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    Publications about the archive

    Archive guide

    • MINERVA Manuals, Archive in German-speaking countries, 2nd edition Berlin-New York 1974, p. 22-27.

    • State Archive Amberg (short guide of the state archives of Bavaria 3), 1979.

    • The state and state archives in the working group Alpine countries (Arge Alp). Archive guide and inventory of cross-border transmission. On behalf of the archive directors conference of the Arge Alp, edited by the Directorate-General of the State Archives of Bavaria, Munich 1995, p. 70.

    • Handbook of the Bavarian Archives, edited by the Bayerische Archivtag, Munich 2001, p. 15-18.

    • State Archive Amberg (short leader of the Bavarian State Archives, Neue Episode), Munich 2003.

    Inventory

    • Bavarian Archives, edited by the Directorate-General of the Bavarian State Archives:

    • 18: Schlossarchiv Sandersdorf, bearb. von Wilhelm Volkert, Munich 1962.

    • 37: The hand-drawn maps in the Bayerischer Hauptstaatsarchiv and in the state archives Amberg and Neuburg a. d. Donau bis 1650, bearb. von Edgar Krauss, Neustadt a. d. Aisch 1973 (storage site partially overhauled to the State Archive Amberg by the levies of the Bavarian Main State Archive).

    History, organization and stock structure

    • Ivo Striedinger, The new circular archive in Amberg. In: Archival Journal (AZ) 18 (1911) p. 233–258.

    • Walter Jaroschka, Reichsarchivar Franz Joseph von Samet (1758–1828). In: Archive. History – stocks – technology. Special edition 8), Kallmünz 1972, p. 1–27.

    • Heribert Sturm, The Protection of the Oberpfälzer Landesarchiv in the Thirty Years War. In: AZ 66 (1972) p. 21–32.

    • Heribert Sturm, a state archive presents itself. In: News from the Bavarian State Archives No. 5 (1973) p. 2–4.

    • Walter Jaroschka, The Archives of the Principalities of Pfalz-Neuburg and Pfalz-Sulzbach. In: MAB 21 (1975) p. 8–31.

    • Walter Jaroschka, The State Archive Amberg as Landesarchiv der Oberpfalz. In: Konrad Ackermann / Georg Girisch (eds.), Gustl Lang. Life for Homeland (1989) p. 96–108.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, archive, registrature, firm. Observations of the early history of the Upper Palatinate government archive in the 15th and 16th centuries. In: Hermann Rumschöttel / Erich Stahleder (eds.), preservation and remodeling. From the work of the state archives of Bavaria. Walter Jaroschka for the 60th birthday (MAB, Sonderheft 9), Munich 1992, p. 3–14.

    • Walter Jaroschka, Centralization and Decentralization in Bavarian Archiving. Prerequisites and results of stock purification. In: Hermann Bannasch (eds.), Stockbuilding, Stock Delimitation, Stock Cleaning. Debates of the 51st Southwest German Archive Day on 11. May 1991 in Augsburg (Workbooks of the Staatliche Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, series A Landesarchivdirektion 3), Stuttgart 1993, p. 37–51.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, The State Archive Amberg. The regional state archive for the Oberpfalz district. In: Beautiful home Jg. 84 (1995) p. 93–94.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, Oberpfälzische Archivalien from the Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv now in the Staatsarchiv Amberg. In: News from the Bavarian State Archives No. 39 (1995) pp. 1–2.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, The Archives and Registratures of the Amberg Government Authority from the beginnings of the Principality of the Upper Palatinate in 1329 until the beginning of 19th Century. In: Hans-Jürgen Becker (ed.), Der Pfälzer Löwe in Bavaria. The history of the Oberpfalz (Schriftenreihe der Universität Regensburg 24), Regensburg 1997, pp. 78–101.

    • Albrecht Liess, history of archived stock cleaning in Bavaria. In: Zeitschrift für Bayernerische Landesgeschichte 61 (1998) p. 123–145.

    • Erwin Stoiber, The Landesverwaltungs-, Hofkammer-, and Archivbibliothek Amberg - the common roots of the provincial library (now the State Library Amberg) and the official library of the State Archive Amberg. A contribution to Amberg Library History, In: QVI AMAT SAPIENTIAM. Festschrift für Walter Lipp zum 70. Birthday, edited by Franz Meier and Tobias Rössler, Kallmünz 2008, p. 281-287.

    Use and individual holdings

    • M.Weinberg, The files of the Bavarian County Archive of the Oberpfalz in Amberg, Leipzig 1912.

    • Friedrich Bamler, Vohenstrexcept Archivals im Staatsarchiv Amberg. In: Archiv für Sippenforschung 5 (1928) p. 21–24, 52–54.

    • Georg Völkl, The oldest Leuchtenberger Lehenbuch. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association of Oberpfalz and Regensburg 96 (1955) pp. 277–404.

