Staatsarchiv Hamburg

The Hamburg State Archives (Staatsarchiv Hamburg) was founded 300 years ago. Its historic collection goes back to the Middle Ages. The archive contains more than 40,000 meters of documents of the Hamburg public administration, legislative branch and courts as well as major private institutions and individuals in the city. 

Hamburg State Archives has archival materials on the history of the city and state (Bundesland) of Hamburg. Its collections include administrative documents, court records, military records, collections of private institutions and religious community records through the centuries. It contains as well Holocaust restitution- and compensation-related materials: Best. 213-12 Staatsanwaltschaft Landgericht - Nationalsozialistische Gewaltverbrechen (https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?id=833), Best. 213-13 Landgericht Hamburg–Wiedergutmachung (https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?id=891315), Best. 314-15 Oberfinanzpräsident (Devisenstelle und Vermögensverwertungsstelle) (https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?id=1146), Best. 351-11 Amt für Wiedergutmachung (https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?id=1466), Best. 522-1 Jüdische Gemeinde (https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de/ScopeQuery5.2/detail.aspx?id=3716). Much more can be found in the online database: https://recherche.staatsarchiv.hamburg.de. The access to some of the records might be restricted due to the retention periods (Schutzfristen) of the Hamburg Archivs Law (Hamburgisches Archivgesetz). 

There are about 30 workplaces for the use of archival materials, digitized archival units, microfilms and large scale maps.