Overview of the city archive's holdings
The city archive holds 97 documents (from 1351), around 6,200 linear meters of files and official records, around 210 estates, around 100 archives of clubs and associations, around 550 recorded maps, around 4,500 recorded posters and around 23,000 microfiches. The photo collection comprises around 104,000 photos, slides and negatives.
The holdings of the Wiesbaden City Archive can be searched via the archive information system "Arcinsys Hessen". For the publications of the service library, use the online search engine "Faust". The archive's holdings are divided into seven groups with several hundred items. In addition to the documents of the historical city of Wiesbaden, the holdings also include files from the incorporated districts of Auringen, Biebrich, Dotzheim, Erbenheim, Frauenstein, Heßloch, Igstadt, Kloppenheim, Medenbach, Naurod, Nordenstadt, Rambach, Schierstein, Sonnenberg as well as Mainz-Amöneburg, Mainz-Kastel and Mainz-Kostheim.
The official archive material is supplemented by bequests and estates as well as archives of companies and associations and collections.
Classification of holdings
I. Municipal bodies
- STVV: Minutes of the city council and its committees (with predecessors)
- MAG: Magistrate minutes (with predecessors)
II. city administration
- WI/U: Documents of the City of Wiesbaden
- WI/1: Wiesbaden in the Nassau period (until 1866)
- WI/2: Wiesbaden in Prussian times (1866-1945/46)
- WI/3: State capital Wiesbaden (since 1945)
- WI/BA: Citizen admissions, marriage licenses, citizenship, temporary residence and "Jewish protection applications" in the 19th century
- WI/P: Personnel files
- LAA: Equalization of Burdens Office Wiesbaden
- ESWE: Stadtwerke Wiesbaden and successor companies
- RMH: Rhein-Main-Hallen operating company
- STA: Register of civil status
- SCH: Schools
III: Incorporated places and local administrations
- AKK: Mainz-Amöneburg, Mainz-Kastel and Mainz-Kostheim
- AUR: Auringen
- BI: Biebrich
- BRE: Breckenheim
- BST: Bierstadt
- DEL: Delkenheim
- DO: Dotzheim
- ERB: Erbenheim
- FR: Frauenstein
- Geo: Georgenborn
- HES: Heßloch
- IGS: Igstadt
- KL: Kloppenheim
- MED: Medenbach
- NAU: Naurod
- NOR: Nordenstadt
- RAM: Rambach
- SST: Schierstein
- SO: Sonnenberg
IV. Privata
- NL: Estates and collections
- V: Clubs, associations, parties
- WA: Commercial enterprises
V. Collections and cross-foundation selections
- ArR: Architectural plans and drawings
- Z: Newspapers
- ZgS: Contemporary history collection
- Pla: Posters
- ZAS: Newspaper clippings collection
- KaPl: Maps and plans
- Autogr: Autographs
- RfA: Reproductions from external archives
- KiAb: Church register transcripts and evaluations
VI. photos, videos, audios (multimedia archive)
VII. microfiches
VIII. Library
Further information
Contact us
City archive
Address
65197 Wiesbaden
Postal address
65029 Wiesbaden
Arrival
Notes on public transport
Public transportation: Bus stop Kleinfeldchen/Stadtarchiv, bus lines 4, 17, 23, 24 and 27 and bus stop Künstlerviertel/Stadtarchiv, bus line 18.
Telephone
- +49 611 313022
- +49 611 313977
Opening hours
Opening hours of the reading room:
- Monday: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Tuesday: 9 am to 4 pm
- Wednesday: 9 am to 6 pm
- Thursday: 12 to 16 o'clock
- Friday: closed