The Landesarchiv

The Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen is open to all citizens; it is the "memory" of the state. The Landesarchiv takes over, stores, supplements and preserves documents on the history of the state and its functional predecessors, indexes these holdings and makes them accessible to a broad public.

Archive expertise

Here you will find archival information from the various fields of work of the Landesarchiv.

Contact

Here you will find the contact details and addresses of our locations and key contacts

Press and public relations

Here you will find press releases as well as information on publications and other communications offered by the Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen

Career

The Landesarchiv offers many opportunities to learn and practise a profession.

Eine Zusammenstellung von Bildern, welche die verschiedenen Arbeiten im Landesarchiv zeigen. Oben links sieht man einige junge Männer und Frauen, die um einer Archivalie herum stehen. Ein Mann erklärt ihnen die Archivalie. Oben rechts schaut sich eine Person eine alte Akte an. Unten links restauriert eine Frau eine Urkunde mit roten Wachssiegeln. Unten rechts überprüft ein Mann die digitale Technik des Landesarchiv.

Organization

The Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) has existed since 2004 as the central instituti

Division Rhineland

Since the foundation of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive on 1 January 2004, the...

Division Ostwestfalen-Lippe

The department Ostwestfalen-Lippe of the Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen is...

Division Westfalen

The history of the Westphalia Department of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Archive begins...

Landesarchiv NRW Abteilung Westfalen in Münster

Accessing and using records

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