Dortmund City Archives
The Dortmund City Archive is the municipal archive of the City of Dortmund .
Both the Steinwache memorial and memorial , the central place of remembrance of the Nazi crimes in Dortmund, as well as the office of the Historical Association for Dortmund and the Grafschaft Mark eV are connected to the city archive . The archive has a number of document shops from the 13th century that are now kept in the city's Museum of Art and Cultural History.
Anyone interested can use the city archive. The North Rhine-Westphalia Archives Act is the basis for the work of the City Archives . The archive holdings are growing due to the ongoing takeover of municipal files and estates from private individuals, documents from churches, parties and companies as well as collections of photos and graphics, films and maps.
history
Since the middle of the 14th century the archive has been in the old town hall on the market. In 1546 the archive tower was added to the south gable of the town hall. The archive was housed there until 1873. In 1899 the archive was moved to the new town house built by Friedrich Kullrich on Betenstraße - today Friedensplatz 5 - and was given suitable rooms for the first time, where it remained until 1998. The city archive has been kept full-time without interruption since 1899.
From 1927 to 1995 the city archive was an independent administrative office of the city of Dortmund, before it was integrated into the cultural operations of the city of Dortmund in 1996 as a division. The city archive has been located in the former Siemens building on Märkische Strasse since 1999.
Hermann Becker (1820–1886), also known as the “red” Becker, first mayor since 1871 and mayor of Dortmund since 1874, was the main initiator and first chairman of the historical association for Dortmund and the county of Mark. Through him, the young historian and assistant professor Karl Rübel received the official commission of the magistrate to organize the city archive in July 1873. Through his colleague Eduard Roese , who had become known as the founder of the Museum of Art and Cultural History , Karl Rübel had a volunteer with whom he shared the annual remuneration of 750 marks.
Archive management
- 1873–1916 Karl Rübel
- 1916–1950 Luise von Winterfeld
- 1950–1967 Horst Oskar Swientek
- 1967–1995 Gustav Luntowski
- 1995–2011 Günther Högl
- 2011–2014 Thomas Schilp
- Since 2014 Stefan Mühlhofer
Stocks
The holdings of the city archive are initially differentiated according to official and unofficial written material and contain almost exclusively original documents on the history of the city of Dortmund.
| Official documents | Unofficial documents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | Imperial City Archives up to 1803 (documents from the 13th century, ordinances, files, official books, chronicles, documents from poor and charitable institutions) | 4.3 4.4 4.5 |
Private archives (churches, estates and families, political organizations, parties, associations, societies, estates) |
| 4.1 | Authorities 1806 - 1929 (city administration, police administration, district associations, municipalities) | 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 |
Archival collections and documentation (contemporary historical collections, press documentation on the city, image and sound carriers, personal history and genealogical collections, thematic collections and collections) |
| City of Dortmund since 1928/29 (local authority, administrative departments, administrative offices, administrative branches) | Library (publications on city and regional history) | ||
| Schools (municipal high school, 16th - 20th century) | |||
| Cultural institutes | |||
| Municipal companies and institutes | |||
| 5.1 | Maps department (maps and plans, planning and construction management) |
literature
- Gustav Luntowski: On the history of the Dortmund city archive , in: Contributions to the history of Dortmund and the county Mark 67 (1971) pp. 53–72.
- Brochure: Dortmund City Archives. 07/2014
Web links
- Official website
- Visitor information Steinwache Memorial in Dortmund
- Holdings of the Dortmund City Archives in Archivportal-D
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 28 ′ 10.8 ″ E