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Archive Addresses and Repositories

Below is a list of many important archives and repositories in the modern state of Hessen, which includes the historic Grand Duchy of Hessen and Hessen-Nassau. There are also a few entries for archives in localities which are now in other states, but formerly belonged to Prussia. If you are not able to find your needed Archive address below, this link will take you to a very extensive list of German Archives: Archives in Germany

Church Archives

Fulda

• Bistumsarchiv Fulda
  Paulustor 5
  36037 Fulda
  Germany
  Ph.: 49 661 87375
  email: archiv@bistum-fulda.de

Eschwege

• Kirchenkreise Eschwege/Witzenhausen
  An den Anlagen 14a
  37254 Eschwege
  Germany
  email: kra.esw-wiz@ekkw.de

Frankenberg

• Kirchenkreise Frankenberg
  Auf der Burg 9
  35066 Frankenberg
  Germany

Fritzlar

• Kirchenkreis Fritzlar
  Domplatz 10
  34560 Fritzlar
  Germany
  Web: www.ekkw.de/archiv/familienforscher.html

Hersfeld

• Kirchenkreis Hersfeld
  Kirchplatz 6
  36251 Bad Hersfeld
  Germany

Hofgeismar

• Kirchenkreis Hofgeismar
  Altstädter Kirchplatz 5
  34369 Hofgeismar
  Germany
  Email: dekanat.hofgeismar@ekkw.de

Kassel

• Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel
  Lessingstr. 15a
  34119 Kassel
  Germany
  Telephone: 0561 78876 0
  FAX 0561-78876-11
  Web: www.ekkw.de/archiv/familienforscher.html
  email: ekkw.archiv@t-online.de

Rotenburg a/d Fulda

• Kirchenkreis Rotenburg
  Im Rathaus der Stadt Rotenburg a/d Fulda
  Germany
  Email: kra.rotenburg@ekkw.de

Schluechtern

• Kirchenkreis Schlüchtern
  Unter den Linden 38
  36381 Schlüchtern
  Germany

Schmalkalden

• Kirchenkreis Schmalkalden
  Kirchhof3
  98574 Schmalkalden
  Germany

Waldeck

• Kirchenkreis der Twiste
  Braunser Weg 5
  34454 Bad Arolsen
  Germany

Wolfhagen

• Kirchenkreis Wolfhagen
  Burgstr. 41
  34466 Wolfhagen
  Germany
  Email: kra.wolfhagen@ekkw.de

Ziegenhain

• Kirchenkreis Ziegenhain
  An der Grenzebach 12
  34613 Schwalmstadt
  Germany
  Email: kra.ziegenhain@ekkw.de
  

State Archives

Marburg

• Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg
  Friedrichsplatz 15
  35037 Marburg
  Germany

Darmstadt

• Staatsarchiv Darmstadt
  Karolinenplatz 3
  64289 Darmstadt
  Germany
  Email: poststelle@stad.hessen.de

Wiesbaden

• Stadtarchiv Wiesbaden
  Im Rad 20
  65197 Wiesbaden
  Germany

• Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden
  Mainzer Strasse 80
  D-65189 Wiesbaden
  Germany

Mainz

• Inventory of the city archive in Mainz (1798-1814)

• Dom und Diozesanarchiv Mainz
  Postfach 1560
  55005 Mainz
  Germany

Libraries

• Kassel University Library - ORKA- Open Repository Kassel, an online platform of historically significant resources, including Hessiaca monograph Collection

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