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National (State) Archives[edit | edit source]

Archive Register[edit | edit source]


The Archive Register is a directory of all the archives in Austria, with links provided. Descriptions of record holdings are provided.


Austria National Archives[edit | edit source]

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv
Nottendorfer Gasse 2
1030 Vienna, Austria
Website

Genealogical Archives[edit | edit source]

Upper Austrian Biographical Archive
Adalbert-Stifter-Platz 1
4020 Linz, Austria
Telephone: +43 732 772 014 805
Email: b.glas@stifter-haus.at
Website


Heraldic Genealogical Society "Adler"
Universitätsstrasse 6/9b
1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 140 925 78
Email: office@adler-wien.at
Website


Church Archives[edit | edit source]

Records from many church archives have been digitized and are available online. For contact information and links to online records from church archives, see Austria Church Records.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
Josefsplatz 1
Postfach 25
1015 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 534 10
Fax: +43 1 534 10-280
E-mail: onb@onb.ac.at
Website
Digital Records

Museums[edit | edit source]

House of Austrian History (Haus der Geschichte Österreich)
Neue Burg, Heldenplatz
Vienna, Austria
E-mail: office@hdgoe.at
Telephone:+43 (1) 534 10 – 805
Website

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

To obtain a birth, marriage, or death certificate, you need to contact the registry office which registered the event.

To find an address for a local registry, use the Registration Authorities or see the list at Standesbeamte.at.

For Vienna only, Municipal Department 35 provides the relevant service.