Thuringia (Thüringen) Archives and Libraries

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 * For an inventory of archival records, see Archive Portal Thuringia.
 * For other archives in Thuringia sorted by cities, see Archive Portal Thuringia Register of Places.

Archive Addresses and Repositories
Below is a list of many important German archives and repositories. There are also a few entries of archives in localities which are now in other Landstat.If you are not able to find your needed Archive address below, this link will take you to a very extensive list of Thuringia (Thüringen) German Archives. You will also find addresses for smaller district archives.

State Archives
Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar Postal address: PF 27 26 99408 Weimar Germany E-Mail: weimar@staatsarchive.thueringen.de Website

'''Older holdings (before 1920): Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar''' Beethovenplatz 3, Weimar Germany Telephone: (0 36 43) 87 198-315 Fax: ( 0 36 43) 87 198-350

'''Newer inventories (after 1920): Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar''' Marstallstraße 2, Weimar Germany

Telephone: (0 36 43) 870-0 Fax: (0 36 43) 870-100

Altenburg
(Responsible for: County Altenburg)

Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Altenburg Schloss 7 04600 Altenburg Germany

Telephone: + 49 3447-315488 Fax : + 49 3447-504929 Website E-mail address: altenburg@staatsarchive.thueringen.de

Greiz
(Responsible for district of Greiz)

Thuringisches Staatsarchiv Greiz Oberes Schloss 7 07973 Greiz Germany

Tel: 03661-2537

Gotha
(Responsible for: counties Gotha, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Eichsfeld)

Landesarchiv Thüringen - Staatsarchiv Gotha Justus-Perthes-Straße 5 99867 Gotha Germany Phone: +49 (0) 36 21/30 27 90 Fax : +49 (0) 36 21/30 27 947 Website http://www.archive-in-thueringen.de/de/contact/index/archivid/212 E-mail: Contact form]

Meiningen
Thuringian State Archive Meiningen Schloß Bibrabau 98617 Meiningen Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 36 93/44 67 0 Fax : +49 (0) 36 93/50 22 18 Website E-mail:landesarchiv@la.thueringen.de

Rudolstadt
Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Rudolstadt Schloß Heidecksburg 07407 Rudolstadt Germany Phone: +49 (0) 36 72/43 19-0 Fax: +49 (0) 36 72/43 19 31 Website E-Mail:rudolstadt@staatsarchive.thueringen.de

Lutheran Archives
Covers the territories of the former territorial states of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxony-Gotha, Saxony-Altenburg, Saxony-Meiningen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Reuss. This also gives information about the locations and addresses of the approximately 750 parish and 18 superintendent archives. Covers the former Prussian parts of Thuringia (Kirchenkreis Erfurt, Südharz, Mühlhausen, Henneberger Land, Sömmerda). This also gives information about the approximately 325 parish and superintendent archives as well as the church district archives Niedergebra, Mühlhausen, Straußfurt and Erfurt.
 * Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche in Thüringen Landeskirchenarchiv Eisenach Schloßberg 4a (Kreuzkirche) 99817 Eisenach Germany Tel: 03691-881465 FAX: 03691-7339120 Email: archiv@elkth.de
 * List of holdings
 * The Evangelical Church of the Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony:

Catholic Archives
Archive of the Episcopal Office Erfurt-Meiningen  Hermanusplatz 9 D-99084 Erfurt Germany Tel.: 0361-24595 FAX: 0361-29138 Website

Archive of the Diocese of Fulda Paulustor 5 D-36037 Fulda Germany Phone: 066187 - 375 E-mail:Archive@bistum-fulda.de Website The Catholics of the Thuringian Rhön (deanery Geisa) belong to the Diocese of Fulda. Diocesan Archives of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen At the Petrikirche 6, 02625 Bautzen Germany Postal address:Bishops' Ordinariat Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer 84, 01309 Dresden Germany  Phone:03591 - 35195 0 Fax:03591 - 35195 22 E-mail:Archiv@ordinariat-bautzen.de Website Source:GenWiki Covers the Deanery of Gera, the Catholics of the former territorial states Reuss younger and older line and Saxony-Altenburg.

Libraries
University Library Erfurt Nordhäuser Str. 63 99089 Erfurt Germany

Tel .: 0361 737-5800 (Information) Fax: 0361 737-5849 E-mail: information.ub@uni-erfurt.de Website

Library of the University Nordhausen Weinberghof 4 99734 Nordhausen Germany

Tel .: 03631 420-184 (Information) Fax: 03631 420-815 E-mail: bibliothek@hs-nordhausen.de Website

Research Library Gotha Schloss Friedenstein 99867 Gotha Germany

Tel .: 0361 737-5530 Fax: 0361 737-5539 E-mail: bibliothek.gotha@uni-erfurt.de Website

Duchess Anna Amalia Library Burgplatz 4 99423 Weimar Germany

Tel .: 03643 545-106 Fax: 03643 545-118 Website