German Federal Archives

German Federal Archives
German: Bundesarchiv
The Federal Archives in Koblenz
Archive overview
Formed2 March 1952 (1952-03-02)
StatusActive
Headquarters
Annual budget€54.6 million (as of 2009)
Archive executives
  • Michael Hollmann, President of the Federal Archives
  • Dr. Andrea Hänger, Vice President of the Federal Archives
Parent department
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Websitewww.bundesarchiv.de
Map
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate with the location of the Deutsches Bundesarchiv
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate with the location of the Deutsches Bundesarchiv
Location on a map of Rhineland-Palatinate

The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (German: Bundesarchiv, lit. "Federal Archive") are the national archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.

They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Wolfram Weimer since 2025) under the German Chancellery, and before 1998, to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

On 6 December 2008, the Archives donated 100,000 photos to the public, by making them accessible via Wikimedia Commons.