Bayreuth
Quelle: Bundesarchiv B 198 Bild-00050 / Fotograf: o.Ang.
The Lastenausgleichsarchiv (archives on equalization of burdens) was set up between 1995 and 1999 in former Bayreuth city hospital buildings. It belongs to Department B (Federal Republic of Germany).
The brick building, erected at the start of the last century, had all later additions removed and the core was restored to its original condition. After renovation and rebuilding, it now houses a public area, workshops and offices. A new stacking centre wing was constructed for the storage of the 46,000 shelf metres of files. This has been built at the same level as the three floors of the old building.
The reading room, with xx places, offers ideal conditions for research into flight and displacement at the end of the Second World War, regional history and family histories of the former eastern German region as well as the social and society history of the Federal Republic of Germany.