Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover

Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover is responsible for the records of the highest authorities of Lower Saxony, as well as for all other offices of state administration in the former government district of Hannover. Up until 1978 (when district reforms took place), the Archives were considerably more extensive, because they included all three former governmental districts of Hannover, Hildesheim and Lüneburg. 

All records within the jurisdiction of the Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover, including nongovernmental as well as other valuable administrative documents are stored in the stacks of the Hauptstaatsarchiv. Among others contains restitution- and/or compensation-related materials: 1. Ministerium des Inneren [includes BEG files], 2. Landesverwaltungsamt: Wiedergutmachung (Entschädigung) [BEG files], 3. Oberlandesgericht Celle [appeals], 4. Landgericht Hannover [BEG appeals]; Landgericht Hildesheim [BEG appeals until 1976]; closed files