Ann-Kathrin Rahlwes

The holdings of the Military Archives Department include the transmission (in particular factual files, maps, construction plans, photos) of government military bodies from 1867 to the present: the surviving documents of the Prussian-German Army, the Imperial Navy, the Schutztruppen and the Freikorps, the Reichswehr and the Armed forces.

The EKHN central archive, established in 1965, stores and indexes documents, files and other documents on the history of the EKHN, founded in 1947, and its predecessor churches in Hesse (-Darmstadt), Nassau and Frankfurt am Main from the Reformation to the present day.

The Würzburg State Archive is the Bavarian State Archive responsible for the Lower Franconia administrative region.

The Diocese of Würzburg is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in Lower Franconia, around the city of Würzburg, and the bishop is seated at Würzburg Cathedral.

The MARCHIVUM, the successor to the Mannheim City Archives - Institute for City History, has an inventory that fills 15 running kilometers of shelves.

The traditional department of the General State Archives Karlsruhe is today responsible for the records of the state authorities and courts in the administrative district of Karlsruhe and the regional federal authorities located there. The historical core of this department, housed in a functional building completed in 1905, is the tradition of the margraves of Baden, the archives of the bishops of Speyer and Konstanz, parts of the episcopal archives from Strasbourg and Basel, archives of the orders of knights and, above all, many archives of abolished monasteries such as Salem, Reichenau, St. Blasien, St. Peter, Schwarzach or Frauenalb. Most of the approximately 130,000 documents come from these monasteries.

The evangelical regional church archive at Karlsruhe holds about 670 church records from 117 parishes.

The Archive keeps church records from the former German Eastern territories: Eastern Prussia, Western Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, eastern territories of Mark Brandenburg and Silesia.

The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (German: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.

The Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAM, "Hessian State Archives in Marburg") is one of the three archives of the Hessisches Landesarchiv and is based in Marburg upon Lahn.

For many centuries now have the three state archives in Hesse served as the memory of society and administration. Since early modern times have they been collecting and preserving documents that can help protect legal claims or improve the transparency of administrative work.

The Landesarchiv Berlin as the central state archive of the German capital has the task of taking over, preserving and making accessible the important documents of Berlin authorities and institutions from various epochs as well as important sources on the history of the city. It thus has an extraordinary wealth of unique documents on the development of Berlin, its institutions and its residents.

The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

The Institute can look back to 580 years of its own history. It is among Germany’s biggest municipal archives and the oldest cultural institution in Frankfurt. Known originally as Stadtarchiv (City Archives), it was renamed Institute for the History of Frankfurt in 1992, aiming not only to preserve the city’s heritage but also – as an equally important function – to acquire and convey Frankfurt’s history.

The archivable files of the city administration as well as those of the formerly independent municipalities of Dortelweil, Gronau and Massenheim are stored in the city archive. The collection dates back to the beginning of the 18th century. The documents are supplemented by historical photos as well as smaller special collections such as publications by the city and the associations, commemorative publications, posters, etc.

The Hessian Central State Archives, Wiesbaden is a department of the Hessian State Archives and is located in Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state of Hesse.

The Mainz City Archive is the municipal archive of the City of Mainz.