Essen City Archive

The city archive is the central documentation centre on the city history of Essen. The archive preserves and researches documents, official records, and files going back to the Middle Ages.

The archive also possesses bequeathed  documents, company, party, and society archives. Users are competently advised. In the reading room, search books and other aids are available.

The use of the archived materials is free of charge.

Further information, e.g. on the inventories of the Essen City Archive Essen as well as the archives in North-Rhine Westphalia can be found in the Information system for archives in NRW .

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Essen City Archive

Steeler Str. 29
45127 Essen
Tel.: +49/201/88-41300
Fax: +49/201/88-41313
Email: info@archiv.essen.de
Ticket prices
Admission free
Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday 9.00 am - 3.30 pm
Wednesday 9.00 am - 12.00 noon
Thursday 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Friday 9.00 am - 2.30 pm
Public transport from main station
Tram lines 101, 104, 105, 106, and 107 to  "Porscheplatz"
stop
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