Westphalia (Westfalen) Archives and Libraries

State archives in today's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen
Bestände: www.archive.nrw.de (catalog)

Catholic (Katholische) Archives
To find the correct diocese archives, look up your parish in The Catholic Directory for Germany. Click on "View Full Listing" to find the diocese for that parish.'''

The Diocese of Münster Archives Georgskommende 19 D 48143 Münster, Germany Phone:0251 / 495-518 Fax: 0251 / 495-491 E-mail: Bistumsarchiv@bistum-muenster.de
 * List of holdings
 * Matricula, Catholic Records of the Diocese of Münster Online

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

Lutheran Archives
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
 * Website
 * Online Search: Land Archive of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia

Government 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
 * Website
 * Holdings