Aufgrund einer technischen Störung kommt es derzeit zu gelegentlichen Ausfällen bei der Archivgutsuche. Zur Vorbeugung wurde die Funktion, beständige Verweise zu öffnen, vorübergehend deaktiviert.
Wir arbeiten an der schnellstmöglichen Lösung des Problems. Sobald eine generelle Lösung vorliegt, werden die beständigen Verweise wieder aktiviert.
Wir bitten um Ihr Verständnis!
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.
Niederbergheimer Str. 24
59494 Soest
Germany
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
Head of Department and managing comitee of the Historical Association Soest (Geschichtsverein Soest):
Dr. Norbert Wex
Tel. 02921/103-1200
E-Mail: n.wex@soest.de
for questions regarding the library:
Carmen Broermann
Tel. 02921/103-1243
E-Mail: c.broermann@soest.de
for questions regarding the archives:
Tobias Westhoff
Tel. 02921/103-1241
E-Mail: t.westhoff@soest.de
for booking regarding events of the Historical Association Soest (Geschichtsvereins Soest):
Petra Karst-Köster
Tel. 02921/103-1242
E-Mail: p.karst@soest.de
for questions regarding restaurations and the bindings of books:
Michael Lüchtefeld
Tel. 02921/103-1247
E-Mail: m.luechtefeld@soest.de
for questions regarding historical photographies and pictures:
Brigitte Baumann
Tel. 02921/103-1245
E-Mail: b.baumann@soest.de
for general questions regarding Historical Association Soest (Geschichtsvereins Soest):
Jutta Kösterkamp
Tel. 02921/103-1246
E-Mail: j.koesterkamp@soest.de
The Archives of the Kreis Soest and the City of Soest invite you to visit them on the "Day of Archives" 07.03.2026 between 10 am and 4 pm. Historical pictures will be presented, there will be guided tours through the archives and more.
More information can be found in the flyer below.
