Working in the Detmold reading room
Research in the archive holdings and inspection of the archive materials generally takes place in the archive reading room and is free of charge.
If you have any questions, the reading room supervisor will be happy to familiarise you with the procedures in the user room or assist you with your initial research. It is advisable to prepare for your visit to the archive. It is helpful to research existing treatises and source publications beforehand.
You can connect your own laptop at all workstations in the reading room; computers with access to digitised archive material, microfilm readers and reader printers are available.
extraction of archival records
Monday–Thursday 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
You can also order archive materials in advance of your visit to avoid waiting times.
Archive materials that can be searched for online via the archive portal can also be ordered directly using the shopping basket function.
Inaccessible holdings
Please enquire before your visit whether the desired signatures are available:
D 23 A No. 5770-5784
D 73 Cat. Minden 2 (individual references, please enquire)
L 83 A
L 83 D
P 3 and P 6 (birth register until 1899, individual references, please enquire)
Library
The archive's scientific reference library comprises approximately 80,000 volumes. The collection focuses on:
- Primarily regional historical literature (East Westphalia-Lippe)
- Literature on the subjects of archival science, historical auxiliary sciences, administrative sciences/administrative history and the history of the Nazi era
- Literature on personal and family history (genealogy)
- Publications on the regional history of neighbouring areas and states (Lower Saxony, Hesse)
- Official publications (laws and regulations, newsletters and official gazettes, statistical series, annual, business and activity reports, information brochures, budgets, administrative reports from local and state authorities)
- Publications by political parties and associations
- Newspapers from the East Westphalia-Lippe region (some on microfilm)
The library is available to employees for internal use. External users can view the library's holdings in the reading room during the archive's opening hours.
There is no connection to the regional or national interlibrary loan system.
Note on searching in OPAC: Using the ‘Advanced search’ menu item, you can restrict your search to the LAV OWL department. Please select the abbreviation ‘LAV OWL Detmold’ from the ‘Branch’ drop-down menu.
Contact
Stephanie Magnus stephanie.magnus[at]lav.nrw.de
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