    • Heribert Sturm, archives on relations between Bavaria and Bohemia in the Amberg State Archives. In: Bohemia. Yearbook of Collegium Carolinum 2 (1961) p. 125–152.

    • Local archives as depots in Bavarian state archives. In: MAB 18 (1972) p. 1–42, here: p. 2–4.

    • Fritz Schnelbögl, The „Böhmische Salbüchlein“ Kaiser Karls IV. on the northern Oberpfalz 1366/68. In: Publications of the Collegium Carolinum 27, Munich-Vienna 1973.

    • Reinhard H. Seitz, “Oberpfälzer Kirchenakten” in Amberg State Archive. In: MAB 20 (1974) p. 34–38.

    • Achim Fuchs, sources of the history of the workers' movement in the Amberg State Archive. In: International scientific correspondence on the history of the German workers' movement Jg. 11 Issue 3 (1975) pp. 353–364.

    • Achim Fuchs, sources of military history in the Amberg State Archive. In: Military historical communications 2 (1975) p. 109–115.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, history of the plan collection of the Amberg State Archives. In: Achim Fuchs, Die Oberpfalz in ancient views (Ausstellungkataloge der Staatliche Archive Bayerns 23), Munich 1988, p. 7–29.

    • Heinz Boberach u.a. (Bearb.), Inventory of archival sources of the NS state. The delivery of authorities and institutions of the Reich, the countries and the NSDAP. Part 1: Reichscentral authorities, regional authorities and scientific universities for the ten West German countries as well as Berlin, Munich and others 1991.

    • Rudolf Fritsch, State Archive Amberg. In: Barbara Dölemeyer (eds.), Repertorium unprinted sources of jurisdiction. Germany 1800–1945 (publications of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History 9.1), Frankfurt am Main 1995, pp. 497–509.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn, archival sources of history Steflings from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. In: Julius Schmatz (eds.), 1000 years Stefling 996–1996, 1996, pp. 107–122.

    • Karl-Otto Ambronn / Erwin Stoiber, official library of the State Archive [Amberg]. In: Eberhard Schmalinger (eds.), Handbook of historical books in Germany, vol. 11: Bayern A–H, Hildesheim et al. 1997, pp. 24–26.

    • Lothar Schilling / Gerhard Schuck (ed.), Repertorium der Policeyordnungen der Frühen Neuzeit, vol. 3.1: Wittelsbachische Territorien (Kurpfalz, Bayern, Pfalz-Neuburg, Pfalz-Sulzbach, Jülich-Berg, Pfalz-Zweibrücken), Frankfurt am Main 1999.

    • Maria Rita Sagstetter, Archives of Amberger History in the State Archive Amberg. In: Johannes Laschinger (eds.), archival treasures. From 975 years of Amberger History. Catalogue on the joint exhibition of Amberg City and State Archives from 19.04 to 31.05.2009 (Contributions to the history and culture of the city of Amberg, vol. 4), Amberg 2009, p. 20-26.

    Catalogues for exhibitions of the State Archive

    Catalogues for exhibitions of the State Archives appear in the series “Exhibition Catalogues of the State Archives of Bavaria”, edited by the Directorate-General of the Bavarian State Archives:

    • The Oberpfalz becomes Bavarian. The years 1621 to 1628 in Amberg and Oberpfalz. Exhibition of the State Archive Amberg in conjunction with the city of Amberg and the district of Oberpfalz, by Karl-Otto Ambronn and Achim Fuchs (No. 10), Amberg 1978.

    • Amberg 1034–1984. A thousand years of city history. Exhibition of the Amberg State Archives and the city of Amberg in the halls of the town halls of Amberg from the occasion of the 950 year celebration of the city of Amberg, by Karl-Otto Ambronn, Achim Fuchs and others (No. 18), Amberg 1984.

    • The Oberpfalz in old views. An exhibition of hand-drawn maps of the Amberg State Archive, by Achim Fuchs (No. 23), Munich 1988.

    • The Principality of the Upper Palatinate. A Wittelsbachian territory in the Old Reich, by Karl-Otto Ambronn and Maria Rita Sagstetter (No. 46), Munich 2004.

    In the series „Staatliche Archive Bayerns – Kleine Exhibitions“

    • as No. 20: From medieval arches to modern state archive. An exhibition on the history of the Amberg State Archives, by Karl-Otto Ambronn and Rudolf Fritsch, Munich 2003.

    • as No. 33: "The whole building... a ornament for Amberg." 100 years archive building of the State Archive Amberg 1910-2010, by Maria Rita Sagstettter, Munich 2010.

    In the series „Schriftenreihe des Stadtmuseums und Stadtarchivs Sulzbach-Rosenberg“

    • as Vol. 22: “The mids in winter greening pleat”. 350 years Wittelsbacher Fürstentum Pfalz-Sulzbach. Section and catalogue on the special exhibition of the City Museum Sulzbach-Rosenberg and the State Archive Amberg, Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2006.