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The use of the Thuringian State Archives is based on the Thuringian Archives Act and the User Regulations. These and other legal bases are compiled on the website of the State Archives.

If you have a justified interest, you can obtain access to the archive records of the various archives in Thuringia.

In Thuringia, you have the opportunity to consult the archives for scientific purposes, for local history questions, to research your own family history or to clarify legal issues in the relevant archive.
In Thuringia, there is the Thuringian State Archive with its six departments (Altenburg State Archive, Gotha State Archive, Greiz State Archive, Meiningen State Archive, Rudolstadt State Archive and the Weimar Main State Archive).
You can also access district, municipal, city, administrative community, economic, church, parliamentary and media archives as well as the archives of scientific institutions.
The use of archive material from public archives is generally open to anyone within the framework of the respective user regulations and other legal provisions.

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• The use of archives is generally subject to a fee.
• Information on fees can be obtained from the respective archive.
• The user fee is waived in particular if you use the archive for scientific or other purposes that are in the public interest. An overview for the Thuringian State Archives can be found in the Thuringian General Administrative Cost Regulations and the Thuringian Administrative Cost Regulations for the State Chancellery.

• Pre-registration for the archive visit is recommended.
• Registrations can also be made by e-mail.
• Archive visits that have not been registered may lead to longer waiting times for the provision of archive materials or to a repeat journey.

• Granting access to archive records
• The archives are open to any person who has a legitimate interest in inspecting archive records.
• Each archive is responsible for the written records of a regionally and content-wise delimited area.
• Pre-registration of the visit is recommended.
• An identity card must be presented during the visit.
• There is a fee for using the archives.
• Responsible:
  • the respective archive
  • The respective responsibilities can be found on the website "Archivportal Thüringen"

Each archive is responsible for the written records of a regionally and content-wise delimited area.
You can find an overview of the various archives and their individual responsibilities on the website of the Thuringia State Archives and the "Thuringia Archive Portal".