Reichsstadt Rottweil
(Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
by Theo Engeser, Villingendorf, and Martin Dilger, Berlin

Sources

• Sources -
  General Remarks
• Archives
• Heimatbücher
• Bibliography
• Documents
• Parish Records

Archives

Almost every village has its own (small) village archive.
The main source for information about the city, its territory and its inhabitants is the "Stadtarchiv Rottweil" which has numerous documents from the times of the former "Reichsstadt". The address is:

• Stadtarchiv Rottweil, Engelgasse 13, Postfach 1753, 78617 Rottweil, Germany
  Dr. Winfried Hecht
  Publications one can find at: Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Rottweil
  

Other archives of the region are:

• Kreisarchiv, Landratsamt Rottweil, Königstr. 36, 78628 Rottweil
• Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg, Archiv, Schloß Hohenstein, 78661 Dietingen, Tel.: 0741/7259, Fax: 0741/9429274
• Stadtarchiv Oberndorf am Neckar, Stadtverwaltung, Klosterstr. 14, 78727 Oberndorf am Neckar
• Stadtarchiv Schramberg, Rathaus, 78713 Schramberg

Many documents can be found in the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart. The address is:

• Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 4, 70173 Stuttgart, Tel.: 0711/212-4335, Fax: 0711/212-4360; Opening hours (2002): Mo 12.00-17.00, Tu-We 8.30-17.00, Th 8.30-19.00, Fr 8.30 - 16.00