Státní oblastní archiv v Plzni

The State Regional Archive in Plzeň preserves the fonds of ​​state administration and self-government higher than district and lower than national levels from the area defined by the current Pilsen and Karlovy Vary regions. This includes the regional authorities from the mid-18th to the second half of the 19th century, the Regional National Committee of Pilsen, as well as regional level fonds in the areas of justice, financial administration, culture, health, education (universities). It also holds the fonds of the occupation administration from 1938-1945 and fonds of social and political organisations, including the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Finally, it possesses material from dozens of historically interesting personalities who had links with the West Bohemian region.