Stadtarchiv Baden

About Stadtarchiv Baden

The Stadtarchiv Baden (town archive) preserves the written records of the town of Baden, from the oldest surviving charter from 1291 to current administrative documents. It is housed in the building of the Rollettmuseum, with the entrance at the back in Elisabethstraße.

What the archive holds

• Administrative records – files, charters and building plans of the town administration
• Photo and video collection – pictures and film material about Baden
• Collected items – posters, newspapers, club publications and commemorative publications, leaflets, promotional material and personal papers
• Library – literature on the history of the town

Tasks of the archive

Under the Lower Austrian Archives Act (NÖ Archivgesetz), the Stadtarchiv takes over the records of the municipal administration, appraises them and permanently preserves whatever is of legal, historical or cultural value. Other tasks include arranging and cataloguing the holdings, researching the town's history and communicating it. Documents on social life in Baden are also collected. The connection with the museum goes back a long way: in 1876 the Rollett family's collection was combined with the old town archive to form the Städtische Sammlungen.

Research and donations

• Use by appointment – visits are only possible by prior arrangement
• Online finding aid – part of the holdings can be searched in the Augias-Findbuch database
• Personal papers and individual items – if you own photos, films or documents relating to Baden, you can hand them over to the archive for permanent safekeeping

Automatically translated from German.

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