The Landeskirchliche Archiv Kiel, until Pentecost 2012 the Nordelbische Kirchenarchiv, is one of the three locations of the Landeskirchliche Archiv der Nordkirche. It houses the holdings of the former regional churches of Eutin, Hamburg, Lübeck and Schleswig-Holstein, which existed until 1977.

The LWL Archive Office for Westphalia houses the archive of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) and the Westphalian Literature Archive. In addition, the Archives Office is responsible for active archival advice for public, non-governmental archives in Westphalia-Lippe.

The town archive consists of the final archive, the building file archive and the administrative archive (intermediate archive). In total, it currently holds about 7 500 running metres of records. of archival, written and collection material.

The Stadtarchiv Hof was set up in 1931, initially under the part-time management of a historian with a doctorate, who worked full-time as a teacher of religion. In the course of the following decades, the business expanded and became more professional. At present the archive employs four staff members, two of whom are professional archivists in the higher or middle archive service.