Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach - Oddział w Gliwicach

The archive in Gliwice was created 1936 as the Town Archive (Stadtarchiv Gleiwitz). In March 1945 the archive was reactivated as a part of Polish state archival service (a branch of Katowice Voivodship Archive. 

The archive in Gliwice possesses 311 collections and archival founds, which makes about 227 000 units and 2 kilometers (as for December 31, 2010). The holdings date from 15th century to the present time. For the most part, the documents are the records of the town of Gliwice (1403-1944) and records of local administration (Landratsamt in Gleiwitz 1748-1945), judicial documents (Amtsgericht) in Gliwice (1801-1945), Zabrze (1791-1945), and Pyskowice (1775-1945), Land-Court (Landgericht Gleiwitz 1884-1943). The significant part of the holdings consists of notarial files from Zabrze. The important part of documents consists of the records of corporations and factories (e.g. Property Management of Ballestrem (Graf von Ballestremsche Gutterdirektion in Gleiwitz 1801-1945), factories of Schaffgotsch (Graflich Schaffgotsche Werke Gleiwitz 1785-1944, and Upper-Silesian Mining and Metallurgy Industry Association (Oberschlesischer Berg- und Huttenmannischer Verein 1922-1945). The small part of documents concerns the noble families: Welczek from Łabędy (1636-1905), Baildon from Łubie (1795-1940) and baron von Durant from Wielowieś (1755-1908). The holdings after 1945 consist of the documents of state and local administation, factories and industrial institutions (especially: mines and chemical industry). There is a rich collection of maps, pictures and heraldry documents.  

The access is regulated by Instruction No. 4 of the Head Office of State Archives in Poland, dated February 1, 2013.