A municipal archive is first mentioned in Munich in 1520 in the official area of the city chamber. At that time, all deeds and documents of legal relevance to the city were stored in the City Chamber rooms at the City Hall. In 1777 a "Stadtarchivarius" was appointed for the first time, who was a member of the Inner Council. Since 1893 the town archives have been organised as a separate municipal office. In 1890/92, City Building Councillor Hans Grässel erected a representative new building for the archive adjacent to the tower of the Old Town Hall, but it was too small from the start. In 1926, a large part of the archive holdings therefore had to be moved to the former municipal weir office at Winzererstraße 68. After the destruction of the archive building at Marienplatz in the Second World War, the archive was moved completely to Winzererstraße. The holdings did not suffer any wartime losses due to the timely removal. Until 1989, the building in Winzererstraße was extended by a modern storeroom building designed by the architect Hans-Busso von Busse and calculated for long-term growth.