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Prussian Privy State Archives

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and granted the honorific title "Privy State Archives". In 1803, the Archives were expanded with the addition of Prussian governmental, judicial and regional documents and renamed the "Prussian State Archives." Until 1883, when
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Approximately 35,000 linear meters of archives with a library service of some 185,000 volumes and 200 periodical subscriptions. The archives include:
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and the Archive was again named the "Privy State Archives". From 1978-1979 the Königsberg collection was relocated to Berlin. After
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The origins of the Archives can be directly traced back to 1282, when a collection of official papers under the auspices of the
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Archives maintained in Merseburg were also brought back to Berlin and the historic record was again complete.
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and included partial stocks from the historic collection. In 1963, these came under the jurisdiction of the
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Documentation of provincial authorities and traditions (especially the former eastern provinces of Prussia)
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Miscellaneous archives, such as Mining and Metallurgical records and a rich Maps collection
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was first documented. Formal organization of the stocks occurred in 1468, and in 1598 the
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In the middle of the 17th century the holdings became a personal repository of the first
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were moved relatively unscathed to a newly created German Central Archive housed in
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Main Entrance of the Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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Non-state provenance, especially Brandenburg-Prussian family archives
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Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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statutory body, it is one of the largest repositories of
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Records of Masonic lodges and similar organizations
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German
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Berlin
Germany
Federal
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Prussia
Brandenburg
House of Hohenzollern
Prussian Army
Brandenburg-Prussia
Teutonic Knights
Königsberg
Cleves

Berlin Palace
Berlin-Dahlem
Eduard Fürstenau
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Margrave of Brandenburg
Elector of Brandenburg
Erasmus Langenhain
King of Prussia
Christoph Schönebeck
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Brandenburg
Brandenburgian Provincial Archive
World War II
Stassfurt

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