is to serve as a forum for stocktaking and innovation, reflection and debate, source documentation and easy communication, discussion and mutual understanding and ". Ever since setting this goal in the preface to Volume 1 (1981), the Buchner Yearbook has been striving to achieve its aim in all of its regularly published sections (Essays - Debates - Short Contributions and Commentaries - Documents and Materials). With 100 contributions from 14 countries, wide acclaim not only from experts and, last but by no means least, the development of Buchner-related research as such, the Buchner Yearbook has turned out a great success.