National Archives of Austria

The National Archives of Austria (German: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv), also known as the Austrian State Archives is the central archive of the republic of Austria, located in Vienna. On the basis of the Austrian Federal Archives Act, it stores the archives of the federal government. The tasks of the Archives are described as follows: recording, taking over, storing, preserving, repairing, organizing, developing, utilizing and making usable federal archive material for research into history and the present, for other research and science, for legislation, jurisdiction, for administration, and the legitimate concerns of citizens. Blocking / Archiving periods of up to 110 years can apply to archive holdings.[1][2]

National Archives of Austria

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References
  1. Federal law on the protection, storage and use of federal archive material (Federal Archive Act) release of archive material for use, protection periods & publication of works, template: Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I Nr. 162/1999
  2. Amtsgeheimnis: Beschränkter Zugang profil.at


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