As for December 2009, SOkA Tachov had 1095 fonds containing 3,278 linear meters of archival records. The composition of the SOkA Tachov fonds is similar to other district archives. The largest fond currently deposited in the Archive is the Tachov District National Committee from 1945–1990, which presents a comprehensive view of the history of the district during the Communist era. This collection is complemented by archival records of the abolished District National Committees of Stříbro (1945–1960) and Planá (1945–1949). In addition to the aforementioned records, SOkA Tachov primarily preserves: - 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, 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, etc. social organisations after r. 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)
Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There is an online archival aid to the fonds and collections of SOkA Tachov that have been professionally processed. This aid can be accessed at: http://www.inventare.cz/soap-tc Archival records throughout the Czech Republic are also searchable in a nationwide database: https://aplikace.mvcr.cz/archivni-fondy-cr/default.aspx
Státní okresní archiv Tachov