From the start page, first click on "Navigator" at the top left and then on "Municipal archives" in the tree view. Here you will see the Hessian municipal archives listed in alphabetical order. You will find the Wiesbaden City Archives under "W". You can access its holdings overview via "Show content" on the right-hand side of the entry. From here you can either navigate in the tree view on the left or use the "Search" function to display records containing one or more search terms.
Tip: Before you start your search, select "Selection in navigation tree" and make sure that "Structure" is selected below "Stadtarchiv Wiesbaden" in the navigation tree so that only hits from the city archive are displayed.
For further information, please refer to the tutorial and the manual, which you can find under "Help" in Arcinsys.

No. Registration is not required for pure research in the archive information system "Arcinsys". However, if you would like to view archive records in the reading room of the city archive, you must register and fill out the user form online in "Arcinsys". The order is placed via "Arcinsys".

No. To date, around 150,000 data records have been recorded in "Arcinsys". This is only a part of all the archive records in the city archive. Many archive holdings are only partially or not yet archivally indexed. In some cases, legal (especially personal) embargo periods or copyright laws also prevent the holdings from being displayed on the Internet. This applies, for example, to the photo collection of the city archive or the municipal personnel files. The searchable data records are updated daily.

Only some of the holdings of the Wiesbaden City Archive can be found via "Arcinsys" (see previous question). Therefore, in addition to the online search, you can also send your request directly by e-mail to stadtarchivwiesbadende.

Digital copies of the civil status records from the holdings of the City Archives are not yet available in "Arcinsys". However, older duplicates of Wiesbaden's civil status records have been digitized by the Hessian State Archives. These are available up to the reference years 1900 (births), 1930 (marriages) and 1980 (deaths) for direct digital viewing via "Arcinsys". These can be found in the "Personenstandsarchiv Hessen" fonds in the Hessian State Archives in Marburg. Further information is available online via the following link.

No. You can only order documents with an expired retention period for inspection in the reading room. For all other requests, please use the e-mail address stadtarchivwiesbadende

At present, only a few archival records of the Wiesbaden City Archives have been digitized or prepared for presentation on the Internet. For this reason, as well as due to legal restrictions, we can only offer this service to a very limited extent. We are constantly striving to improve our customer service and hope to be able to offer you an ever-increasing number of digitized records for convenient download in the foreseeable future.

No. You can search the archive material via "Arcinsys" and the library material via "FAUST".

Our archivists will be happy to advise you on this topic. Please contact us at stadtarchivwiesbadende or phone 0611 / 31-3022.

We welcome all forms of feedback. If you have registered with "Arcinsys", please use the "Improve" function. Alternatively, you can contact us by e-mailstadtarchivwiesbadende or telephone (0611 / 31-3022)

Currently, we can only provide information in German via "Arcinsys". If you have any questions, please contact us by email at stadtarchivwiesbadende

In "Arcinsys" you can click on the "Help" function. This will take you to the manual and the online tutorial. If the information there does not help you, you can contact us at stadtarchivwiesbadende or by telephone (0611 / 31-3022).

No. Like the holdings, the search engines are also separate. You can find the online catalog of the city library via the following link.