The program includes, among other things:

• Photo games with the motto "Old home - new home"
• Presentation of Ortsheimatpfleger
• Start-up help for family research
• Book sale

Further information can be found in the Salzgitter events calendar.

The beginnings of the municipal archive go back to Franz Zobel, a teacher in Salzgitter-Bad from 1911 and later head of the school and culture department of the city of Salzgitter. After retiring from active service in 1954, he was commissioned by the Department of Culture to set up a museum, archive and a scientific local history library in Salder Castle. After the opening of the Salder Castle Museum, the municipal archive moved into its first archive rooms in the basement of the newly built town hall in Lebenstedt in 1964. In 1976, it moved to the administration building of the former Hannoversche Treue mine in Salzgitter-Bad.

Today, the city archive manages around 6,000 linear meters of archive material (old and interim archive) and an archive library with around 45,000 volumes at two locations. A bookbinding and restoration workshop is used for the necessary conservation work.

The holdings include the archives of the old salt town of Salzgitter, the archives of the formerly independent municipalities and the archives of the city of Salzgitter founded in 1942 (administrative offices, district offices and municipal offices of the city of Salzgitter from 1942) as well as around 150 estates of associations, companies, institutions and private individuals. In addition, there are collections (newspapers, contemporary history collections, photos, posters, maps and plans).

All citizens have the opportunity to view historical sources and the collections and to use the extensive special library. Conservation reasons and data protection regulations may restrict access to the archives. Please contact us, we will be happy to advise you on questions relating to the town and local history.

Pupils can use the archive and the extensive special library on the history of Salzgitter and the region for research for presentations, homework and lectures. You will receive help and competent advice.

The municipal archive offers teenagers and young adults the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes as part of an internship and get to know the diverse tasks of a municipal archive:

• Internships for pupils of all school levels and years
• Career-oriented internships for upper secondary school students studying to become archivists or historians, history teachers or librarians
• Career-oriented internships for other school levels for the following professions: media and information services specialist, archive specialist, handbook binder and restorer.