Municipal archive Schramberg
The City Archive is the historical memory of the city administration and the citizenry.
All records that are no longer needed for official duties are reviewed by the City Archives for their permanent value. Documents worthy of archiving are taken over permanently and made accessible for use. In addition, the city archive also collects documents from companies, parties, associations and private individuals on the development of the city of Schramberg.
In cooperation with the Schramberg City Museum and the Schramberg Museum and History Society, the city archive promotes knowledge of local history through exhibitions, guided tours, lectures and publications, thereby strengthening the citizens' identification with their hometown.
Contact and address
Schramberg Municipal Archives
Am Hammergraben 8
78713 Schramberg
Phone:07422 29-263
E-mail:stdtrchvschrmbrgd
More information about the city archive
History
The Municipal Archives is the oldest cultural institution of the Municipality.
- In 1932, the first tidying work began in the old registry, which in 1935 led to the establishment in Schramberg of one of the first full-time municipal archives in what is now the state of Baden-Württemberg. The first rooms were located on the stage of the town hall.
- From 1981 to 2010, the city archive, which was later run by volunteers for several decades, was housed in the "Kulturzentrum Schloss". Since 2011, it has been rebuilt under full-time management again in its own building, which was originally a dairy plant and later used by the municipal utilities.
- This is also the location of several of the city museum's external magazines, in particular the archaeological magazine with the collection of the castle pioneers, who dug on the castle ruins of the Berneck and Schiltach valleys from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Stocks
The oldest holdings of the city archive date back to the time of the Schramberg dominion before 1806. However, most of the documents from this period are kept in the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart and in the family archive of the Counts of Bissingen and Nippenburg, but can be viewed as photocopies or on microfilm in the city archive.
The records of the municipal and town administration since 1806 and of the districts of Sulgen, Tennenbronn and Waldmössingen, which today belong to the town of Schramberg, form the largest part of the holdings.
In addition, there are documents from notary's offices and district offices, documentation created by the city archives, company archives (clock factory Gebrüder Junghans), archives of political parties and associations, school archives, newspaper collections, photo, film and sound archives (more than 100,000 photos), deposits and estates of private individuals (including the estate of the family researcher Alfons Haigis with data on more than 250,000 people from Schramberg and the surrounding area), microfilms and repoductions from other archives.
In 2022, the indexing of the holdings will begin with the archive software AUGIAS, which will then gradually be searchable online via the homepage www.findbuch.net.
Use
Anyone who can credibly demonstrate a legitimate interest may inspect the archive records, provided that there are no protection or retention periods for official documents or special agreements for documents deposited by third parties.
The legal bases are the state archive law and the archive regulations of the city of Schramberg. The city archive answers inquiries and presents the archive material for inspection in the user room. A well-established specialized library is also available.
Pictures from the city archive
We need your help!
Many documents valuable to the history of the city are privately owned and come to light when people die or move house.These may be old records such as letters, chronicles or diaries, photographs, postcards, paintings and drawings, as well as books, brochures, pamphlets or newspapers that have been kept as a memento.
Unfortunately, such records are lost due to ignorance of their historical significance. The City Archives are fundamentally interested in these testimonies, as they contain a dimension of history that is often missing from official records.
You can hand over such documents to us at any time. The City Archives will be happy to advise you on the possibilities of a donation or loan in estate situations and household liquidations.
By handing over your documents to the City Archives, you are helping to pass on the historical and cultural heritage of the city of Schramberg!
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