Welcome to the State Regional Archives Litomerice, Czech Republic

On this website you will find essential information about the archives in northern Bohemia, our activities in relation to individuals, other administrative bodies and institutions, and an overview of our collections, services and reading room policies. Last updated: July 27, 2010.

News

• » Telephone lines at the archives' Zitenice branch have been disconnected in preparation for its impending move to other space.
• » The reading room of the State District Archives Chomutov in Kadan will be closed July 26-28, 2010.
• » With the launch of our electronic receiving system some email addresses have been discontinued. Please address future communications to specific archive staff members or to the central receiving system at infosoalitomerice.cz.
• » Please note, the State Regional Archives Litomerice does not operate the FAMILYSEARCH web portal. Nor are we in any way affiliated.
• » The reading room in the State District Archives Litomerice in Lovosice will be closed for technical reasons June 21-25, 2010.
• » As of June 1, 2010, until further notice, some collections held at the State District Archives Litomerice central archive and at the Most-Velebudice branch will, for technical reasons, be unavailable to researchers. List of affected collections. (PDF 29 kB)
• » The reading room at the Zitenice branch of the State Regional Archives Litomerice wil be closed from March 5, 2010, until further notice.
• » The reading room at the State Regional Archives Litomerice will be closed for technical reasons from June through August 2010. Reservations for September will be accepted starting in August.
• » Decin 1989 - A chronicle of local events of 1989, the year that the Velvet Revolution changed Czechoslovak society, compiled by Decin archivists Petr Karlicek and Jan Nemec and published by the State District Archive Decin and the Decin Castle Initiative is available for the symbolic price of 89 CZK in Decin area bookstores, at the castle, and at the info center in Trzni ulice, Decin. The publication is in Czech only.
• » We request that users of our services do not send payment in advance, but wait for an invoice for services rendered. Payment in cash or money stamps is not accepted.
• » New legislation regulating the archives went into effect on July 1, 2009. On this date the Archives updated its Research Policy and its Services and Fees Table.
• » Note to researchers: Work began in November 2007 on the digitalization of vital records held at the central branch of the State Regional Archives Litomerice. We anticipate that the complete collection should be available in digital form on this website by the end of 2011.
• » The Decin Castle Initiative has placed two rare printed works from the 17th and 19th centuries in the care of the Decin branch of the State Regional Archives Litomerice, where they are now available for study. The first is a compilation of sermons delivered in Saxony dating from the early 17th century. The second, a very rare copy of an academic text on fruit cultivation published in 1860 by the renowned Decin Castle gardener, Franz Josst.
• » We have added a combined online library catalog for all archives in the State Regional Archives Litomerice network.