Operation of the reading room is governed by the Research Rules issued by the State Regional Archive in Pilsen. See: http://www.soaplzen.cz/badatelsky-rad
There is an onlinearchival aid to the fonds and collections of the SOkA Cheb that have been professionally processed. This aid be accessed at: www.inventare.cz/soap-ch Archival records throughout the Czech Republic are also searchable in a nationwide archives database: https://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archivni-fondy-cr/default.aspx
Monday and Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Given the limited capacity of the research room and the time required to recover certain documents for consultation, it is advisable to contact the Archives well in advance of any visit.
The State District Archives of Cheb store primarily: - political administration fonds, especially district political administration after 1850 (district authorities, district administrative commissions, district councils, etc.) - financial administration fonds, especially district financial administration after 1850 (e.g. tax and customs offices) - municipal self-government fonds (archives of towns and municipalities) and special-interest fonds (e.g. guilds, trade associations, professional organisations) - fonds of national committees (district, city and local national committees) and their facilities (e.g. district commission of folk control, folk control committees, district agricultural administration, fire brigades, national committee premises) - judicial administration fonds (district courts, official courts, district prosecution offices, public and private notaries, etc.) - fonds of schools and school administration (various types of schools, district, district and local school councils, SRPŠ) - fonds of financial institutions (e.g. credit unions, savings banks) - fonds of health facilities (hospitals, children's homes, educational institutions, etc.) - fonds of political and trade unions (political parties, ROH, district and local committees of NF etc.) - fonds of cooperative organisations (e.g. JZD) - fonds of other organisations and associations (Sokol, workers' physical unity, Czech Physical Education Union, volunteer fire brigades, various cultural, interest, military, teacher, student, religious, artistic, educational, social, savings groups etc. social organisations after 1948, etc.) - fonds of cultural and scientific institutions (e.g. libraries, galleries, theaters, cinemas, children's and youth houses) - fonds of ecclesiastical institutions (mainly parishes, deaneries, vicariate offices)
The very first record of the existence of the archive dates back to 1636. This year, the Prague governor demanded documents for a number of Czech fiefs located outside the Cheb region. Another specific mention is an entry in the book of councilors from 12 May 1659, which records that the old bailiff, von Holdorf, was paid 100 gold coins for having inspected the archive In February 1934, the Cheb archive was taken over by Dr. Heribert Sturm, who stayed there until the German population was expelled in 1946. During the Second World War, the archive was transferred to Bavaria and stored in several places there. After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, thanks to cooperation with the US Army, the Archive returned to its original location in the buildings on Franciscan Square. In 1953, the Cheb District Archive was established with the jurisdiction over the Cheb and Aš districts. In 1990, the State District Archive in Cheb was subordinated to the District Office in Cheb. Since 1 August 2002, it has been an internal organisational unit of the State Regional Archives in Pilsen.
Státní okresní archiv Cheb