Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) Archives and Libraries


 * For other archives in Thuringia sorted by cities, see Archive Portal Thuringia Register of Places.

Archive Addresses and Repositories
Below is a list of many important German archives and repositories. There are also a few entries of archives in localities which are now in other Landstat.If you are not able to find your needed Archive address below, this link will take you to a very extensive list of Thuringia (Thüringen) German Archives. You will also find addresses for smaller district archives.

State Archives
Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar Postal address: PF 27 26 99408 Weimar Germany E-Mail: weimar@staatsarchive.thueringen.de Website

'''Older holdings (before 1920): Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar''' Beethovenplatz 3, Weimar Germany Telephone: (0 36 43) 87 198-315 Fax: ( 0 36 43) 87 198-350

'''Newer inventories (after 1920): Thüringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar''' Marstallstraße 2, Weimar Germany

Telephone: (0 36 43) 870-0 Fax: (0 36 43) 870-100

Altenburg
(Responsible for: County Altenburg)

Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Altenburg Schloss 7 04600 Altenburg Germany

Telephone: + 49 3447-315488 Fax : + 49 3447-504929 Website E-mail address: altenburg@staatsarchive.thueringen.de

Lutheran Archives
Covers the territories of the former territorial states of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxony-Gotha, Saxony-Altenburg, Saxony-Meiningen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Reuss. This also gives information about the locations and addresses of the approximately 750 parish and 18 superintendent archives.
 * Evangelisch-lutherische Kirche in Thüringen Landeskirchenarchiv Eisenach Schloßberg 4a (Kreuzkirche) 99817 Eisenach Germany Tel: 03691-881465 FAX: 03691-7339120 Email: archiv@elkth.de
 * List of holdings

Catholic Archives
Diocesan Archives of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen At the Petrikirche 6, 02625 Bautzen Germany Postal address:Bishops' Ordinariat Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer 84, 01309 Dresden Germany  Phone:03591 - 35195 0 Fax:03591 - 35195 22 E-mail:Archiv@ordinariat-bautzen.de Website [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Thuringia_Church_Records&action=edit&section=22 Covers the Deanery of Gera, the Catholics of the former territorial states Reuss younger and older line and Saxony-Altenburg.