Lippe Archives and Libraries

State Archives
Stadtarchiv and the Landesgeschichteliche Bibliothek Postal address: 33597 Bielefeld Delivery address: Kavalleriestr. 17 33602 Bielefeld, Germany Visiting entrance: Neumarkt 1 Tel. 0521 51-2471 Fax 0521 51-6844 E-Mail: stadtarchiv@bielefeld.de Stadtarchiv Bielefeld took over 1,590 volumes of civil registration at the end of January / beginning of February 2009. These are the birth books 1874 to 1898, the books of marriage 1874 to 1928 and the death books 1874 to 1978. These are now available for evaluation according to archival legislation. They can be viewed free of charge, requested searches, copies or certified copies are calculated according to time and number.
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Lutheran Archives
ARCHIVE OF THE LIPPISCHE LANDESKIRCHE Leopoldstraße 27 32756 Detmold Germany Tel .: 05231-976-803 Fax: 05231-976-850 E-Mail: archiv@lippische-landeskirche.de
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ARCHIVES OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF WESTPHALIA (BIELEFELD) Bethelplatz 2 33617 Bielefeld Germany Tel .: 0521-594-164 Fax: 0521-594-267 E-Mail: archiv@lka.ekvw.de This archive has the civil registers for Lippstadt
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Catholic (Katholische) Archives
Archbishopric Archives Paderborn Postal Address: Domplatz 3 33098 Paderborn, Germany Visitor's address : Archbishopric Archives Paderborn Konrad-Martin-Haus Domplatz 15 33098 Paderborn, Germany Phone:	05251-125 1252 Fax:	05251-125 1470 E-mail:	Archiv@erzbistum-paderborn.de