Historisches Archiv des Erzbistums Köln

The archives preserve the written cultural heritage in its area of responsibility. It safeguards legal and cultural assets of high value and serves the needs of society for historical information, transparency of administrative action and legal certainty. On these pages you will find further information and references to the archive.

Historisches Archiv des Erzbistums Köln

Opening Times & Contact

Your Contact

Gereonstr. 2-4
50670 Köln
Germany

Phone number
+49 221-16425800
Fax
+49 221-16425803
E-Mail
archiv@erzbistum-koeln.de
Opening hours
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
9.00am - 4.00pm
Wednesday
9.00am - 1.00pm

Closed between Christmas and New Year.

Our holdings
The holdings of the archive refer to diverse groups of documents that have been combined into a unit according to logically comprehensible aspects such as their origin, their context of origin and the...

The holdings of the archive refer to diverse groups of documents that have been combined into a unit according to logically comprehensible aspects such as their origin, their context of origin and their factual content according to formal characteristics. These include, for example, the files of city and district administrations, but also collections of photographs and newspaper clippings. Almost all documents in an archive are assigned to collections that structure the archive. The holdings of the archive are available online in this portal and can be researched

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