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The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne ((ドイツ語:Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln)) is the municipal archive of Cologne, Germany. It ranks among the largest communal archives in Europe. A municipal archive has existed in Cologne since the Middle Ages. The oldest inventory of charters in the archive is dated 1408/1409. The oldest document kept in the archive is a charter dated 922 AD.〔http://www.koeln.de/koeln/stadtarchiv_27_regalkilometer_urkunden_verschuettet_136336.html; a digitized version is to found at the digital archives website: http://www.historischesarchivkoeln.de/archivdetail.php?id=235&lang=de〕 The archive contains official records and private documents from all ages of Cologne history, as well as an extensive library of manuscripts. While the adjective "historical" in its name might suggest a closed, complete archive with a focus on older history, the archive is also the official government repository responsible for collecting recent municipal records. The six-story archive building collapsed on 3 March 2009, along with two neighboring apartment buildings. Two residents of neighboring buildings were found dead.〔http://www.stadt-koeln.de/1/presseservice/mitteilungen/2009/03056/〕 All archive staff and visiting archive users survived, as they were able to escape following a warning by construction workers. The actual degree of damage to the historical treasures kept in the building is still unknown. A substantial proportion of the written records of the city's history is believed to have been destroyed or severely damaged. ==Legal basis== The work of communal archives in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is based on the "Archivgesetz des Landes NRW" bill of 1989. The municipal archive of Cologne is also governed by the municipal archive ordinance "Archivsatzung" (last revised in 2007). The federal "Bundesarchivgesetz" bill does not apply. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Historical Archive of the City of Cologne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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